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On Risk
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On Community Participation
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Profile: Roberto Bissio
Roberto Bissio, Coordinator of Social Watch, discusses differences between the way international aid funding is distributed now and the way it will work in the future.
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Profile: Asif Saleh
Asif Saleh, who heads up the Social Innovation Lab at BRAC and BRAC International, talks about how distribution and innovation must go hand in hand.
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Profile: Malcolm Bruce
Chairman of the IDC and UK Member of Parliament Malcolm Bruce gives his perspective on what we can do for the world’s most vulnerable communities.
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Profile: Akwasi Aidoo
Akwasi Aidoo, Executive Director of African grantmaking foundation TrustAfrica, discusses his personal journey into philanthropy and the increasingly globalized future of his field.
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Voices from the Bellagio Initiative
Highlights and moments from the November 2011 The Bellagio Initiative Summit at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy. Interviewees include: Najat Rochdi, James Mwangi, Marco Mira d’Ercole, Adrian Sargeant, Roberto Bissio, Irene Karanja, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Deirdre White, James Chen, Jay Naidoo, Caroline Anstey, Steve Davis, Zia Khan, Lawrence Haddad, Malcolm Bruce, Samia Yaba Nkrumah, and Tariq Cheema.
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The Development-Philanthropy Nexus
Moderator Lawrence Haddad and panellists Rachel Turner, Zia Khan, Pesh Framjee and Samia Nkrumah discuss what they’ll be taking away from their experiences at The Bellagio Initiative Summit.
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Profile: Steve Davis
Director of Social Innovation at McKinsey and Company Steve Davis discusses The Bellagio Summit, why it’s different from other convenings and the challenges of innovation in development.
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Wrap Up: Game Changers from the Bellagio Initiative Summit
Heather Grady of The Rockefeller Foundation, Neelam Makhijani of The Resource Alliance and Lawrence Haddad of the Institute of Development Studies discuss game changing ideas that have come out of The Bellagio Initiative Summit.
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Profile: Sheela Patel
Director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres Sheela Patel discusses her work, the importance of The Bellagio Initiative and the future of philanthropy and development.
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Panel: New Frameworks for Development and Philanthropic Collaboration Closing
Building on inputs from breakouts, this session discussed and prioritised new frameworks for coordinating international development and philanthropy and building future collaborations to promote human wellbeing.
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Panel: Future Frameworks for Development and Philanthropic Collaboration
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Panel: Priorities for Collaboration on Future Resources
In this session we synthesised learnings from breakouts, and shared next steps on how philanthropic and development organizations can act and collaborate to mobilise future resources to advance human wellbeing.
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Panel: How is the Development and Philanthropy Ecosystem Evolving?
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Panel: Innovations and Interventions Closing Plenary
The report back on the first module of the Bellagio Initiative Summit featuring Danny Burns and Allister McGregor of the Institute of Development Studies, Irene Karanja of Muungano Support Trust, Barry Smith, Jane Wales of the Aspen Institute, Deirdre White of CDC Development Solutions, and respondents.
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Panel: Protecting and Promoting Human Wellbeing in the 21st Century
The opening panel discussed the challenges of focusing international development and philanthropy on protecting and promoting human wellbeing in the 21st Century.
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Lightbulb Moment: James Mwangi
Dalberg Global Managing Partner James Mwangi discusses his Lightbulb Moment from Module One of the Bellagio Initiative Summit.
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On Collaboration
Author: Bellagio Initiative
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