Ariadne News & Events

INPUT NEEDED: 2016-2019 ARIADNE STRATEGY: As Ariadne comes to the end of its three-year strategic plan, which saw us through a period of incredible growth, we are looking forward to what the next three years might hold. We would be incredibly grateful if you could take a few minutes of your time to complete the Framing for Ariadne’s New Strategic Plan survey. This will help us assess the progress that we have made and determine where we should invest our resources in the future. Responses are being collected by a consultant and will be anonymous to Ariadne staff. Please respond by 25th October to ensure that we can continue with our planning. If you have any further feedback or suggestions, please contact the Ariadne Director Julie Broome.

REGISTER NOW: RESPONDING TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE: WHAT ROLE FOR UK FOUNDATIONS? The purpose of this meeting, jointly organised by the Ariadne Network and the Association of Charitable Foundations, is to provide an overview of how the refugee crisis is playing out in Europe with a view to identify strategies that can help to more effectively respond to this emergency in a post-Brexit landscape. We will hear from Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, UNHCR UK (TBC) about the role played by international agencies in supporting refugees across the continent and about their assessment of what responses are needed to better handle the situation. We will then hear from Lily Caprani, UNICEF UK about the challenges facing unaccompanied and separated refugee children with a view to clarify the type of interventions required to address their needs. The event will take place on Tuesday, 25^th October 2016, between 14:00 – 16:00 BST. To book, please click here.

REGISTER NOW: TUTORIAL ON FOUNDATION MAPS: HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE FUNDING: WHO, WHAT AND WHERE? Join us for a funder-only tutorial on Foundation Maps: Human Rights, our interactive, funder-only map of human rights grantmaking, part of Ariadne and IHRFG’s Advancing Human Rights: Knowledge Tools for Funders initiative.  The map allows you to search for grants focused on the issues, populations, and countries you care about most. Learn how to use the map to understand the funding landscape for specific rights areas, find funding partners and potential grantees, and see how your institution fits within the overall field. The tutorial will take place on November 2^nd, between 14:30-15:30 GMT, at the Barrow Cadbury Trust. To register, please click here.

REGISTER NOW: ARIADNE PORTAL TUITION: An hour tuition session to increase your skill in using the Ariadne Portal will be held on two dates, one on Thursday, November 10^th, at 16:00 GMT and one on Wednesday, December 7^th, 15:00 GMT. These are online webinars you can participate in from your desk. To join, you will need a computer or tablet (iPad/Android) in order to watch the online demonstration. To register, please RSVP to Kenneth Hill.

NEW ARIADNE FRANCOPHONE MODERATOR: Ariadne would like to welcome Debora Guidetti as the new moderator of Ariadne Francophone community while Emilie Dromzee, the Ariadne Programme Manager is on maternity leave. Debora has extensive experience in philanthropy in Europe, in particular on issues related to refugees and the fight against racism. She speaks French, Italian, English and Spanish and is an active member of Ariadne since 2011 working for the Open Society Foundations. Besides being a moderator, Debora will also lead the 2017 Ariadne Forecast for France and Belgium. Feel free to contact her if you have any questions.

WATCH FOR: 2017 ARIADNE FORECAST:  Ariadne is creating its next Forecast for Social Change and Human Rights Funders. As part of this, we will send short surveys via the Ariadne portal and we will be holding meetings early in the New Year, in Brussels, London, Paris, Rome and The Hague, to help us all think about major trends, in both the issues and the field of philanthropy.  The results of the meetings and the surveys will be collated into a 2017 Ariadne Forecast for publication by the end of March 2017. More details will follow soon on the Ariadne portal.    

SAVE THE DATE: ARIADNE 2017 POLICY BRIEFING – APRIL 5^th-7^th 2017:  Next year’s Ariadne Annual Policy Briefing and Networking Event will take place in Turin, Italy (as suggested by last year’s participants) between Wednesday April 5^th and Friday April 7^th. Please save the date. We will be opening the call for session proposals shortly. More details will follow on the Ariadne portal soon.

