Listed events (for further descriptions of events and links scroll down):
1 November 2011, Online, Driving Donations Through Social Media
03 November 2011, Cannes, France, G20 Summit
3-5 November 2011, Berlin, Germany, Coworking Europe 2011 conference
4 November 2011, Tirana, Albania, Philanthropy Award 2011
8 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium, Territories, laboratories for social Europe
8-9 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium, European Gender Summit
9– 11 November 2011, Berlin, Germany, Global Perspectives 2011
11-12 November 2011, Bern, Switzerland, Workshop: Religious diversity and anti-discrimination
16 November 2011, Turin, Italy, 7th EVPA Annual Conference
17 November 2011, London, UK, ACEVO Annual Conference 2011
18 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium, Conference: Social Economy and Social Business
20 November 2011, worldwide, Universal Children’s Day
21 November 2011, Krakow, Poland, INTERREG IVC’s “Good Practice Fair 2011” Regions of Europe Sharing Solutions
21– 22 November 2011, Paris, France, Millennia2015 – UNESCO: the international conference
21 November 2011, London, UK, Unlocking Effective EU resources
21– 23 November 2011, Gdynia, Poland, Sharing Insight, Shaping Action: Funding and Measuring Social Innovation
22 November 2011, London, UK, Seminar: Working Effectively with Volunteers
22 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium, Eat Well to Live Well? The Impact of New Lifestyles and Eating Habits on Citizens’ Health
22-25 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium, Consciousness-Raising and Prevention in the Struggle against Violence and War
24 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium, Preventing Human Trafficking: Integrating the European Knowledge
25 November 2011, worldwide, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
28 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium, Good Practices in Gender Mainstreaming: Towards Effective Gender Training
1 November 2011, Online
Driving Donations Through Social Media
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are very exciting but how can you use them to drive funds? Following on from the success of last year, Third Sector is running its acclaimed series of four online master classes again – Driving Donations Through Social Media 2011.
To read more: http://www.donationsthroughsocialmedia.com/
03 November 2011, Cannes, France
G20 Summit
The next G20 summit will take place in Cannes on November 3 and 4, 2011. Leaders of 20 countries, including the eight major industrialised nations, will discuss further reforms of the global economy.
To read more: http://www.g20.org/index.aspx
3-5 November 2011, Berlin, Germany
Coworking Europe 2011 conference
Although the co working movement is now more than 5 years old, 2011 seems like a year for takeoff. In Europe, co working spaces are mushrooming all over France, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Poland. After starting in major cities, coworking spaces are opening up in smaller towns, gathering communities of thousands of entrepreneurs, freelance workers and nomad employees.
The Coworking Europe 2011 conference has two main goals :
First, to analyse the boom of co working and its potential spill overs. Can co working boost entrepreneurship in Europe? Will co working help to disseminate mini Silicon Valleys all over European towns and cities ? How can co working spaces help innovators and startups to connect internationally ?
Secondly, the 2011 Co working Europe Conference aims to keep building the European co working community (following on from the good work done at the 2010 Brussels meeting). Co working space owners and co working catalysts will have the opportunity to share ideas, opinions, knowledge and best practices during the three days in Berlin.
To read more: http://coworkingeu.wordpress.com/
4 November 2011, Tirana, Albania
Philanthropy Award 2011
Partners Albania, Center for Change and Conflict Management is an Albanian NGO, founded in 2001, which works to support the development of civil society and active citizenship as the basis for a sustainable social, economic and cultural development of the country.
For the first time, Partners Albania is organizing in Albania the Philanthropy Award 2011, which goal is to keep this old and valuable tradition alive.
In the framework of PA initiative to promote philanthropy, Albania announces open the call for nominations for the Philanthropy Award. This award is made possible through the generous support by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
To read more: http://www.euclidnetwork.eu/
8 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Territories, laboratories for social Europe
Social innovation should be defined as: definition, design and implementation of creative and innovation responses to social needs. The economic crisis, the new challenges faced by States and their territorial authorities, led the European Commission to propose a European strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth where social innovation has its whole place. The communication entitled “innovation union” provides a major role to the social dimension in innovation. This meeting will aim at better understanding the concept of social innovation, its realities, its outlines, its means, but also the transferability of experiments and the implementation of sustainable social policies. Social innovation might be view through the approach of the fight against poverty and exclusion recognized by the European Commission as one of the privileged areas of innovation. It could also be considered in different forms of research and development, observation or also social action.
