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News - 20 January 2021

EU Recovery and Resilience Facility – a possibility for philanthropy to step up its game around national recovery and resilience plans

By Hanna Hanses The Covid-19 pandemic has already highlighted existing inequalities and will continue to impact our societies’ economic and social structures. The European Union’s recovery fund NextGenerationEU is therefore…
News - 20 January 2021

Foundations and wider NPO sector can input more easily into FATF evaluation process

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has now made it possible for foundations and other non-profit organisations to directly share materials and provide submissions ahead of FATF countries’ mutual evaluations of…
News - 20 January 2021

New Turkish counter terrorism law restricts civil society and philanthropic space

by Hanna Surmatz A new Turkish counter terrorism law – “Law on Preventing Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction”, which was approved in a speedy process and…
News - 15 January 2021

What is the poverty premium?

Fair by Design have created a new short film about the Poverty Premium, demonstrating how those already struggling the most financially, often end up paying more for…
News - 15 January 2021

Portuguese Presidency priorities: what’s in it for philanthropy?

European Council President, Charles Michel, and Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, meet in Libson in January at the start of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council. CREDIT: ANTÓNIO…
News - 12 January 2021

Power of youth in the community

The European Foundation for Philanthropy and Social Development, in cooperation with the National Foundation for Civil Society Development and with the support of the US Embassy, ​​successfully conducted…
News - 18 December 2020

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News - 17 December 2020

“Giving civil society the right response” – New report by the Charities Aid Foundation

Seen from today, the COVID-19 pandemic is here to stay for quite some time. In recent months, the relationship between governments and civil society has evolved quite a lot…
News - 16 December 2020

“I want to see an inclusive society in which foundations play a strong role”

"I would like to live to see a time when female leaders don't need to explain their presence anymore as an indicator of change, that it is just a natural thing,” says Kirsten Hommelhoff, the Secretary General of the Association of German Foundations.
News - 14 December 2020

Rule of Law compromise unlocks €1.8 trillion

EU leaders gather at the European Council summit on 10th DecemberPhoto Credit: Dario PIGNATELLI | © European Union 2020 – Source: European Council by Hanna Hanses At…