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Alliance Magazine's June Issue: Focus on the new challenges of global philanthropy
International funding presents vast, multifaceted problems that require almost unlimited resources if they are to be solved. Most foundations have relatively limited resources - how do they ensure they are adding value? How do they remain focused when the problems communities face are so interrelated? What role can smaller foundations play? These are the basic questions addressed by the various contributors to this Alliance Magazine's June issue on global philanthropy.
Guest editors Peter Laugharn, Executive Director of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, and Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of CIVICUS, each offer funders six things to think about if they want their funding to be more effective. Agnès Binagwaho, head of the Rwandan national AIDS programme, insists that foundations must align their activities with national efforts, while Peter Piot of UNAIDS stresses their role as 'thought leaders'. Luc Tayart de Borms argues that donors' exclusive reliance on civil society to achieve their goals may do more harm than good, while Andrés Thompson looks at the dilemmas facing foundation programs that develop human capital but leave people jobless.
Other articles in the special feature look at a new study of UK foundations that fund overseas to the tune of less than £1 million a year and the recently published Principles of Accountability for International Philanthropy. Finally, a panel of bilateral funders talk about how they see the role of foundations in international development.
The Nippon Foundation Blogzine
The Nippon Foundation has created a blogzine to introduce its activities to interested parties.
In order to reach as many people as possible with news about its philanthropic activities, The Nippon Foundation, is sending out this blog magazine out to people who have contacted foundation staff.
For opinions, address changes or requests to begin or cancel your subscription, please contact the Public Relations Team at:
Public Relations Department
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CIVICUS Global Survey of the State of Civil Society: Volume 1
The CIVICUS Civil Society Index Global Survey of the State of Civil Society : Volume 1 is the result of rigorous self-examination by civil society actors around the world. By featuring the civil society profiles of 44 countries around the world, the publication presents a detailed, yet concise description of the current state of civic activism, highlights the key strengths and weaknesses of each country's civil society and puts forward specific recommendations to strengthen the sector's capacity to contribute to positive social change. The Survey on the State of Civil Society focuses not only on measurable, short-term indicators, but also on long-term and more complex processes so often neglected in evaluations of civil society. This report was launched at 2007 CIVICUS' World Assembly this May in Glasgow, Scotland. For more information, download the flier.
2007 Directory of Development Organisations
The 2007 directory of development organizations is available online. The directory has been created to facilitate international cooperation and knowledge sharing in development work among civil society organisations, research institutions, governments and the private sector. The directory lists 51,500 development organizations.
For more information, see www.devdir.org.
Contentious Citizens: Civil society's role in campaigning for social change
The report prepared by the Young Foundation and funded by the Carnegie UK Trust, was launched May 2007. The report provides a detailed analysis and historical overview of the campaigning landscape with particular reference to the challenges and opportunities associated with campaigning in a network age. The report aims at bolstering campaigning efforts and focuses on supporting organizations in facing the needs of campaigning in the 21st Century. Click here for more information.
Climate Change Philanthropy Action Network Meeting (July 8, 2007)
The Climate Change Philanthropy Action Network (CCPAN) was established in 2006 to bring together committed philanthropists, foundations and experts from around the world to promote strategic philanthropic initiatives, ideas and best practices in the critical area of climate change mitigation. It will hold its second meeting in London on the 8th of July 2007. The expectations are that the July meeting will bring together a group of dedicated philanthropists to find common ground for concrete action as well as sustained mutual learning and leverage.
For more information, email d.lee@khemkafoundation.org.
CSR Expo 2007: Putting CSR to the Test
The League of Corporate Foundations will be holding this year's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Expo on July 16-18 at the Sofitel in Manila.
The overall theme for this year's Expo is PUTTING CSR TO THE TEST: CULTIVATING SHARED VALUES FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIETY.
LCF hopes to continue to redefine CSR by adding a new front for collective concern and action in this year's Expo and beyond: the crisis in our environment. A statement in their website point out that "Recent events around the world point to a rapidly growing concern for the state of our environment. As with education, the environment is everyone's responsibility, if not priority."
For more information, visit www.lcf.org.ph.
Job opening: Manager, Center for Effective Philanthropy
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) seeks a Manager to develop and lead client relationships with foundations using CEP's assessment tools. The Manager oversees the development and presentation of assessment tools to the country's major charitable foundations. S/he may also from time to time contribute to the execution of CEP's research and programming efforts by leading or serving as a member of a project team unrelated to assessment tools.
For more information, visit www.effectivephilanthropy.org/about/about_careers.html.
Job opening: Office Administrator, JCIE USA
The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA), a leading nonprofit organization in the field of US- Japan relations, is seeking a full-time staff member to cover office administration and bookkeeping for its small New York office. The job requires considerable flexibility and organization, as the duties include managing all aspects of office/program accounting, providing administrative support, and handling day-to-day office tasks to ensure a well run organization.
For more information, visit www.jcie.org/job.html.
Call for entries: 2007 Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) Competition (Application Deadline: 20 August 2007)
The Global Development Network is calling for submissions for its annual competition for the Most Innovative Development Project. The competition carries prizes in cash and travel of over US $50,000. The finalists will present their proposals at GDN's Annual Global Development Conference in Brisbane, Australia in January 2008. Submissions are accepted for an ongoing development project implemented in a developing or transition country. Criteria include the degree of innovation and the potential for broad application of the project in other countries. Applicants are requested to use the new application template available on the GDN website.
Visit their site for more information.
Call for papers: IAVE 11th Regional Conference (Application Deadline: 31 July 2007)
IAVE invites interested participants to hold workshops on Sunday, December 9. Papers accepted for workshops are required to reach Secretariat at info@iave2007nagoya-aichi.jp. Each workshop is allocated two hours, including consecutive interpretation. We will review all the papers and respond to each applicant by August.
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