To read more: http://www.eurocalendar.eu/
8-9 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium
European Gender Summit
Knowledge and innovation are key drivers for sustainable growth and prosperity in Europe. Extensive research has demonstrated that the quality of research and development benefits significantly from adding gender as a critical success factor. The first European Gender Summit will network key players from all sectors to initiate the much-needed changes in the culture of research and innovation. Joint discussions will produce the first ever collective agreement on policy development on gender for innovation, the policy manifesto on “Integrated Action on the Gender Dimension in Research.”
To read more: http://www.gender-summit.eu/
9– 11 November 2011, Berlin, Germany
Global Perspectives 2011
The Berlin Civil Society Center hosts the third annual GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES conference of CEOs from the world’s leading civil society organizations (CSOs). The conference aims to bring together the most eminent leaders of civil society, their key partners and leaders and experts from governments, business and academia to address the global power shift we are witnessing and to weigh its implications for the work of CSOs.
To read more: http://www.berlin-civil-society-center.org/
11-12 November 2011, Bern, Switzerland
Workshop: Religious diversity and anti-discrimination
This workshop facilitates a discussion on ideological, religious and cultural diversity and the associated fields of conflict in a secular setting.
To read more: http://www.caux.iofc.org/en/node/57103
16 November 2011, Turin, Italy
7th EVPA Annual Conference
This year’s conference focuses on venture philanthropy as a catalyst for societal change.
Close to 400 players in the field, including social investors, donors, foundations, private equity organizations, advisory firms, private banks, academic institutions and some selected social entrepreneurs, come together over the course of two days to explore venture philanthropy’s impact on society.
To read more: http://evpa.eu.com/2011-turin/registration./
17 November 2011, London, UK
ACEVO Annual Conference 2011
The ACEVO Annual Conference welcomes 500 delegates to the largest gathering of Third Sector Chief Executive’s and Chairs in the UK. The size and complexity of the challenges ahead demand new approaches and bold leadership. As leaders we must tap into the wealth of imagination and expertise within our sector and work to develop the next generation of leaders. The ACEVO Annual Conference will focus on the importance of the Chair and CEO in managing your organization into the future, to overcome these challenges head on.
To read more: http://acevoannualconference.org.uk/
18 November 2011, Brusselles, Belgium
Conference: Social Economy and Social Business
With its roots in the local environment and the objectives they pursue, social businesses help to strengthen the real economy, while contributing to social cohesion, employability and the reduction of geographical imbalances. As a follow-up to the Commission’s Social Business Initiative (SBI), the objective of this Conference is to gather the main EU policy makers and stakeholders of Social business in the EU to take stock of the potential for development of social business, but also the barriers within our Single market. Many social entrepreneurs do not fully benefit from the growth potential the internal market could provide. With this in mind, the Conference will discuss the Commission’s proposals in the SBI.
To read more: http://ec.europa.eu/
20 November 2011, worldwide
Universal Children’s Day
By resolution 836(IX) of 14 December 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children’s Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children. It recommended that the Day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the Charter and the welfare of the children of the world. The date 20 November, marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.
In 2000 world leaders outlined the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015. Though the Goals are for all humankind, they are primarily about children. UNICEF notes that six of the eight goals relate directly to children and meeting the last two will also make critical improvements in their lives.
To read more: http://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/
21 November 2011, Krakow, Poland
INTERREG IVC’s “Good Practice Fair 2011” Regions of Europe Sharing Solutions
Interregional cooperation has brought many advantages to those organizations involved in partnerships. Across 122 projects financed by the INTERREG IVC programme, over 1000 good practices have been identified in ten themes thanks to this cooperation. This event will welcome policy-makers and practitioners from all over Europe for an intensive one-day event focused on sharing experiences and encouraging uptake of good practices identified or transferred with cooperation projects.
To read more: http://www.interreg4c.eu/
21– 22 November 2011, Paris, France
Millennia2015 – UNESCO: the international conference
The international conference Millennia2015, “An action plan for women’s empowerment” will be organized to present the results of the foresight exercise started in 2008.
Benefiting from the patronage of the UNESCO and the support of the International Organization of la Francophonie, Millennia2015 “Women actors of development for the global challenges” has been launched by The Destree Institute and its international partners in 2007.
Its international community gathers more than one thousand experts, women and men, decided to strengthen and to promote the empowerment of women, the respect of human rights and of gender equality all over the world.
To read more: http://www.millennia2015.org/
21 November 2011, London, UK
Unlocking Effective EU resources
EU funds still account for many millions of pounds that reach civil society organizations every year, in tighter economic times it is more important than ever to maximize these funds. This event will consider the practical lessons learned from the use of European funds in the UK over the last 5-10 years and highlight how civil society can make better use of these funds in the future, to include ESF and other major EU programmes.