The next Thread will go out on Thursday, November 17^th. We would love to hear from you! Please contact Lori Stanciu by November 15^th if you would like to share announcements, events, or resources for the next issue. 

New Research, Articles and Judgements

Justice or Complicity? LGBT Rights and the Russian Courts: The Equal Rights Trust launched Justice or Complicity? LGBT Rights and the Russian Courts, the first ever study of the practice of the courts in Russia in cases relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. The report provides unprecedented insight into discrimination in Russia based on analysis of more than 200 Cases.

Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: Understanding Risk and Vulnerability: This review, looking at the risk indicators and protective factors for Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, was carried out by Coventry University on behalf of the Early Intervention Foundation, and funded by the Home Office. It aims to provide policy makers and practitioners with an assessment of the best evidence for identifying and appraising risk indicators. The findings are based on a rapid evidence assessment and consideration of ten risk assessment tools currently in use in local areas.

Democracy Support Strategies: Leading with Women’s Political Empowerment: A new report by Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, highlights how support for women’s political empowerment can be particularly effective in certain transitional contexts. According to Tom, international efforts to advance women’s political empowerment could serve as a lever to promote broader change in countries working toward consolidated democracies. See also, Feminist and arts organisations are doing a great deal more to make the world a better place, by cyber artist Helen Varley Jamieson on the importance of having local feminist foundations and investing in women’s human rights.

Access to Information in the Arab World: A Battle for Open Societies: Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) has launched a new report titled Access to Information in the Arab World: A Battle for Open Societies, which builds on a previous study on Egypt carried out jointly by ARI and the Egyptian Centre for Public Opinion Research (Baseera). The report assesses the state of the debate on access to information in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Tunisia. According to the report, the right to access information remains an ongoing struggle on the way to building open and democratic societies in the Middle East and North Africa.

How We Kept the Internet Open in Europe: This summer, after three years of continuous negotiations by a broad coalition of activists, the EU established strong net neutrality protections for its citizens. In this article for Open Society Foundations, Thomas Lohninger, Executive Director at AKVorrat, OSF grantee, discusses what net neautrality means and how civil society must keep a close eye on the enforcement of the new net neutrality rules.

50m kids have migrated or been displaced worldwide says UNICEF: Nearly 1 in 200 children in the world is a child refugee says UNICEF in a new report, Europe’s refugees and migrants – Hidden flows, tightened borders and spiralling costs. The report takes a closer look at recent data on refugee and migrant flows and the cost of the European policy response, beyond the media headlines.  See also, Current migration situation poses separation risk for families by FRA.

Global analysis of persecution of lesbian and bisexual women: The Human Dignity Trust has produced the first-ever global analysis of the criminalisation and persecution of lesbian and bisexual women in “Breaking the Silence: Criminalisation of Lesbians and Bisexual Women and its Impacts”.

Refugees’ Right to Work and Access to Labor Markets – An Assessment: A new study by KNOMAD finds a generally restrictive approach to refugees’ right to work across 20 countries have taken in 70 per cent of the world’s refugees. Most are reluctant to ease these restrictions too. The majority of refugees work in the informal sector, but under much less satisfactory and more exploitative conditions compared with nationals. Informal labour markets are also constrained in countries with fragile economies which often host large numbers of refugees, says the study.

Blogs and Other Sites of Interest

Poland abortion: Parliament rejects near-total ban: Poland’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly to reject a controversial citizens’ bill for a near-total ban on abortion, according to BBC news. Poland already has among the tightest abortion laws in Europe, and the proposal sought to ban all abortions unless the mother’s life was at risk. MPs voted to reject the bill by 352 votes to 58.

Brave New Voices – A city imagined: This anthology, Brave New Voices: A City Imagined, published by English PEN’s Readers and Writer’s Programme, features writings by young people from all over the world who have taken part in the first year of Brave New Voices. This is a three-year creative writing project in which young refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, living in Greater London, have worked together in writing groups to create poems and stories sparkling with imagination, humour and beauty. The project was funded by Ariadne member AB Charitable Trust.

