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View web version  |  Forward to a friend  |  Add us to your safe senders list www.resource-alliance.org The global network for building fundraising capacity and inspiring philanthropy worldwide The Resource Alliance eNewsletter Issue 1 | December 2011   About us  |  Conferences  |  Resources  |  Contact Us Sign up to our eNewsletter » Forward to a friend »     Welcome to the Resource Alliance's brand new eNewsletter   A very warm welcome from myself, Neelam Makhijani, and the Resource Alliance team. This is the first edition of our re-designed eNewsletter and as well as keeping you in the picture about all our activities and plans, we want to make it as interesting, informative and inspiring as possible. You will receive your copy quarterly by email, and do please let us have your feedback on the new structure and layout. Read more »         New faces at the Resource Alliance    The last six months have seen a few staff changes in the Learning and Development team. Stephen Chacha started working with the Africa team in September, based in Tanzania, and Erika Moisl joined the London-based team as Learning and Development Manager in July. Welcome to you both!       The Resource Alliance casebook   In October 2011 we published ‘Impact - a casebook of building fundraising capacity and inspiring philanthropy worldwide’. The casebook showcases the work of the Resource Alliance with a number of case-studies to demonstrate just how we help build and strengthen the fundraising capacities of civil society organisations and inspire philanthropy worldwide.   Download the casebook »  Neelam Makhijani, Chief Executive of the Resource Alliance   Erika Moisl, Learning and Development Manager             Tailored capacity development   This year the Resource Alliance undertook an extensive range of tailored capacity development programmes to help non-profit organisations around the world, including Edukans Uganda, CARE India, Plan International, Plan Uganda, PACT in Vietnam, PACS in India and Habitat for Humanity in Brazil, to develop their fundraising capacity and long-term financial sustainability. Highlights include:   EuropeAid This project aims to develop co-operation and facilitate exchange of experience among non-governmental development organisations (NGDOs), fundraisers, practitioners and national NGDO platforms in Central Europe in the field of raising private funds for development and humanitarian causes. The picture above shows representatives from NGDOs gaining insight into fundraising experience for humanitarian and development causes at a Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) presentation on a fund finding visit to London in February 2011.   Seafarer's Welfare Organisations, Brazil We developed a programme of fundraising training and coaching with staff from Seafarers’ Welfare Organisations from many parts of Brazil, to help them develop their own fundraising plans in the future. We will be supporting and helping them implement these plans in 2012.       The Bellagio Initiative   We are very proud to be working in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) on the Bellagio Initiative, a series of global consultations aimed at delivering a new framework for philanthropy and international development in pursuit of human wellbeing in the 21st century.   Read more »       Get involved in the Bellagio Initiative   Do you have an on-the-ground example of new ideas in philanthropy and development in practice? The Bellagio Initiative has a dedicated website where you can upload your paper, think piece, or comment to the Library of Submissions, helping to further the Bellagio debate. You can also submit your innovation as a 200-word summary to the growing library of case studies in the Bellagio Innovations Bank. There will be more news of the Bellagio Initiative in our eNewsletter and website, in the coming months.    Sign up to receive the latest Bellagio news »         Award and accolades   The NGO Awards and Global Awards recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in fundraising whilst setting aspirational standards and sharing best practice on a global scale.    Since the first awards programme was launched in 2004 in the Asia Pacific region, the programme has expanded to include the Global Awards and the India NGO Awards. The Uganda NGO Awards and the Thailand NGO Awards were launched in 2011.   The Resource Alliance run's a number of awards programmes, both in individual countries and globally. Click the links below to find out more about the Awards and winners:   • India NGO Awards • Thailand NGO Awards • Uganda NGO Awards • The Global Awards        Look out for the next edition of our eNewsletter in March 2012.   Dates for your diary   Fundraising online 100% online 15-16 May 2012 Find out more »   The International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation (IWRM) Asia  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3-6 July 2012  Find out more »    The International Fundraising Congress (IFC)                         The Netherlands 16-19 October 2012 Find out more »       The International      Workshop on Resource      Mobilisation (IWRM) Africa      Kampala, Uganda      27-30 November 2012      Find out more »              Follow us     Facebook    Twitter      Linkedin     You Tube        Vimeo                Knowledge Hub online Questionnaire The Resource Alliance is developing a ‘Knowledge Hub’, which will provide a comprehensive range of resources on fundraising, philanthropy and trends across the sector.  Please complete our short  Knowledge Hub questionnaire to help us ensure that your resource needs are met.                     To unsubscribe from the Resource Alliance mailings please click here   © The Resource Alliance 2011. 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