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Asian American Giving featured the conference and in particular the Vietnam Country Paper [1]
Download a copy of the announcement [3].) Rory has family commitments that require that she relocate to the United States soon. Rory co-founded APPC in 1994 and served as its Chair before she became Chief Executive in mid-2002. She has made APPC much more widely known in the philanthropy world, facilitating the wide sharing of critical information about philanthropy in Asia. While the Board searches for Rory’s successor, two Board members will lead the Secretariat --Mr. Bobby Calingo (Team Energy Foundation) for the financial operations and Ms. Priya Viswanath (Charities Aid Foundation India) for the operational issues. APPC continues to be totally committed to the hosting of the Worldwide Initiative for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) in the Manila office.
2ND FAMILY PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP MOVED The APPC Workshop on Engaging Successor Generations will push through in Cranlana, Melbourne, Australia on September 14 – 18, 2008 as hosted by the Myer Foundation. The Workshop will be facilitated by Stephanie Yang of SYD Consulting. For interested participants, please email workshop@asiapacificphilanthropy.org [4] Here’s a quick link to the APPC website, www.asiapacificphilanthropy.org [5] … through http://asianphilanthropy.org [6]. Check out the Diaspora Philanthropy conference materials now!
July 16 – 18, 2008 - “CSR is Everyone’s Business” Conference 2008 will be staged by the League of Corporate Foundations in Makati City, Philippines. Key speakers will include Dr. Bradley Googins of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. For details, visit www.lcf.org.ph [7]. September 12, 2008 – Deadline for submission of nominees for innovative CSR projects in the areas of: Best Workplace Practices, Concern for Health, Environmental Excellence, Poverty Alleviation, and Support and Improvement of Education. The Asian Forum on CSR Awards are presented annually by the Asian Institute of Management with partners. Intel partners with AIM this year. Submit entries online at www.asianforumcsr.com [8].
Launched July 1! - The United Nations Development Program’s Growing Inclusive Markets (GIM) program launch is now officially underway. Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor is the program’s first case book. “About 50 studies by researchers predominantly from developing countries demonstrate the successful pursuit of both revenues and social impact by local and international small- and medium-sized companies, as well as multinational corporations.” It is now available for download at http://www.undp.org/gimlaunch/ [10]
In this issue, guest editors Rory Tolentino, Peggy Dulany and Adele Simmons provided their views about the potentials of individual giving. With Asia in focus, Rory Tolentino wrote that “overall individual giving is as rich and interesting …the stories of the individual philanthropists and the innovativeness of their philanthropy, shaped by their vision and their values; their view of what needs doing and how they want to respond to those needs. “How philanthropists are engaged, and the openness with which they view learning from others, are important issues for the Global South, including Asia. Where some philanthropists are under the radar, networks that can identify them and help to engage them are becoming potent tools for offering help and assistance. All in all, the approaches to engaging philanthropists in these contexts have to be improved dramatically.” (Read more at http://www.alliancemagazine.org/free/ [10]) The issue of Alliance also features “Effective strategies for making a difference” for individual givers (by Adele Simmons and Peggy Dulany) and “China Dispatches” about the country’s philanthropic climate (by Olga Alexeeva). LAUNCHED BY PCNC: GUIDEBOOK ON THE BASICS OF NGO GOVERNANCE To introduce the basics of NGO operations to small and newly formed NGOs, PCNC has produced a “small book” that’s big on fundamentals of NGO governance. Launched last June 30 in Makati City, the guidebook cites the basic principles that NGOs should practice. Tools are provided from a list of online selections. The APPC’s “Accounting Guide for NonProfits 2006” was a main reference used by PCNC in the guidebook. (Access the Guidebook at www.pcnc.org.ph [11]) NEWS FROM THE WORLDWIDE INITIATIVES FOR GRANTMAKER SUPPORT
WINGS and the Banking Association of South Africa have organized a learning exchange with the Philippines’ League of Corporate Foundations this July 14-18 in Makati City. The activity is in line with the Association’s broad role to "establish and maintain the best possible platform on which banks can do progressive, responsible, competitive, profitable and sustainable banking" within the context of the transformation challenges in South Africa. The Association’s Corporate Social Investment Committee is represented in the learning exchange by Fikile Kuhlase, General Manager, Transformation, The Banking Association South Africa; Reabetsoe Motsepe, CEO, Nedbank Foundation; and Zanele Mvelase, Head, Group Corporate Affairs, African Bank. (For more information, contact gina@wingsweb.org [12])
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