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Lessons from a transatlantic partnership: what’s collaboration really like?

Alliance magazine 12 March 2014

GrantCraft is embarking on a new chapter. After three years of being a collaborative project of the Foundation Center in New York and the European Foundation Centre in Brussels, GrantCraft will continue to grow as …


‘You need a few data, otherwise you don’t exist’

Caroline Hartnell 28 November 2012

‘You need a few data, otherwise you don’t exist,’ said Benoit Fontaine of the King Baudouin Foundation, speaking at a High Tea meeting co-hosted by the EFC and Alliance in Brussels on 19 November. The …


What can foundations do to support the European project?

Caroline Hartnell 19 November 2012

‘Foundations and Europe: Think, Act, Change’ was the title of the European Foundation Centre’s second Autumn Assembly, held in Brussels on 12 November. A majority of Europeans are sceptical about the European Union and what …

Social innovation: from buzzword to byword

European Foundation Centre 6 February 2012

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

European Foundation Centre 15 November 2011

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 …

An AGA in a day: the EFC and DAFNE Autumn Assembly

1 Filiz Bikmen 10 November 2011

In an attempt to foster greater collaboration among foundations and donor networks, the EFC, in cooperation with DAFNE (Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe, 21 members across Europe collectively serving more than 5,500 donors and …

EFC conference focuses on oceans as metaphor for sustainability

1 Caroline Hartnell 15 July 2011

Held in the pretty seaside resort of Cascais in Portugal from 26 to 28 May, the European Foundation Centre’s 22nd annual conference was entitled ‘Resources and Sustainability – The Oceans’. The intention, as explained by …

New bloggers added to our team for Foundation Week

Alliance magazine 20 May 2010

Alliance is pleased to announce two new additions to our international team of bloggers that will be covering the upcoming EFC Foundation Week; Bhekinkosi Moyo, Director of Programmes at TrustAfrica, who blogs regularly athttp://www.thoughtleader.co.za/bhekinkosimoyo and on …

Alliance magazine brings together international team to blog from EFC’s Foundation Week

Alliance magazine 19 May 2010

The European Foundation Centre is holding its first ever Foundation Week in Brussels from Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June and we are going to be there to bring you the latest developments as they happen …