Lecture “European Philanthropy Revisited. A World of Giving and Volunteering”

Lectures on European Philanthropy

First Lecture
EUROPEAN PHILANTHROPY REVISITED
A World of Giving and Volunteering

Theo Schuyt
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Organized by Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo and Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto

In Italy and all EU-countries the pandemic evokes strong governmental involvement to cope with medical, economic and social problems. At the same time however the social involvement of citizens, foundations and corporations to meet the needs of people and communities are heavily neglected. In 1995 Prof. Theo Schuyt launched the study “Giving in the Netherlands” to make these private contributions to the public good visible at a bi-annual basis. In his lecture he will presents data of private giving and volunteering in the Netherlands and Europe. He also reflects on what philanthropy stands for: private contributions to the public good. As such philanthropy and governments have to deal with “how to cohabitate”. As former chair of the EC-DG R&I Expert Group “Foundations, Venture Philanthropy and Social Investments” he will elaborate on this question.

Program
17:30 Welcome by Elisa Luciano, Fellow Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto
17:35 Introductory remarks by Alberto Anfossi, Secretary General of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
17:45 “European Philanthropy Revisited. A World of Giving and Volunteering”, Lecture by Theo Schuyt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
18:30 Q&A session

The event will be held at the Collegio Carlo Alberto and online.