WATCH: Why it Matters: Voices from the Saharawi Refugee Camps: For more than 40 years, Saharawi refugees have been exiled from their homeland in desert refugee camps. Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara prevents them from returning home and they are now asking for the chance to vote in a referendum to determine their political future. Watch this video by Independent Diplomat to hear young Saharawi refugees talk about their dream of a free Western Sahara.

Unlocking Detention ‘virtual tour’ – 10 October-18 December: Unlocking Detention is a ‘virtual tour’ of the UK’s immigration detention estate and of the impact of detention on communities across the UK.  Each week, Unlocking Detention will ‘visit’ another of the UK’s detention centres and hear from people who have been detained there (and who still are), volunteer visitors to that centre, NGOs and campaigners who are involved with challenging immigration detention, and the families, friends, neighbours and communities over whom detention casts its long shadows. This social media project is run by Right to Remain and raises awareness of immigration detention in the UK. The tour runs from 10 October to 18 December 2016.

Colour portraits of immigrants at Ellis Island – in pictures: Many of the 12 million people who entered the US through New York’s Ellis Island wore traditional dress from their homelands. The early 1900s images by chief registry clerk Augustus Francis Sherman have been brought to life by colorists at Dynamichrome. The photos will form part of a book called The Paper Time Machine, by Wolfgang Wilding and Jordan Lloyd, which is currently being crowdsourced.

The Women on the Move Awards and Fellowship – Nominations now open: Migrants Organise and UN Refugee Agency have now opened nominations for the sixth annual Women on the Move Awards 2017. This year there are four categories of awards. The Woman of the Year and Young Woman of the Year awards celebrate women who, having migrated or fled persecution, provide essential support and inspiring leadership at the grassroots to others starting a new life in the UK. The Sue lloyd-Roberts Media Award recognises the outstanding work of a journalist or producer whose reporting has promoted the protection needs of migrant and refugee women. The Champion Award will also be presented to those who work to protect or promote the rights and/or integration needs of UK-based migrant and refugee women.

Watch: Welcome to Italy: Here is a series of short films by Internazionale which delve into Italy’s Reception System for migrants and uncover a patchwork of makeshift shelters, organised crime, and official misconduct through five human stories.

Watch: Virtual Teach-in Videos: A Heterodox and Feminist Approach to the Continental Free Trade Area: Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation’s Regions Refocus has compiled five “Virtual Teach-ins” of footage from the workshop “Towards an Equitable and Transformative Continental Free Trade Area: A Heterodox and Feminist Approach.” These teach-ins present heterodox and feminist economic analysis of Africa’s role in the global trade system and the potential interventions of the CFTA into this context.

Europe Makes Deal to Send Afghans Home, Where War Awaits Them: In an article for the New York Times, Rod Norland and Mujib Mashal discuss about The EU-Afghanistan deal that would send tens of thousands of Afghan migrants who had reached Europe back home to an increasingly hazardous war zone. The repatriation deal was announced alongside an international conference in which governments pledged $3.75 billion in annual development aid to Afghanistan over the next four years.

Grant-Making

Lessons learnt from Northern Ireland: The importance of building trust in communities: In this session (portal access required), Dr. Avila Kilmurray, former Director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (CFNI) for 20 years, reflects on the experience of running an independent community organisation funding in Northern Ireland, the challenges faced, how the challenges were addressed and the lessons learnt during her time as Director of CFNI. She discusses the importance of building trust through grant-making plus initiatives when funding in divided communities, as well as the need for local inclusion, participation and the role of community activism. This is part of Ariadne’s 2016 Grant Skills Day.

The multiplication effect of innovative philanthropic capital: In this article for Philanthropy Impact, Dr. Christin ter Braak-Frostinger, writes about the important multiplier role that philanthropists and foundations play as early investors and how the innovative structuring of philanthropic capital can be a very effective tool for the impact-investing field to reach maturity.

