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News - 20 May 2019

Positive Deviance and the Behavioral Sciences for Sustainable Development

Join an International Linking Forum on ”Positive Deviance and the Behavioral Sciences for Sustainable Development” in Chiang Mai, Thailand on the 1st-4th October, 2019. The four day event will bring…
News - 20 May 2019

Better Development: A Justice Based Approach

United Edge are hosting a training event on ”Better Development: A Justice Based Approach” in London on the 9-11 July 2019. The three-day training aims to…
News - 20 May 2019

Philanthropy with a European purpose

It is 2019 and Europe is under attack. It would not be an exaggeration to describe these attacks as the Battle of Europe. The attacks are coming from inside and…
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…