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EFC and DAFNE Autumn Assembly

Filiz Bikmen
01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

In an attempt to foster greater collaboration among foundations and donor networks, the European Foundation Centre, in cooperation with DAFNE (Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe, 21 members across Europe collectively serving more than 5,500 donors and foundations), held its first ‘Autumn Assembly’ in Brussels on 7 November. Click here to read ...


ACF 2011 conference

Caroline Hartnell
01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

The opening plenary of the UK’s Association of Charitable Foundations’ 2011 conference on 18 October was called ‘view from the bridge’. And the view was very much what we might have expected to see: what Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd, speaking at the end of the day, called a ‘challenging environment’. Click here to read ...


Interview - Deborah Hargreaves
Deborah Hargreaves

Interview - Deborah Hargreaves

01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

‘The project is politically a bit dangerous ... It was a risk for JRCT too, because it was open-ended and we were going into uncharted territory.’

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NEF - Migration initiative opens next call for proposals

01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

EU immigration policies have developed rapidly in the last few years, many of them following a trend of restricted entry for migrants, especially those coming from the South. But EU efforts to harmonize immigration policies have led to a situation that is more complex for policymakers, stakeholders and those affected by key decisions. The importance, then, of a strong civil society is greater than ever – especially given the current political climate in Europe, with the rise of populist parties everywhere talking about security issues and scapegoating migrants.  

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EFC - Foundations’ legitimacy in the spotlight

01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

Public trust in European foundations is generally sound, but the sector must still make efforts to raise the bar on its standards of transparency. This was the key message from some 35 European foundation leaders recently convened by the EFC and the Wellcome Trust in London.

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Spanish foundations mostly young and small

01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

There are currently 12,921 charitable foundations registered in Spain, of which 70 per cent are active. The annual average number of new foundations in Spain has grown since the early 1990s, the sector being mostly composed of ‘young’ organizations. These are among the findings of a report compiled by the Institute for Strategic Analysis of Foundations (INAEF), the first to provide basic data on the socioeconomic importance of the Spanish foundation sector.[1]

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UK foundations making significant contribution to international development

01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

According to a new study, UK foundations gave an estimated £290 million to international development and related causes in 2009/10. The bulk of it went to CSOs in the UK and developing countries, roughly half the amount of bilateral aid given by the Department for International Development (DfID) to such organizations. Spending on international development causes accounted for 9 per cent of the grantmaking of all UK independent foundations (just over £3 billion per annum in total) in the designated period.

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Luxembourg organizations launch centre of excellence for impact investing

01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

Banque de Luxembourg, along with a number of other organizations in Luxembourg’s finance and investment field, has launched the European Impact Investing Luxembourg Initiative (EIIL). The initiative builds on a survey commissioned last year which proposed the establishment of a centre of excellence for impact investing in Luxembourg and an approach to impact investing under three heads: knowledge, framework and products.

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Task force for a European Social Investment Facility

01 December 2011
Alliance magazine

Fiscal consolidation within the European Union means that a stronger social economy is required to deliver what the state can no longer do. A stronger and better integrated Europe-wide social investment market is needed to attract more private capital. Euclid Network and FEBEA (Fédération Européenne de Finances et Banques Ethiques et Alternatives) have therefore assembled a task force for a European Social Investment Facility (ESIF) to explore how the European Commission can most effectively use its limited financial resources to support social investment.

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NESsT doing a great job but social enterprise needs more actors

Malcolm Hayday
01 September 2011
Alliance magazine

If you Google social enterprise development in Hungary you get singular references to the CEE Trust and the Euclid Network but almost all the content comes from NESsT, which began its work with nascent social enterprises in Hungary almost 15 years ago. It was therefore no surprise that the first Social Enterprise Day, held in Budapest on 3 June, was organized by NESsT and was a showcase for NESsT and its portfolio’s work in addressing critical social issues. Click here to read ...


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