The Price of Climate Action: Philanthropic Foundations in the International Climate Debate: This new book by Edouard Morena explores how a handful of liberal foundations contributed to establish and orientate the international climate regime. Looking back at the origins of international climate philanthropy and its evolution over the past three decades, the author examines the role of philanthropic foundations in the international climate debate. The research presented in this book shows that foundations, through their grant-making and convening activities, are at the heart of the climate debate. In fact, many credit them with having, through their activities prior to and at the COP, significantly contributed to laying the basis for the Paris Agreement in December 2015. See also, Collaborating with scientists for climate justice, by Ellen Platts.

Innovations in Open Grantmaking: This new paper in GrantCraft’s Leadership Series sketches out the range and potential impact of innovations at every stage of the grantmaking process, and provides inspiration for more openly and effectively providing access to public money. Also by GrantCraft see, Effective Philanthropy: Another Take, a collection of stories describing a philanthropic intervention against some form of injustice (socioeconomic and/or political) at a local, national or global scale.

New Guardian-Bertha documentary partnership: The Bertha Foundation has partnered with the Guardian Media Group to produce a documentary series of 12 specially commissioned short-form films that address contemporary issues such as access to justice and raise awareness of people and movements making a difference in the world.

An Intro Guide to Analytics for Grantmakers – Using next generation technology in grants and philanthropy: Predictive analytics and impact measurement have become the hot buzzwords for grantmakers. Most know they need it, but many don’t know how to approach it or where to start. In fact, many don’t have a complete grasp of what predictive analytics entails. This Intro Guide to Analytics for Grantmakers discusses these components, as well as the six key steps funders need to implement predictive analytics.

Transforming the workplace for women using the power of investments and donations: Equileap, a new social enterprise set up by Diana van Maasdijk and Jo Andrews to support gender equity in the workforce, has begun an in-depth research with the University of Maastricht Business School on Equileap’s first Gender Impact Index. The Index will look at over 200 companies checking how well each is doing on gender balance.

Small grants can make big impacts: In this article for Open Global Rights, Maria Amália Souza, Co-founder and Executive Director of Brazil’s CASA Socio-Environmental Fund, argues that building a culture of philanthropy in the global South is a herculean task, but small grants can still make big changes. Maria argues that, to reverse the destruction of ecosystems, funders must first provide the appropriate level of resources to indigenous people and traditional communities to strengthen their capacity to engage in proposing solutions.

Elevate Children Funding Stream Analysis – Donor Survey: The Elevate Children Funders Group has commissioned a brief online donor survey examining the various ways that children’s care and protection is funded in Nepal and Uganda. Responses are requested by October 21, 2016.

Impacting investing: the future of philanthropy? Amanda Miller, co-founder of the Impact Generation Partners examines philanthropy’s need for innovation in this article for Alliance Magazine. Covering the ‘Investing for good’ panel, she explores how social enterprise and impact investing may be the best way to tackle the problems we face today.

U.S. Government and the Freedom Fund To Partner in the Global Fight Against Modern Slavery: The Freedom Fund has partnered with the US Department of State to maximize impact through closer coordination of government and private donor initiatives in the fight against modern slavery.

Jobs and Tenders

Baring Foundation – Programmes Officer: The Baring Foundation is recruiting for a newly created post – for the right candidate it offers the opportunity to be at the heart of the foundation’s grantmaking. The successful candidate will have very good communication and analytical skills and be able to work on their own initiative. The post is based at our London office within a small team. Location: London, United Kingdom. Deadline for applications is 26^th October 2016.

RightsInfo – Chief Executive: RightsInfo is seeking a Chief Executive to lead its rapid development from a digital start-up to an industry-leading human rights media platform. The Chief Executive will be responsible for the successful leadership and management of the organisation. This will involve recruiting and managing a small team, ensuring that RightsInfo continues to produce superb online content, building strategic partnerships within the digital, commercial and charitable sector and working with existing and potential funders. RightsInfo is a highly visual project and has been created to industry-leading design standards. Journalistic, design and news media experience are desirable, digital experience is essential. Location: London, United Kingdom. Deadline for applications is 4th November 2016.

