• It seems to be working... Interview with Alan Gegenschatz, Country General Manager of TNT Argentina

• Philanthropy resources around the world The list we have now is only a beginning – please help us complete the list
• Who, how and where? Cathy Langerman looks at a new report from New Philanthropy Capital on the tricky business of giving to charities in developing countries

• 5th Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Oxford, UK
• Faith and International Development Workshop and Jewish Funders’ Network International Conference, Israel
• 5th GIFE Congress, Salvador, Brazil
• Eileen Rockefeller Growald Symposium on ‘Philanthropy’s Role in the Climate Crisis’, San Francisco, USA
• 7th Global Philanthropy Forum, Redwood City, California, USA
• Seizing the opportunity for philanthropy in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• Philanthropy’s Vision: A Leadership Summit, Washington Metropolitan Area, USA

• Bringing Turkish foundations into view Üstün Ergüder talks about the long history of Turkish foundations and the changes they are now experiencing
• Philanthropy in Asia – the glue that binds Interview with Terry Farris, who has been working with individual and corporate philanthropists in Asia Pacific for ten years

• Why not just change? Diana Leat on what 'Social justice philanthropy' looks like in practice
• Migrants and their remittances Jeremaiah M Opiniano on some new hybrids for development

• All boats rising with the tide? Interview with Mal Warwick, Chairman of Resource Alliance

• Africa Grantmakers Affinity Group meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa
• European Forum on Philanthropy and Research Funding, Brussels, Belgium
• Global U: How to Connect Your Charitable Giving to Your Global Interests, Chicago, USA
• First Woburn Place Collaborative Annual Colloquium, Long Ditton, UK

• Killing the chicken to scare the monkey Interview with Nick Young, journalist and founder of China Development Brief

• A new breed of entrepreneurs Interview with Charles Handy, author/philosopher specialising in organizational behaviour and management

• The mixed impact of impact evaluation Betsy Schmidt and David Bonbright on the findings of the special Keystone/Alliance survey on attitudes to evaluation
• What does it all mean? Lucy Bernholz reflects on the survey findings
• The right solution Rod Schwartz observes that social enterprises and businesses may be particularly well suited to solving social problems in the Balkans
• Giving the right message Cathy Pharoah on new research looking at what influences public support for international development
• Leveraging and measuring Suzanne Petroni on how a small foundation can push a global agenda

• EFC Summer Academy, Heidelberg, Germany
• Climate Change Philanthropy Action Network, Taipei, Taiwan
• Fall Conference for Community Foundations, San Francisco, USA
• Leadership Forum on the Future of Social Investment in Latin America, São Paulo, Brazil
• GuideStar International Assembly, London, UK
• Association of Charitable Foundations, London, UK
• Grantmakers East Forum, Tallinn, Estonia
• European Venture Philanthropy Association, Madrid, Spain

• An internal critical friend for the Gates Foundation? Interview with Fay Twersky, the new Director of Impact Planning and Improvement at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

• Changing hearts as well as minds Interview with Peggy Dulany, who founded the Synergos Institute 20 years ago.

• Can we go on flying as we do? Can we cut down the amount we fly as part of our work, Alliance asked a number of philanthropic leaders who work internationally
• High touch or high tech? Getting the balance right Gavin Clabaugh assesses the technological alternatives to travel
• Comic Relief and climate change – first steps Peter Macfayden on how UK grantmaker Comic Relief is beginning to respond to the challenge
• Climate change resources A selection of the available resources – organizations that work with business, funder networks, publications, websites
• Limited life or perpetuity? John Healy and Stephen Pittam disagree about whether a limited-life foundation is the best way to achieve the greatest impact
• Is the UK government killing civil society with kindness? Barry Knight asks, given its unprecedented support to the non-profit sector
• Lighting up civil society Caroline Neligan on how GuideStar will help provide the transparency and accessible information about CSOs that is a critical first step in ensuring the continued growth of the sector
• The intelligent funder (pdf) Julia Unwin’s discussion paper for the CIVICUS World Assembly
• US and European philanthropy must collaborate (pdf) Barry Gaberman’s closing address to the EFC conference in June

• CIVICUS World Assembly, Glasgow, Scotland
• European Foundation Centre Conference, Madrid, Spain
• Grantmakers Without Borders Annual Conference, New York, USA
• OECD Second World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Istanbul, Turkey

• Acting boldly now Interview with Gara LaMarche, who joined The Atlantic Philanthropies as President and CEO in April this year

• Changing sectors Interview with Pier Mario Vello, Secretary-General of the Cariplo Foundation, one of the largest of Italy’s banking foundations

