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European Foundation Centre
The Role of Philanthropy in Addressing the Greek Crisis
This post originally appeared on the blog of the European Foundation Center. The original article can be found here> What is philanthropy’s appropriate role in the midst of the Greek socioeconomic crisis? The Stavros Niarchos Foundation has been …
EFC: Boosting the skills of communications professionals
The European Learning Lab (ELL) is a collaborative annual learning event organized by the EFC and Fondazione Cariplo. It offers foundations opportunities to share and exchange knowledge among peers; to learn about new tools, techniques …
EFC – Cents and sensitivity: how can foundations make their money work harder?
When it comes to a foundation’s investment strategy it can boil down to a simple question: is your money working hard, or hardly working? With this in mind, the EFC, with financial support from the …
EFC – Europe’s citizens say ‘yes’ to foundation statute
Members of the European Parliament voted by a large majority in support of a proposed European Foundation Statute, which aims to make it easier for foundations that wish to work in Europe to carry out …
EFC Belfast Conference Digest
It is already a month since the 23rd AGA and Conference in Belfast – an action packed event which saw more than 550 delegates come together to discuss foundations’ role in achieving ‘peace through social …
Crisis on our minds
So Cyprus has now asked for a bailout. With the fifth EU country taking this last resort measure, the Eurocrisis is deepening. At the EFC we’re constantly thinking and talking about what this crisis means …
Social innovation: from buzzword to byword
In recent years, social innovation has become a buzzword in the corridors of foundations and their partners, and yet the concept is far from new. In fact, social innovation has been around as long as …
Giving in perpetuity or spending out: pros and cons
As director of GrantCraft in Europe, I always have my ear to the ground so as to pick up on the impulses and trends that are driving the foundation sector which can later serve as …
Back to the future
Aside from all being members of the EFC, what do Fondazione CARIPLO, Ford Foundation, Foundation for Polish Science, Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Wellcome Trust and ZEIT Stiftung have in common? Along …
