Conference Reports

PEXforum 2024, co-hosted with Acri and Assifero, brought together philanthropy infrastructure professionals from all over Europe. From problem-solving to exploring, from knowing to unlearning, from change-making to change-seeking: how can we embrace the new roles …

The second Asia Philanthropy Congress in Tokyo explored the current state of diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) in Asia, the benefits of advancing DEI, and the role of the philanthropic sector in this process. The …

The #ShiftThePower Global Summit brought together changemakers and trailblazers from around the world and from across different parts of the international development, philanthropy and civil society systems. A key objective was to create ‘good collisions’ …

In light of the intersecting crises that we face, there has never been a greater need to co-create agendas and work in partnership. How can philanthropy engage with policymakers in addressing climate change, growing social …

The in-person event took place at The Foundry in London on December 13 2023, and included a panel on how AI and new tech are shaping philanthropy. This was followed by a workshop for in-person …

There is a long-running debate about the relationship between philanthropy and politics. Traditional received wisdom is that philanthropists should steer of politics, but there is a growing view that the two are inseparable and that …

Community philanthropy – people-led and people-centred approaches and models – is becoming all the more relevant against a backdrop of changing funding flows, and increasingly restrictive operating environments for civil society in many parts of …

Social Impact Infrastructure Organisations (SIIOs) which comprise the philanthropic sector, are as necessary to its existence as our own ecosystem is to our survival as human beings. In spite of this and of the signal …

The KoneKtor – Philanthropy East Forum hosted its annual meeting on ‘Peace, Justice and the Promise of Democracy – What Did We (Not) Learn?’ on 24-26 September in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosted by the Mozaik …

Over three decades have elapsed since the break up of Yugoslavia, and the subsequent fragmentation of the Balkans amidst violence and war. Since then, many of Sarajevo’s buildings have been rebuilt. Among them is the …