Opinions

Jules Kortenhorst

Opinions - 5 October 2018

Climate change is an ‘everything’ problem – philanthropists can make it an ‘everyone’ solution

Jules Kortenhorst is the former CEO of the European Climate Foundation, and current CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute Ten years ago, Europe’s first philanthropic organisation devoted solely to cutting planet-warming…

Opinions - 4 September 2018

What does a mission-driven HR department look like?

his post originally appeared on the Ford Foundation’s excellent “Equals change blog“ At the Ford Foundation, we believe it’s important to model the kind of change…

Opinions - 30 August 2018

The Development Set and its role in perpetuating poverty

‘Although we move with the better classes, our thoughts are always with the masses.’ (Ross Coggins, 1976) In 1976, an exasperated development worker, Ross Coggins, attending his umpteenth futile meeting to discuss…

Opinions - 9 July 2018

Can foundations contribute to social cohesion in Europe?

The following is a speech made by Dr Rien van Gendt during the Humanity in Action International Conference, which took place in Strasbourg from 5-8 July 2018: I want to…

Opinions - 5 July 2018

Helping amplify your work on diversity

Writing about being a model or an exemplar is tricky. Neither the Trust as an organisation, nor I as its Chief Executive, are models. We are more straw effigies that…

Opinions - 11 June 2018

Building a strong future for European science: Brexit and beyond

Decades of cooperation have made Europe a great place for research. But as science and politics change, we need to adapt to keep up. Europe must work together to secure…

Opinions - 25 May 2018

Working our way towards a Single Market for Philanthropy

This blog first appeared on the Alliance magazine website and Euractiv.com blog Growing nationalism and deepening populist sentiment across Europe make it all the more…

Opinions - 18 May 2018

Give Chance a Chance – a Lottery Decides Which Daring Research Ideas Receive Funding

When deciding on the eligibility of project applications, strict formal and technical specifications play a role, and the projects are also subjected to careful examination by experts. However, it is…

Opinions - 8 May 2018

Déjà vu all over again: The short attention span and the cyclical obliviousness of the philanthropic and development industries

This post first appeared on the Global Fund for Community Foundations website The philanthropic and development sectors have much in common, an ever-expending Jargon, genuine concern…

Laura Señán Cagiao

Opinions - 16 April 2018

The role of foundations in the implementation of the World Urban Forum’s New Urban Agenda

When it comes to urban development, there is a clear proponent in the ranks: Latin America, which continues to be the most urbanised region in the world. Although this is…

Catriona Gourlay

Opinions - 6 April 2018

PeaceNexus: supporting organisational change

As the European Foundation Centre’s newest member, we are grateful for this opportunity to introduce ourselves. Please consider this Spotlight as an invitation to reach out to us. Who we are, what…

Opinions - 20 March 2018

The coast is clear … and my office is here! Outreach and advice on the beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXLHj3ZIoEs This year Nordea-fonden, a Danish philanthropic foundation, decided to earmark 6.7 million euro to support activities along the Danish coastline. Here’s a brief description of…

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