News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Many foundations are shifting their funding strategies towards core support. But few foundations are yet to take seriously the organizational development of grantees. Now, more than ever, the need to invest in strengthening civil society organizations has been emphasized. In such an environment, five Swiss Foundations, Laudes, MAVA, Mercator, Oak, and PeaceNexus stand out. They
Read more →Climate shocks, conflict, Covid-19, and spiraling costs of food and fuel are creating a perfect storm, driving millions closer to starvation, and threatening global stability. At the same time, the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine are radiating outwards, triggering a wave of collateral hunger that is spreading across the globe. If the conflict in
Read more →The CSO community stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Many CSOs, both Ukrainian and from other countries, have been actively providing support in Ukraine and in the neighboring countries since the very early stages of the humanitarian crisis due to the invasion. This social resilience and quick response are also the results of
Read more →The UK’s International Development Strategy (IDS) has finally been published – but it fails to address the world’s biggest crises: poverty, inequality, human rights and climate change. It leaves out measures critical to meeting the targets set out in the Paris Agreement, such as ensuring easier green technology transfer and emissions limits for trade. It
Read more →A new mapping published by Philea’s European Philanthropy Coalition for Climate explores the philanthropy ecosystem in the field of climate and the ways they shape and support the climate mission. This mapping exercise is part of the activities of the European Philanthropy Coalition for Climate, which aims to empower philanthropy to drive bold climate action
Read more →Philea hosted an event bringing together philanthropy networks, practitioners, social movements, researchers, advocates, and nonprofit leaders to think about what the philanthropic field could look like if funding practices shifted to better meet the challenges of our time. Norm change is hard and takes time and tends not to come naturally. Even in a sector
Read more →A report produced and published by the Humentum offers recommendations on how funders could provide adequate cost coverage and strengthen their grantees’ financial health and resilience. The research team has completed an extensive survey on financial health and cost coverage, and a self-assessment questionnaire on CSO`s cost recovery practice, processed by adaptation of internationally recognized
Read more →The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness – CPDE, has published a statement where that calls for higher levels of official development assistance (ODA) amid the world’s fragile recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The call follows the release of 2021 figures from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which claimed that members of the
Read more →After the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced that in 2021, members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) allocated $ 178.9 billion in official development assistance (ODA), a real increase of 4.4% compared to the previous year, the CROSOL published an article on the insufficiency of the available official development assistance. The article
Read more →The publication documents the variety of existing approaches, experiences, and lessons learned from the field, intending to create a collection of good practices on Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) in the Neighbourhood and Enlargement region. Recent evaluations of DG NEAR support to civil society confirm that FSTP is an increasingly used tool throughout the
Read more →A new article published by the Global Fund Community Foundation explores what might a new local funding mechanism in Somalia, a feminist fund in Poland, and a centenarian community foundation in Buffalo, New York have in common. Excluding the geographical and socio-cultural similarities, the articles paint a picture of the similarity in the context that
Read more →Prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Center for Effective Philanthropy examined the state of practice in philanthropy regarding multiyear general operating support. They found that there is “a sobering disconnect” between attitudes of foundation CEOs and their foundations’ practices – while they believed multiyear core support was a good practice, very few
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