Other Upcoming non-FNTG Events of Interest
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Friday, April 15 at 2pm EST / 3pm Brasilia
In this call, we will discuss these challenges for grant-makers and their partners in Brazil as well as strategies that could inform funders’ programmatic plans. For this occasion, we have invited Fernando Larrea (Heifer International) and Athayde Motta (Baobab Fund) - both based in Brazil - to share their views about those issues. Funders based in Europe, Canada, United States and Brazil can join this call via Skype. Please send your Skype IDs, by replying to this message, no later than Thursday, April 14th.
Contact: Saulo Araújo, Program Coordinator for Latin America (Skype ID: smjaraujo). This call is for funders only.
April 20th, 2011 from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EST
The Roundtable will be moderated by Pablo Farias, Vice President, Ford Foundation, with welcoming remarks from Mr. Sha Zukang, Conference Secretary-General. This will be an interactive dialogue between the philanthropic community, the Conference Secretariat and senior UN officials on the key issues of the Conference, such as a green/clean energy economy and emerging challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss, as well as an important opportunity to raise critical questions and share ideas based on the lessons learned in the last two decades that will enable the philanthropic community and the United Nations to work more effectively in the 21st century by harnessing the power of all sectors and empowering individuals to enable democratic participation.
RSVP: Email Mafruza Khan by April 13th
Corporate Accountability Undercut: U.S. Court Limits Alien Tort Statute
Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 2:00-3:30pm EDT
This telebriefing will focus on corporate accountability for human rights violations in U.S. courts after the Kiobel decision. Participants will discuss the background to the ruling, the current prospects for overturning it, effects of the ruling on other cases, the likelihood that it will be adopted by other courts, and alternative avenues for corporate accountability in U.S. courts and worldwide. Funders will have an opportunity to learn more about this timely issue and how they can get involved.
RSVP: Azeen Salimi by May 2, 2025 for call-in information.
This telebriefing is open to grantmakers only.
Indigenous Peoples and Philanthropy: Strengthening Alliances for the Next Seven Generations
May 25 - 27, 2011 at Haudenosaunee territory on Oneida Turning Stone Resort (only 4 hours north of NYC)
Conference will have three tracks: (1) Indigenous Knowledge and Technology: Bridging Science and Tradition; (2) Resilience: Climate change, Resource management and Indigenous Practices for Sustainability; and (3) UNDRIP and Indigenous Movements. Strategically timed to coincide with the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, the IFIP conference presents a rare confluence of international Indigenous leaders with major donors. Both will offer their insight and experience on viable, effective partnerships. IFIP conferences are known for their ‘deep engagement’ among participants. They work from a simple premise: that face-to-face dialogue between donors and Indigenous Peoples is the essence of Indigenous philanthropy.
On-line registration is activated and the early bird rate extended until April 15, save $50 click here.
Creativity at the River's Edge: Funding Change in Food and Farming Systems
June 21-24, 2011 at the Depot Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel in Minnesota
Forum Overview: SAFSF Signature Site Visits, 5 Plenary Sessions, Funder-sponsored Workshops, 3 Pre-Forum Workshops, Get Moving Activities, and much more!!
Download the preliminary program here.
Register here.
For program related questions, please contact either of us at:
Virginia, 805-680-7987 or Bridget, 805-680-3513
For registration related questions, please contact Linda Ann Smith, 303-690-4245
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