The Regional Conference: Philanthropy in the Western Balkans and Turkey: Investment for the Future was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 25-27 November 2015. By bringing together a variety of different stakeholders in the region, the conference aimed to contribute to initiatives across the region for creating an enabling environment and greater cooperation between stakeholders in the areas of philanthropy, development and promotion. Furthermore, the enabled dialogue between stakeholders would lead to increasing the capacity of CSOs to use philanthropy for the benefit of citizens and societies in general, and to help CSOs achieve greater organisational sustainability. While there has been great progress in local philanthropy development across the region, numerous challenges for further advancement and an increased role for CSOs still exist. Those challenges vary from legislation in WBT countries that motives or stimulates philanthropic giving to creating, maintaining and recognising philanthropic culture in the WBT, and ensuring and enabling that CSOs are truly mission driven and capable of persuading their communities. More information is available here.
Source: TACSO
