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International Situation 2019-2020: New Crises, Stronger Resistance, Report Published

The International Situation report gives a snapchat of the international situation from 2019-2020, addressing COVID-19 and global recession’s key global challenges. The report covers how the 2020 recession emerged from an already struggling, pre-pandemic world economy, particularly within Southern economies. The analysis also finds that with increasing global geopolitical competition, there are implications for nations

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Human Rights Grantmaking Principles Published

Ariadne has established a funders advisory committee as a part of a broader objective to address guiding principles for human rights grantmaking. They have published six Human Rights Grantmaking Principles, written and contributed by 300 human rights contributors from over 40 countries. The principles are aimed at helping organisations and foundations assess their internal practices

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Europe’s Momentum to Unleash Private Resources for Public Good

On the European Day of Foundations and Donors, over 100 European policymakers, CSOs, and representatives of public benefit foundations from across Europe met virtually. They discussed the Single Market for Public Good – How Can We Unleash Private Resources for European Solidarity? COVID-19 has strengthened European solidarity through various philanthropic initiatives of citizens, CSOs, and

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An Economic and Investment Plan to Support Economic Recovery and Convergence for the Western Balkans

The European Commission adopted a comprehensive Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans, aiming to encourage the region’s long-term economic recovery, support a green and digital transition, foster regional integration, and convergence with the European Union. The Economic and Investment Plan sets out a substantial investment package mobilizing up to 9 billion EUR funding

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Characteristics and Challenges of Social Enterprises in Albania Published

The report explores the aspects of Social Enterprises in Albania regarding three main principles: social dimension, economic dimension, and governing structure, and presents the challenges and needs of their development. The baseline study strives to map established and potential social enterprises in Albania and better understand their characteristics, needs, and trends in the sector in

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CIVIVUS COVID-19 Survey: How has the Pandemic Affected Our Members’ Financial Situation?

The financial implications of the Covid-19 pandemic could severely affect the long-term sustainability and durability of civil society, particularly of small, informal, and grassroots groups and individuals who were already struggling to sustain their work before the crisis. This is a crucial finding of the recent CIVICUS alliance survey asking 127 members from 50 countries

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Fiscal Data for Emergency Response: Guide for COVID-19 Published

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many governments to launch emergency spending and tax policy measures to mitigate the potentially catastrophic impact on the people and economies’ health. The adjustments’ speed has challenged traditional approaches to managing risks, inefficiencies, budgetary allocations, and corruption. The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) network, with support of the OGP

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Innovating in Times of Crisis: Lessons from Entrepreneurs

The COVID 19 crisis indicates he challenges to economies and people’s lives and daily routines, resulting in uncertainty and rapidly changing consumer needs and behaviors. Nevertheless, a crisis can also be a powerful driver of innovation and creativity. The article presents lessons that CSOs can take from the world of business. The pandemic has accelerated

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The Role of CSOs in Development

CSOs are vital for achieving the SDGs, democratization, defense of human rights, and protecting the environment. Civic space is shrinking in many countries, and this ranges from increasingly restrictive legislation and administrative hurdles being put in place to smear campaigns and political persecution. In many states, CSOs and individuals have organized to provide information and

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How Philanthropy Can Help Governments Accelerate a Real Recovery

Philanthropy can play a unique and catalytic role in accelerating a real recovery by helping government leaders make smarter decisions. Helping the leaders develop and effectively use the data-and-evidence capacity, they need to give prominence to and understand community challenges’ root causes. Such a situation mainly targets racial disparities, and increase the impact of government

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