• Reassessing the role of grant-giving Alexandre Marc and Costel Bercus on why the Roma Education Fund needs to become more directly involved in advocacy, policy development and convening
• Paul Hamlyn Foundation in India Ajit Chaudhuri looks at how the Foundation’s work in India has developed over the last eight years and at some of the issues it now faces

• Center for Effective Philanthropy Conference, Chicago, USA
• 4th Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Oxford, UK
• 6th Annual Global Philanthropy Forum, Mountain View, California, USA
• Council on Foundations 58th Annual Conference, Seattle, USA

• Watchdog or advocate? Interview with Aaron Dorfman, new executive director of the Washington DC-based National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

• Taking the heat Interview with Norine MacDonald, managing director of the Mercator Fund, and president of the Senlis Council

• More NGO workshop than street festival Valuable experience? Missed opportunity? What does the World Social Forum really add up to, wonder Andrew Kingman and Patrick Ochieng. And where were the grassroots organizations?
• Case study of a venture philanthropy partnership: one year on How is Impetus/CAF investee Naz Project London doing, Caroline Hartnell tries to find out
• Legal framework needed Archana Sridhar takes a look at Guatemala’s emerging non-profit sector, with a special focus on the country’s up-and-coming private foundations
• Charity or change? Corporate philanthropy in Mexico is on the increase but is this being matched by a more thoughtful approach to its impact and purposes? On the whole, no, say Patricia Carrillo Collard and Mónica Tapia Álvarez
• Barry Gaberman Lecture on Global Philanthropy The first lecture in the series, delivered by Barry Gaberman at the WINGS Forum in Bangkok in November.

• WINGSForum 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
• World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

• Finding the examples Interview with Sarah Butler-Sloss, Chair of the Ashden Trust
• What should philanthropy do? Despite a hundred years of philanthropy, poverty persists and inequality increases. Colin Greer and Barry Knight debate what philanthropy should do.

• A new era for WINGS Interview with Marissa Camacho-Reyes, the new Director of WINGS

• EVPA 2nd Annual Conference, Paris, France
• 11th Grantmakers East Group Annual Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia
• acevo International Conference, London, UK
• VIII Ibero-American Third Sector Conference, Mexico City, Mexico
• Cariplo Foundation 15th Anniversary Conference, Milan, Italy
• Independent Sector Annual Conference (St Paul/Minneapolis, USA) and Nonprofit Congress Annual Meeting (Washington DC, USA), Lake Siljan, Sweden

• A story of three buckets Interview with Barry Gaberman, recently retired Senior Vice President of the Ford Foundation

• Supporting institutions as well as individuals Interview with Jonathan Fanton, President of the MacArthur Foundation

• Warren Buffett’s second chance Buffett still has a chance to preempt the perverse economies of philanthropy and do it right, says Buzz Schmidt.
• Why did SAGA close? The Southern African Grantmakers' Association closed in February 2006 after 11 years of operation. What went wrong, Alliance tried to find out.
• Flying the philanthropy flag against all the odds? On the eve of the 2006 WINGSForum in Bangkok, Alliance asked a number of WINGS members about the role of grantmaker associations.
• The role of foundations in society Barry Gaberman lists ten attributes of foundations that make them important in getting the business of society done

• INAISE 2006 Conference, San Sebastian, Spain
• 5th Annual IFIP ‘Linking Circles’ Conference, New York, USA
• 2006 Grantmakers Without Borders Annual Conference, San Mateo, California, USA
• 6TH CIVICUS World Assembly, Glasgow, Scotland
• 2006 Tällberg Forum, Lake Siljan, Sweden

• Giving it to the Gateses Interview with Melissa Berman, Salvatore LaSpada and Felicitas von Peter

• Creating a philanthropy exchange in India Venkat Krishnan and Pushpa Singh talk about recent changes at GiveIndia and a new partnership with GuideStar.

• Making poverty obsolete Henry Jackelen on how universal savings accounts combined with conditional transfers could transform the lives of the world's poorest people.
• From advocacy to partnership With this shift in the role of NGOs in corporate responsibility issues, says Chris Deri, NGOs must be prepared to hold themselves to new standards of transparency and accountability.

• Latin American Fundraisers Conference, Mexico City
• Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Oxford, UK
• Global Philanthropy Forum, Washington DC, USA
• Coutts Forum for Philanthropy, Oxford, UK
• International Workshop on Resource Mobilization, Bangkok, Thailand
• Council on Foundations Conference, Pittsburgh, USA
• GIFE Conference, Curitiba, Brazil
• European Foundation Centre Conference, Brussels, Belgium
• Community Philanthropy Initiative meeting, Brussels, Belgium

• Kumi Naidoo on what the next five years hold for CIVICUS
• Buzz Schmidt on the future of GuideStar
• Jed Emerson on how to provide more, and better, funding for social change

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