Oak Foundation – Consultancy Position – Child Abuse Programme: The Child Abuse Programme of Oak Foundation is a grant-making programme to stop the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children. Ending violence against children requires strong political commitment and the participation of civil society. The changes we would like to see in each of our priority countries include an increased focus on the prevention of all forms of violence, including risk reduction and strength-building strategies in government agencies and the civil society. With this vision we aim to contribute to the development of a violence-prevention grant-making strategy in Bulgaria in the coming three to five years. To this end, we are seeking a highly creative and participatory consultant to inform, engage and guide Oak, partners and allies to put violence prevention on the political agenda in Bulgaria. Location: Bulgaria. Deadline for applications is 31st October 2016.

Mama Cash – Grants Manager: Mama Cash is looking for a Grants Manager.  The ideal candidate will have an understanding of and substantive experience with feminist and social justice movements especially in the global south and east, superior communication and problem solving skills, and be an excellent people and project manager, ideally with grantmaking experience.Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline for applications is 13th November 2016.

Ford Foundation – 2 x Programme Officers: Ford Foundation is seeking a Programme Officer for Inclusive Economies and a Programme Officer for Youth, Opportunity and Learning. The Programme Officer for Inclusive Economies will assess opportunities in the US and globally, identify key ecosystems interventions and work with various actors to analyse challenges and opportunities, identify levers of change, and play a leading role in shaping specific grant activities – particularly around Quality Work and Economic Security. The Programme Officer for Youth, Opportunity and Learning will help assess the YOL field in the US and globally, identify its key ecosystems and work with various actors (especially including Ford’s regional field offices) to analyse challenges and opportunities, and play a leading role in shaping specific grant activities. Location: New York, United States of America. Deadline for applications is 4^th November and 31^st October, 2016 respectively.

Kering Foundation – International Programme Manager: Kering Foundation is seeking an International Programme Manager, based in its Sustainability Department, to contribute to the implementation and growth of its impactful partnerships. The successful candidate will manage grants with existing NGO and social entrepreneur partners in The Americas and Western Europe; ensure effective and appropriate technical monitoring and evaluation, dissemination and learning processes as well as building capacities with partner organisations; explore new partners and conduct initial reviews, co-design of new programmes according to the strategy of the Foundation; lead the grant process for the Social Entrepreneurs’ Awards every two years; and monitor the Women’s Rights agenda and stakeholders, in particular in The Americas and Europe. Location: Paris, France. Deadline for applications is ongoing. Reference: 000AIQ

*For more jobs, see the ‘Career Opportunities’ section on the landing page of the Ariadne portal.

Public Meetings

AMSTERDAM

October 16^th – 22^nd
10^th Annual European Pro Bono Forum: By bringing together a growing community that recognises the urgency of pro bono – individuals from law firms, corporations, bar organisations, NGOs, and law schools – the 2016 Forum will offer a setting where supporters can explore how they can best collaborate to address critical issues of social justice. Through interactive workshops, engaging social events, and structured networking opportunities, attendees will gain insight into the pro bono community and forge alliances that can help deliver justice and protect rights around the world. The event will take place between 16^th – 18^th October, 2016 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

BELFAST

October 16^th – 22^nd
Litigating for Social Change: Organised by Law Centre (NI), Social Change Initiative and Atlantic Philanthropies the ‘Litigating for Social Change’ conference will bring together NGOs, community activists, litigators, academics, and funders to reflect on the extent to which strategic litigation can transform lives and enable people and communities to realise their rights.  With speakers from different geographic and legal settings, the conference aims to explore: lessons learnt from the use of test case litigation to date; strategic litigation as a tool for promoting social justice; and models and approaches to supporting strategic litigation. The event will take place between 19^th – 21^st October, 2016 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

