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News - 8 July 2019

EFC Operations Professionals Network Summer Meeting 2019

The Operations Professionals Network Summer Meeting 2019 will take place in Philanthropy House, Brussels, from 8-9 July, and will provide its participants with the opportunity to learn, exchange…
News - 8 July 2019

A global strategy for a divided Europe: Philanthropy without borders

During the 2019 EFC conference in Paris, French illustrator Plantu showed us a shrewd vignette with a clear message: “Before 1989 one could not even meet, today everything is…
News - 19 June 2019

EFC Strategic Learning Network kicks off in Brussels

The EFC has launched a network of philanthropy professionals focused on strategic learning. Experts on strategy, monitoring, evaluation and learning from 23 foundations convened on 5 June 2019 at…
News - 11 June 2019

New Philanthropic Leadership Platform: Russia-Europe 2019! Apply now!

Applications are now closed. Applications are now open for the inaugural Philanthropic Leadership Platform: Russia-Europe, launched in partnership with the Vladimir Potanin Foundation and taking…
News - 11 June 2019

Challenges in managing MAVA’s final chapter

MAVA is reaching the half way point on its final strategy covering 2016-2022. As we enter our final chapter, there are some inherent challenges any foundation in such a situation…
News - 6 June 2019

Press release: EFC and Vladimir Potanin Foundation launch Philanthropic Leadership Platform: Russia-Europe

Brussels, 6 June 2019 – The EFC is launching a new philanthropy leadership exchange programme in partnership with the Vladimir Potanin Foundation. The first edition of the exchange will take…
News - 6 June 2019

Press release: Körber-Stiftung to gift its share of Philanthropy House to the EFC

Brussels, 6 June 2019 – Körber-Stiftung has announced that it will gift its share of Philanthropy House to the EFC, as part of the commemorations of the EFC’s 30th anniversary.
News - 6 June 2019

Towards listening and learning

My first concrete contact with the EFC occurred six years ago when I attended their Annual Conference and General Assembly in Copenhagen in 2013. At that point, I had been…
News - 5 June 2019

Beyond membership, impact change

In 1989, when the Berlin wall fell – and the EFC was created – I was 16. I belong to the first generation of Italian young people who became massively…
News - 4 June 2019

Capacity building – it’s in the EFC’s DNA

Happy 30th Birthday EFC! Thirty years have passed since the start. Any signs of a 30-year crisis?? You know, doubts about the past, questions about the future, reflections on your…