Dafne Announces New Chair and Board Member
Carola Carazzone, Secretary General of Assifero, Italy, and Carol Mack, Chief Executive of UK’s ACF, elected to Dafne’s Board of Directors
Carola Carazzone, Secretary General of Assifero, Italy, and Carol Mack, Chief Executive of UK’s ACF, elected to Dafne’s Board of Directors
“Achtung, Stiftung!”, a practical handbook for Austrian foundations has been published, acting as an Ariadne’s thread for those navigating the intricacies of the philanthropic sector.
On the occasion of the UPF’s, our Ukrainian member, anniversary, we talked to their Director to consider the development of philanthropy in Ukraine over the past fifteen years.
Sharing our highlights from the current issue of PEXnews.
Celebrating European solidarity through visual stories
We bring together 30 national associations from 28 countries across Europe, representing over 10.000 public-benefit foundations, big and small, that want to make a difference in society.
This year philanthropic giving in Europe has been largely defined by the community’s unprecedented response to the pandemic and its wider implications.
Christian Edlvold Berg, Senior Analyst at the Knowledge Center for Danish Foundations, introduces their recently published report, surveying the public perception of foundations during the corona crisis, and the Danish foundations about their expectations for providing grants in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
We have launched a campaign celebrating the shortlisted photo-stories from FOCUS Philanthropy. Over the next month we will be spotlighting one inspiring story of European philanthropy per day leading up to 1 October when we will announce the three winners. We invite you to actively engage in this campaign and we hope you will join us in celebrating the 2020 European Day of Foundations and Donors.
CAF’s Giving Thought podcast, which explores trends in global philanthropy and civil society, has dedicated a mini-series of four episodes to discussing European philanthropy, featuring Max von Abendroth, Rosa Gallego, James Magowan, Julie Broome and Carola Carazzone.
An important judgment for European cross-border philanthropy and an example of how EU law can be used to protect fundamental freedoms. The Philanthropy Advocacy team is now working with expert partners such as ECNL to analyse in more depth its implications.