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News - 17 May 2019

From challenge to change to catalyst… via collaboration

We are immersed in a society that has changed radically in the last 30 years. Digitalisation, sociodemographic changes, migration, the role of women in society, new technologies, access to information,…
News - 16 May 2019

What has (and hasn’t) changed in the EFC and the sector in the past 30 years?

The most striking change during the last three decades has been the growth of the sector. It is indeed a golden age for philanthropy. We see an increasing number of…
News - 15 May 2019

Philanthropy & the SDGs

The EFC is supporting the Philanthropy & the SDGs special event, co-organised by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) and…
News - 15 May 2019

EFC Philanthropic Leadership Platform: Russia-Europe 2019

Check out the programme The EFC is launching a brand new Philanthropic Leadership Platform in partnership with the Vladimir…
News - 15 May 2019

Making Innovation become Social Change: A role – and a new profile – for Foundations in the next few years

In the first decade of this century many European foundations, among them the Italians, saw social innovation as the added value they could provide to their communities. The process included…
News - 14 May 2019

Back to the future: Questions for foundations

1989 – What a time to be alive! The Berlin Wall came down. The Cold War was pronounced over. It felt as if we had entered a bright new future,…
News - 13 May 2019

Philanthropy: Creating impact in a constantly changing, interconnected world

As we contemplate the future of effective philanthropic work, one of the main obstacles that the sector must navigate is, paradoxically, the good feeling that the work of helping others…
News - 13 May 2019

African Philanthropy Meeting

The EFC is co-organising a meeting between African philanthropic organisations, and EFC members active in Africa, so as to better understand the landscape of African philanthropy, on 21 May, Paris.
News - 13 May 2019

EFC: indispensable partner in the ecosystem of philanthropy

Amazing to realise that this year it is 30 years ago that, following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the EFC was created. I have participated 29 times in the…
News - 16 April 2019

EFC Philanthropic Leadership Platform: China-Europe 2019

Applications are now closed. For the 4th edition of the Philanthropic Leadership Platform: China-Europe, 20 mid-to-senior-level philanthropic leaders from China and Europe will gather from 15th-22nd September…