BERLIN

October 17^th – 23^rd
“From Washington to Sanaa via Ramstein” The Impact of Drone Wars on Law, Warfare and Society: Armed drones kill people around the world in the name of the “war on terror”. The US airbase Ramstein in western Germany is a symbol of the global reach of drones as well as of Germany’s role in the US drone war. Speakers to include: Andreas Schüller, ECCHR; Faisal Bin Ali Jaber, survivor of a drone attack in Yemen, activist and petitioner in an administrative law complaint against Germany; Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept; Shahzad Akbar, Foundation for Fundamental Rights; Chris Woods, Airwars; Jennifer Gibson, Reprieve; Sarah Harrison, Courage Foundation; Oliver Fixson, German Foreign Office; Wolfgang Kaleck, ECCHR; Andreas Zimmermann, University of Potsdam and Wolfgang Janisch, Süddeutsche Zeitung. To register email event@ecchr.eu. The event will take place on October 18^th, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.

October 17^th – 23^rd
2016 Managing Disruption Innovation Lab: The 2016 Managing Disruption Innovation Lab seeks to help civil society organisations to establish skills that spot, embrace, and manage disruption. The conference will focus on: how disruptive change is affecting the civil society sector; a call to action for international civil society organisations to diversify, adapt and innovate their business models; establishing an organisational culture of change; a change agenda for ICSOs, challenging CSOs to raise their game and “act big” rather than trying to protect their status quo. Participants will explore causes of disruption and develop strategies and tools to prepare their organisation for disruption and manage transformative change. The event will take place between October 18^th – 19^th, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.

BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM

October 16^th – 22^nd
Bristol: Increasing Philanthropic Giving – A Missed Business Opportunity for Professional Advisers: At this event Philanthropy Impact will present its research mapping the level of philanthropy advice amongst professional advisers (top 383 firms) in the UK and a survey of HNW and UHNW individual giving patterns. At the event the expert panel will explore: how to start the conversation on philanthropy with clients; the business opportunity for advisers; risk and rewards on talking about philanthropy with clients; how can we develop a culture of giving; and implications and opportunities of the results of the market research for advisers, philanthropists and charities. The event will take place On 18^th October, 2016 in Bristol, United Kingdom.

GDAŃSK, POLAND

October 30th – November 5th
Mobilising for the Commons: 10th Conference on Solidarity: In recent years issues of solidarity have dominated political debates on both sides of the Atlantic. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis questions of inequality and solidarity have become intertwined especially in countries that have implemented severe austerity measures. The event is organised jointly by the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna; the European network of cultural journals, Eurozine; the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk and Res Publica Foundation, in partnership with ERSTE Foundation and the Mayor of Gdańsk. The event will take place between 4th – 6th November, 2016 in Gdańsk, Poland.

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

November 27^th – December 3^rd
Global Summit on Community Philanthropy: The main purpose of the two-day Global Summit on Community Philanthropy will be to build connections and foster conversations between participants towards a collective and linked up framework for people-led development. Community philanthropy – with its emphasis on local assets, strengthening communities and building trust – is one set of tools and principles that can help achieve this. The event will take place between 1^st – 2^nd December, 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

LONDON

October 16^th – 22^nd October
Lecture by Pablo de Greiff, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence: Pablo de Greiff, UN Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, will give a public lecture as part of the 10^th anniversary celebrations of University of East London’s Centre on Human Rights in Conflict; co-sponsored by the London Transitional Justice Network. The event will take place on October 18^th, 2016 in London, United Kingdom.

October 16th – 22nd
Early Action Neighbourhood Fund – Learning from its first year: Organised by The Early Action Funders Alliance (EAFA), and joined by representatives of the Coventry Law Centre, this meeting will explore learning from the first year of the Early Action Neighbourhood Fund. The Big Lottery Fund, Comic Relief and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, working together on the pilot Early Action Neighbourhood Fund (EANF), committed up to £5.3m of funding for three early action projects in Coventry, Norwich and Hartlepool. The EANF aims to reduce future demand for public services (e.g. children’s services, mental health and housing support) by providing innovative models of intensive preventative support right now. The event will take place on October 18th, 2016 in London, United Kingdom.

