News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed readiness to support a UN convention on tax that would overhaul century-old global tax rules. In a report to the General Assembly, the Secretary-General recited a call from finance ministers of the Economic Commission for Africa made earlier this year on the UN to start negotiations on a tax
Read more →The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged economies around the world. To tackle the damages caused by the pandemic, in late 2020, the European Union created an unprecedented stimulus package to support the recovery and investment efforts of member countries. The EU recovery fund, named NextGenerationEU, is a fund created by the EU as a means to
Read more →The Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) has published a handbook to help the donor community integrate a feminist lens into grantmaking, mainly on how to fund work to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in humanitarian and development settings. The handbook contains a comprehensive overview of the key features and goals
Read more →The article elaborates on CONCORD’s AidWatch report as an essential monitoring and accountability tool, looking into how much Official Development Assistance or ODA, the EU (really) gives to partner countries, how effective it is, and whether the EU and its Member States are serious about trying to leave no one behind, the hallowed principle of
Read more →The guide supports grantmakers at the Open Society Foundations aiming to actively include the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their grant-making practices. It is drawn from the experiences of Open Society grantmakers, peer funders, and social justice leaders’ scholarship, research, and activism. Further, the guide asks grantmakers to consider adjusting their grant-making
Read more →The KoneKtor – Philanthropy East Forum (formerly Grantmakers East Forum) will host its annual meeting on 27-29 September in Warsaw, Poland, exploring “Resilience in times of crisis”, hosted by TechSoup. The war, the pandemic, political and economic insecurity, climate disasters, migrations, and systemic racism were some of the prevailing problems during the last two years. As organizations,
Read more →Recently, a new funding call under Creative Europe Programme has been issued in media pluralism and freedom. The call intends to fund projects for 4.1 million EUR, with a final deadline of 20th September 2022. The final objectives of the call are crucial in the days we are currently living in. Particularly important are all
Read more →The International Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change is a call to all foundations, regardless of their mission, status, and geographic location, to act on the climate emergency. Signatories to the International Commitment pledge to operate under the seven pillars of the Commitment. The Implementation Guide outlines suggested actions against the seven pillars of the International
Read more →Democracy is one of the priorities of the EU’s new funding instrument, Global Europe, also known as the Neighbourhood, Development, and International Cooperation Instrument. For the first time, this initiative presents various foreign policy and development tools to allow for more flexible use of the available funds, which total EUR 79.5 billion. As the EU
Read more →“Conducive Environment for Philanthropic Activity in Albania”, published by BCSDN member Partners Albania, presents the legal aspects and regulatory framework concerning the conducive environment of philanthropic activity. The paper is based on the challenges and bottlenecks that companies in Albania face regarding donations. The paper is focused on three issues: the legal framework of philanthropic
Read more →Much of the progress made over recent years towards achieving the 2030 Agenda’s goals and targets, adopted by all countries in 2015, has stalled or been reversed lately, in part due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The policy brief aims to provide an overview of the progress made by the UN Member States
Read more →The European Fundraising Association has recently shared its most recent newsletter, offering a comprehensive overview of all the ongoing and upcoming events and development in the area. It provides its usual round-up of news from across Europe, along with our list of the forthcoming conferences and events for fundraisers, insights from “Making space to learn
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