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August-September 2005
Resources & Links
Activities, Web sites and other cutting-edge information for global givers
INSP provides global perspective on strategic philanthropy
The International Network on Strategic Philanthropy has published the results of a four- year study project in a collection of ten papers on contemporary issues in philanthropy, entitled Rethinking Philanthropic Effectiveness -- Lessons from an International Network of Foundation Experts. The aim of the project and the publication is to stimulate more strategic forms of philanthropy. The papers cover topics including board management, the promotion of philanthropy, and the role of philanthropy in globalization. Contributors include Adele Simmons, President of the Global Philanthropy Partnership, Senior Adviser to the World Economic Forum and a board member of Synergos; and David Winder, Founding Director of Synergos' Multi-Stakeholder Partnership program. To order the INSP publication, visit www.insp.efc.be (EU residents) or www.brookings.edu (non-EU residents).
New blog explores eradicating poverty through profit
World Resources Institute has launched NextBillion.Net (www.nextbillion.net), a new "hyper-interactive" blog created as a forum for discussion of best practices, new research, and on-the-ground activities related to sustainable business models that address the needs of the world's poorest citizens -- the so-called "bottom of the pyramid." WRI hopes that bloggers who visit the site will expand on conversations initiated at its conference last December in San Francisco on Eradicating Poverty Through Profit: Making Business Work for the Poor. The name of the blog refers both to the "next billion" to rise from poverty as empowered consumers, and the "next billion" in profits earned by private firms selling to underserved markets around the world. (WRI News Release, May 26, 2005)
Alliance assesses the Millennium Development Goals
As the UN meets in New York in September to review progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Alliance magazine (www.allavida.org/alliance/alliancehome.html) takes its own critical look at the goals five years on -- achievements to date, steps required to meet the goals by 2015, and the role that companies, foundations and individual philanthropists can play to ensure that the goals are met -- often in partnership with governments and multilateral agencies. In the August edition of the online Alliance Extra (www.allavida.org/alliance/allianceextra.html) an interview with Oded Grajew, President of the Ethos Institute, focuses on progress toward meeting the MDGs in Brazil.
© 2005 The Synergos Institute
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