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Siep Wijsenbeek, Director of the Association of Foundations in the Netherlands (FIN) calls on European philanthropy and civil society organisations to engage with policymakers and the public around legislative proposals that affect our sector.

  FATF Publication on the Plenary 21 – 25 June 2021 – Published 25 June 2021 “FATF President, Dr. Marcus Pleyer, chaired the second Plenary under Germany Presidency…

The European Union’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic that strengthens Europe’s resilience has seen a lot of progress over the past few days. The National Recovery and Resilience Plans, which…

Slovenia has assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2021. Slovenia holds its second presidency of the Council and celebrates the 30th anniversary of…

Philanthropy Advocacy takes stock of the recent G7 agreement to back a new global minimum tax rate of at least 15 percent applicable to companies regardless of where they are…

The Philanthropy Advocacy initiative prepared and submitted comments to the online consultation on the Dutch act on transparency of civil society organisations of the Netherlands. We have collaborated closely on…

The Conference on the Future of Europe is an opportunity for European citizens to debate on Europe’s challenges and priorities. The European Parliament, the Council and the European…

On 21 June 2021 the Polish Donors Forum (Polish Dafne member, represented in the PA LAC) organised the first from a serie of meetings within the project “Stronger voice of civil…

In a plenary resolution adopted on 10 June, MEPs note that the new conditionality instrument to protect the EU budget in force since 1 January 2021 applies also to the…

The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time and requires urgent action. There is only one decade left to act. “We cannot do this without civil society”, said Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans who is in charge of the European Green Deal. And further: “The way in which foundations can operate in our societies is the reflection on the quality of democracy in Europe,” showing his willingness to engage in a dialogue for a better operating environment for philanthropy and civil society.