To read more: http://www.euclidnetwork.eu/events.php/
21– 23 November 2011, Gdynia, Poland
Sharing Insight, Shaping Action: Funding and Measuring Social Innovation
This high profile event, which is being organized by Euclid Network on behalf of the Social Innovation Europe (SIE) consortium in partnership with the Gdynia Innovation Centre and SIX Europe consortium, will discuss the future of Social Innovation in Europe. Across the world, social innovators are confronting obstacles, succeeding, failing, and making a difference to social problems of all kinds. The diversity of social innovation is a major strength, but also a potential weakness – we must work to ensure that our finance tools are appropriate and that we can accurately assess and showcase what really works from a variety of social innovations, and what does not. The Social Innovation Europe initiative and its partners are leading the way in addressing some of these issues, and we invite you to join us in doing so.
To read more: http://www.socialinnovationeurope.eu/
22 November 2011, London, UK
Seminar: Working Effectively with Volunteers
Volunteers are key to providing services for prisoners’ and offenders’ families and volunteering is an important part of government policy. This seminar will give practitioners and organisations ideas on how to work ethically, imaginatively and effectively with volunteers. Showcasing the work of shortlisted nominees for the Marsh Award for Voluntary Work with Prisoners’ Families, run in partnership with Action for Prisoners’ Families, it will look at the contribution of volunteers and how organisations can support them. It will also explore the wider context, asking what effect cuts to the statutory and not-for profit sector might have on providing the infrastructure for volunteers. The evening reception will provide an opportunity to network with colleagues and APF staff.
To read more:http://www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk/
22 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Eat Well to Live Well? The Impact of New Lifestyles and Eating Habits on Citizens’ Health
The way we live changes, and the way we eat too: stress, lack of sleep, lunch in 20 minutes, diner while watching TV, etc. The acceleration of time makes the convivial and social aspects related to food decline, and unhealthy eating habits and practices arise (“junk food”). In the meantime, diet-related diseases such as obesity have never been as highly developed in our societies as today.
What are the links between new lifestyles/eating habits and human health? Are the next generations of citizens condemned to widely suffer from diet-related diseases? Can Europe draw its own path to face the major challenge of combining new lifestyles with healthy food behaviours? To which extent should the measures implemented be global/trans-generational, or group-specific (the particular cases of children and the elderly will be addressed)?
To read more: http://www.europeanagenda.eu/
22-25 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Consciousness-Raising and Prevention in the Struggle against Violence and War: The Contribution of Women to Peace and Reconciliation
The Brussels office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation has carried out a two-year investigation project in which peace activists from Rwanda, Somalia, ex-Yugoslavia and the Middle East have reflected upon their experiences with the development of conflict, civil resistance and processes of reconstruction of peace. The results of these projects are to be presented to the knowledgeable public as the cornerstone for a concept of consciousness-raising and prevention in the struggle against violence and war, at a two-day conference.
To read more: http://www.eurocalendar.eu/
24 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Preventing Human Trafficking: Integrating the European Knowledge
Seeking to integrate the European knowledge, this annual Symposium provides a platform to bring together case studies and best practices with important contributions from EU policymakers, major international organizations and NGOs from across Europe.
In order to encourage greater political will, facilitate policy discussion and explore comprehensive and integrated solutions to fighting the ‘hidden’ crime of human trafficking, Public Policy Exchange is proud to host this annual Symposium and welcomes the participation of all key partners, responsible authorities and stakeholders. The Symposium will support the exchange of ideas and encourage delegates to engage in thought-provoking, topical debate.
To read more: http://publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/
25 November 2011, worldwide
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designed to raise public awareness of the problem on that day. Women’s activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).
On 20 December 1993 the General Assembly, by resolution 48/104, adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women.
To read more: http://www.un.org/en/
28 November 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Good Practices in Gender Mainstreaming: Towards Effective Gender Training
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) aims to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality including gender mainstreaming in all EU policies and the resulting national policies.
The conference objectives are:
To provide a platform for an exchange of good practices on gender training, facilitate a discussion on the guiding quality principles for gender training as well as to support the establishment of a thematic network of practitioners working in the field of gender training in the European Union.
To present a database of trainers and training institutions in Europe made available through EIGE’s website. The database will include references to trainers/institutions with experience in providing training on gender mainstreaming for European Institutions and Member State administrations.
To read more: http://www.eurocalendar.eu/
