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PEXforum 2021 – The good, the great and the surprising!
Being in Madrid last year for the first PEXforum was a treat at the time, and an even bigger treat retrospectively. Knowing that the PEXcommunity has met regularly online throughout 2020 and has achieved a degree …
European Climate Pact: An invitation to philanthropy organisations
This article has been commissioned for PEXnews Philanthropy can play an important role in Europe’s green transition by supporting concrete action for climate and the environment, from boosting local grassroots projects to accelerating and scaling up …
PEXforum 2021: From Reflection to Renewal
Yes, the PEXforum 2021 was a wonderful, personal and successful conference that built on the previous conference in Madrid, included many new voices, and set a path for the future with deep discussions and concrete …
PEXforum highlights the importance of investing in imagination
For those of us who are lucky enough to be working from home in this pandemic, zoom meetings have become a regular and predictable part of our daily routines. Fortunately, this year’s PEXforum, jointly hosted …
Soul searching at PEXforum: Democratising philanthropy or valuing institutional philanthropy?
The interactive online PEXforum 2021 ‘From crisis to renewal: Living up to our vision for a sustainable and just Europe’ was a well organised and interactive gathering of souls with a shared desire to heal …
The social life of forests: Takeaways from the co-creation of the PEXcommunity
I find the forest metaphor for the PEXcommunity powerful. Growing up in the Alps, I always loved forests. As a child, an Alpine forest, ever changing through the four seasons, is a mythical realm to …
What does love for humankind, justice and collaboration in philanthropy have in common?
Through the years that I have been involved in Ariadne, the importance of collaboration has been increasingly reaffirmed. I admit that, at times, I had the impression that this was just a wishful thinking mantra …
PEXforum 2021: From crisis to renewal
PEXforum 2021 provided a unique space for over 160 participants to explore the key values that unite European philanthropy and how to jointly advance the philanthropy ecosystem for a sustainable and just Europe. PEXforum 2021: …
Fixing the plumbing: from shared data to shared imagination
This is a fascinating time for philanthropy, with so many very intense short-term pressures. But there is also a hunger to address long term challenges, which are not so hard to see: dealing with social …
PEXforum 2021 – Stop. Look. Imagine. Go.
After the PEXforum 2021, Nick Perks extends an invitation to the philanthropy ecosystem to imagine, and create, a positive future. Storytelling and imagination were two themes of the virtual PEX philanthropy exchange, held 27-28 January …
