Programme

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TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER
15:00 – 17:00 Registration
15:00 – 17:00 GrantCraft: Investing in the effectiveness of grantmaking in Eastern Europe
15:00 – 17:00 Site visit: Riga for other tourists
15:00 – 17:00 Site visit: Social Riga – Brigades
19:00 – 22:00 Evening social event: Latvian National Museum of Art
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WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER
08:30 – 16:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:30 OPENING PLENARY: Information access, independent media and free thinking
10:30 – 11:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1. Safeguarding democratic societies from corruption-A role for foundations? – Part 1
2. What is the real ‘value’ of evaluation?
3. Including social media in your grantmaking toolbox – Part 1
11:45 – 12:15 Networking break
12:15 – 13:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1. Safeguarding democratic societies from corruption-A role for foundations? – Part 2
2. Looking in the mirror-Institutional development for NGOs
3. Including social media in your grantmaking toolbox – Part 2
13:30 – 15:30 Lunch

** WESTERN BALKANS – WHAT MORE CAN DONORS DO?
A special invitation only meeting will take place to discuss building democratic and open societies in the Balkans. If you are interested in attending please email Beka Vuco. Please note places are limited and operate on a first come first served basis.**
15:30 – 16:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1. Foundations and change in the Middle East
2. Learning through collaboration: Going beyond regional borders
19:00 – 23:00 Evening social event: D.Fab
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THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER
09:00 – 13:00 Registration
09:30 – 11:00 PLENARY: GEF in 10 years: The changing role of grantmakers in social innovation
11:00 – 11:45 Networking break
11:45 – 13:00 Auction Sessions
1. Donor funding for civic activism – if, when, where and how?
2. The power of networks: Increasing the bandwidth of civil society
3. Concluding the integration process – Will the Balkans make it?
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 CLOSING PLENARY: Grantmaking-Time to break from tradition?
16:30 – 17:00 Wrapping up

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Background

The Grantmakers East Forum, formerly The Grantmakers East Group (GEG) was created in 1992 by a group of European Foundation Centre (EFC) members active in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent States (NIS). The group first met as a side event at the EFC Annual General Assembly (AGA) and Conference. However, as interest for the group grew, in pace with developments of grantmaking in CEE and the NIS, the GEG was developed into an independent project resulting in the Annual Meeting (AM) which takes place in a different country each year.