International Conference: Global Philanthropists - Partners for a Knowledge based Response to Climate Change, June 1st-3rd 2008, Portorose, Slovenia
1 June 2008 - 3 June 2008
Slovenia
Background
Global challenges, in particular climate change, require new, committed, and global problem solving alliances. In light of the unprecedented magnitude of the challenges humanity is facing today, innovative and strong approaches are needed - partnership-oriented approaches from public authorities, international organisations, business, civil society, the scientific community and last but not least, philanthropists.1
As we live in 21st century in global information and knowledge societies, knowledge generation, dissemination and utilization has to be placed at the centre of global concerted action in climate change mitigation and adaptation.2
Philanthropists worldwide have a unique role to play in this arena. First of all, they have the ability to complement the work of public authorities and international organisations. Their vision is neither limited by short-term electoral nor business considerations.
Philanthropists have the freedom to think outside the box. This freedom can lead to optimised results, as it offers advantages of speed and scope to implement more effective responses to global challenges.
Philanthropists have the necessary means to finance programmes, which are consensually identified as appropriate responses to global challenges. Philanthropists can contribute to the building of human capacity worldwide to disseminate knowledge about behaviour that is appropriate to safeguard our common global future.
The US and EU are the origin of most international philanthropic giving worldwide, but there are players in other regions of the world that are beginning to step up. For these new actors, global issues such as climate change, mitigation, and adaptation, as well as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) etc. are high on the agenda.
With this international conference, we hope to identify areas in which philanthropists, together with the above-mentioned stakeholders and all concerned citizens, can work together to safeguard our world.
General Objectives
- Encourage cooperation among philanthropic organisations worldwide to respond to global challenges, in particular that of climate change.
- Promote partnership between philanthropic organisations, governments, the EU, the United Nations, and other key stakeholders to address global challenges.
- Highlight the role of foundations in advancing research, innovation and human capacity-building for knowledge-based responses to global challenges and identify and develop appropriate mechanisms of philanthropic funding for activities in this field. The European Forum on Philanthropy and Research Funding will be a central point of departure for discussion.
-Identify practices and approaches and trigger innovative and partnership-oriented actions with new actors.
Registration
To attend the conference you need to register. There is no registration fee. Please fill in the online registration form (before May 28 2008) you find at: http://www.glocha.info(opens in new window)
Further Information:
For further information about conference programme updates visit the conference homepage http://www.glocha.info/(opens in new window) where you can find also other additional information about the conference venue, accommodation, local transportation (transfer Ljubljana Airport to Portoroz and Triest Airport to Porotorz) and tourist information (Portoroz/Portorose and its surroundings).Contact:
Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana (ASO): http://www.aso.zsi.at(opens in new window) Mr. Miroslav Polzer, Conference Coordinator Tel: +386.1.568.4168; polzer@zsi.at
Contact person for organisational details: Mr. Gorazd Weiss,
Tel.:+386.1.568.41.68 Mob. +386.3.163.74.24 office@glocha.info
European Foundation Centre (EFC) Secretariat: http://www.efc.be(opens in new window)
efc@efc.be; Tel.:+32.2.512.89.38
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Slovenia
Service for International Co-operation and European affairs: http://www.mvzt.gov.si(opens in new window)
Tel.: +386.1.478.46.76
Global challenges, in particular climate change, require new, committed, and global problem solving alliances. In light of the unprecedented magnitude of the challenges humanity is facing today, innovative and strong approaches are needed - partnership-oriented approaches from public authorities, international organisations, business, civil society, the scientific community and last but not least, philanthropists.1
As we live in 21st century in global information and knowledge societies, knowledge generation, dissemination and utilization has to be placed at the centre of global concerted action in climate change mitigation and adaptation.2
Philanthropists worldwide have a unique role to play in this arena. First of all, they have the ability to complement the work of public authorities and international organisations. Their vision is neither limited by short-term electoral nor business considerations.
Philanthropists have the freedom to think outside the box. This freedom can lead to optimised results, as it offers advantages of speed and scope to implement more effective responses to global challenges.
Philanthropists have the necessary means to finance programmes, which are consensually identified as appropriate responses to global challenges. Philanthropists can contribute to the building of human capacity worldwide to disseminate knowledge about behaviour that is appropriate to safeguard our common global future.
The US and EU are the origin of most international philanthropic giving worldwide, but there are players in other regions of the world that are beginning to step up. For these new actors, global issues such as climate change, mitigation, and adaptation, as well as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) etc. are high on the agenda.
With this international conference, we hope to identify areas in which philanthropists, together with the above-mentioned stakeholders and all concerned citizens, can work together to safeguard our world.
General Objectives
- Encourage cooperation among philanthropic organisations worldwide to respond to global challenges, in particular that of climate change.
- Promote partnership between philanthropic organisations, governments, the EU, the United Nations, and other key stakeholders to address global challenges.
- Highlight the role of foundations in advancing research, innovation and human capacity-building for knowledge-based responses to global challenges and identify and develop appropriate mechanisms of philanthropic funding for activities in this field. The European Forum on Philanthropy and Research Funding will be a central point of departure for discussion.
-Identify practices and approaches and trigger innovative and partnership-oriented actions with new actors.
Registration
To attend the conference you need to register. There is no registration fee. Please fill in the online registration form (before May 28 2008) you find at: http://www.glocha.info(opens in new window)
Further Information:
For further information about conference programme updates visit the conference homepage http://www.glocha.info/(opens in new window) where you can find also other additional information about the conference venue, accommodation, local transportation (transfer Ljubljana Airport to Portoroz and Triest Airport to Porotorz) and tourist information (Portoroz/Portorose and its surroundings).Contact:
Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana (ASO): http://www.aso.zsi.at(opens in new window) Mr. Miroslav Polzer, Conference Coordinator Tel: +386.1.568.4168; polzer@zsi.at
Contact person for organisational details: Mr. Gorazd Weiss,
Tel.:+386.1.568.41.68 Mob. +386.3.163.74.24 office@glocha.info
European Foundation Centre (EFC) Secretariat: http://www.efc.be(opens in new window)
efc@efc.be; Tel.:+32.2.512.89.38
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Slovenia
Service for International Co-operation and European affairs: http://www.mvzt.gov.si(opens in new window)
Tel.: +386.1.478.46.76