October 16th – 22nd
Who are we? Hate, hostility and human rights in a post-Brexit world: Over the last decade hostile political rhetoric has been mirrored by the entrenchment of discrimination in UK laws and policies and a sustained threat to the UK Human Rights Act. As the UK looks to its new future, this talk will reflect on how human rights – and human rights activists – can offer a national identity of tolerance, diversity and equality, and where the battle lines will be drawn in the months to come. Speakers to include Martha Spurrier, Director of Liberty and Conor Gearty, Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. The event will take place on October 19^th, 2016 in London, United Kingdom.

November 13^th – 19^th
Towards Gender Equality: Supporting Women in the Workplace: The magnitude of the undertaking required to eradicate gender inequality and workplace discrimination should not be underestimated. Over half (53%) of the recent net growth in female employment has come from women moving into lower paid part time jobs, with Price Waterhouse Coopers revealing that the UK has the third lowest proportion of women in full time employment out of the 27 OECD nations. The event will take place on November 15^th, 2016 in London, United Kingdom.

NICOSIA, CYPRUS

October 16^th – 22^nd 
Reclaiming Family Values: Many diverse forms of families exist in Europe today, and yet only some of them benefit from rights from the state’s protection and from social recognition. Families that challenge gender norms and expectations suffer from weaker or non-existent state recognition and protection, stigma, and discrimination. ‘Reclaiming Family Values,’ convened by the Open Society Initiative for Europe, will seek to build a shared vision for genuine family equality. It will gather civil society organisations and donors working on family equality, mostly with a focus on families that include LGBTI people. It will also include stakeholders from connected movements to encourage synergies and mutual support. The event will take place between October 16th and 18th, 2016 in Nicosia, Cyprus.

October 17^th – 23^rd
ILGA-Europe Annual Conference: This year ILGA-Europe celebrates its 20th anniversary. Looking back over the past two decades it is undeniable that the LGBTI movement has come a long way, and so the theme of the 2016 annual conference is: ‘Power to the People – Celebrating 20 Years of the Strength Within.’ It will be a space to recognise the movement’s successes and discuss how they can continue to be built upon. It will also be a unique moment to honour those activists who led the way 20 years ago or even before that, the advocates who grew up to find their voice in the movement since 1996 and to invigorate the LGBTI leaders of the future. In 2016, participants will celebrate those who have been the architects of so much of what is good in Europe, and inspire people to carry the work into the future. The event will take place between October 19th – 22nd, 2016 in Nicosia, Cyprus.

PARIS

October 30^th – November 5^th
11ème Forum National des Associations et Fondations: Conçu comme un lieu de réflexion, le Forum National des Associations et Fondations permet aux acteurs du secteur associatif d’échanger, de s’informer et de se former aussi bien sur des problématiques de financement, de gestion, de développement, de communication que de transition digitale. L’événement sera sur le 3ème et 4ème Novembre à Paris, en France.

THE HAGUE

October 23^rd – 29^th  
Rien Van Gendt Lecture: Fund 1818 invites you to its first Rien van Gendt lecture, which will be held every two years in honour of his role in highlighting the national and international philanthropic sector. The focus of the lecture will be ‘Funds and Society: Sliding Panels’ – the rapidly changing role of philanthropy and in particular the capital funds in a society where the government withdraws in many relevant areas. The event will take place on 27^th October, 2016 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

October 23^rd – 29^th
Museum Night 2016: how well integrated are you? Journey of experience: what does it feel like to flee? In Humanity House’s interactive museum you can put yourself in the shoes of a refugee for 45 minutes and find out what it’s like to have to leave everything behind. What problems do you face during your unforgettable journey? Then, earn your integration diploma. How integrated do you think you really are? Test your ‘Knowledge of Dutch Society’ by taking the ‘integration examination’. Your examiner is the strict (but hopefully fair) Saman Amini, one of the actors from the successful theatre show Nobody Home. Are you able to understand Dutch situations? The 30-minute test starts at 9 pm, 10 pm and 11 pm, and will be in English. Special museum attendants will be available all evening to guide you around the exhibition The Asylum Search Engine. What does the Dutch asylum world look like? Find out how visual art, photography and video installations bring this world to life and make it more understandable. With work by top photographers Chris de Bode, Ad van Denderen and others. For tickets, click here. The event will take place on 29^th October, 2016 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

