The Bellagio Initiative aims to:

Deepen collaboration between philanthropists and development organisations to advance human wellbeing

The Bellagio Initiative has learned from:

A series of global dialogues, specially commissioned papers from leading thinkers and widespread social media engagement

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Listen to the debates which will shape future collaboration between philanthropy and development organisations

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Reflect on interviews with participants and consider the challenges they see ahead

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Find out about the development of our new framework for philanthropy and development which is being put into action

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Towards an ecosystem of philanthropy: lessons from development

February 16th, 2012 by , Writer and activist, and author of Small Change: Why business won't save the world

The lack of cross-fertilisation between philanthropy and development has always struck me as a missed opportunity for learning. And then along came the Bellagio Initiative.

One area where cross-fertilisation can help concerns the different meanings of the term ‘development’ itself. The implications of this debate are huge because everything flows from the outcomes we seek, and without broad indicators of success you end up – how can I say this politely –  like the US today or China perhaps in 25 years’ time, characterised by very little absolute poverty or starvation, considerable material success for some, and large-scale social and environmental failures including rising inequality, declining social cohesion, political gridlock and looming ecological disaster.

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Can donors and foundations be friends?

January 20th, 2012 by , Research Fellow in the Globalisation Team at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

IDS researcher Noshua Watson comments on the outcome of the UK Parliament ‘s International Development Committee inquiry into private foundations.

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