November 13^th – 19^th  
Peace Philanthropy Learning Event: Organised by ESCP and Carnegie, this learning event marks the 100-year anniversary of Dutch banker Johan G.D. Wateler’s bequeathing of his estate to found the Carnegie Wateler Peace Prize, awarded by the Dutch Carnegie Foundation. The 2016 award ceremony will take place after the learning event. Participants will have a unique opportunity to meet with a diverse and international group of philanthropists, academics and representatives from foundations, government, civil society organizations, policy institutes and corporations. By discussing pioneering case examples with stakeholders and experts, we will acquire new insights and contribute to the identification of key themes and approaches for further learning on peace philanthropy. To register email info@ecsp.nl with a short description of your motivation to participate. The event will take place on 16^th November, 2016 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

March 19^th – April 1^st
Cinema Without Borders: Are you interested in screening films on human rights in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe or the Middle East? Learn how to organise a human rights film festival, gain inspiration on how to make a strong film selection and set up a good side programme, discover new ideas for attracting an audience and funding partners, and meet like-minded film professionals to share knowledge and ideas. Movies that Matter organises annual multi-day workshop programmes on how to develop and optimise human rights film festivals. Through this programme, Cinema without Borders, participants will gain practical knowledge on event organisation, gain inspiration for films and programmes, new insights and ideas for income and audience, and strengthen their networks. In March 2017, Cinema without Borders will be held in The Hague during the Movies that Matter Festival. Movies that Matter will select 10-15 qualified individuals from the field of cinema and human rights, to participate. To apply, fill out the application form and upload it to the online data form no later than November 8^th 2016. The event will take place between 24^th – 29^th March, 2017 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

VIENNA

November 6^th – 12^th
Symposium: The Illegality of Freedom: This event will bring together political, theoretical and artistic insights and practices, in order to investigate what its conveners suggest is a false dichotomy (choice) between legality and illegality when considering political, economic and any other socially constitutive element of today’s global (permanent) war. The symposium will suggest that freedom appears at this point as a fundamental and arbitrary notion of neoliberal society, the notion that justifies the state of war. Departing from September 11th, 2001 and the beginning of the war on terror, as declared by the Bush administration, the symposium will focus on common grounds between artistic practices and critical thinking about the urgent and difficult subjects of il/legality, resistance, and social utopia while considering the meaning of freedom in the context of the permanent war. The event will take place between November 11^th and 12^th, 2016 in Vienna, Austria.

February 19th – 25th
Zero Project Conference: Save the date for the Zero Project Conference 2017 on Employment, Work, and Vocational Education and Training: Innovative Policies and Practices for Persons with Disabilities. This sixth Zero Project Conference hopes to gather 500 decision makers and opinion leaders worldwide; highlight more than 50 innovative policies and innovative practices concerning employment, work and vocational education and training from around the world; and involve leading experts in the discussion of the most relevant solutions for the implementation of the UN CRPD. The event will take place between February 22^nd and 24^th, 2017 in Vienna, Austria.

WASHINGTON

December 4^th – 10^th
2016 AIDS Philanthropy Summit: December 2016 will see FCAA’s 8th Annual AIDS Philanthropy Summit. FCAA will release its signature publication Philanthropic Support to Address HIV/AIDS in 2015, the only resource of its kind reporting on who is funding what, where, and how within the HIV landscape. Resulting from a collaboration between ABFE (A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities), Grantmakers in Health, Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights, Funders Concerned About AIDS, Funders for LGBTQ Issues, and the International Human Rights Funders Group, day two of the Summit will focus on intersectional approaches to building health equity, featuring both U.S. domestic and international content. The event will take place between December 5^th and 6^th, 2016 in Washington, The United States of America.