“The COVID-19 pandemic represents a dual challenge for public health and democracy. It is an opportunity for democratic decay because states of emergency significantly expand executive power and enable temporary curbs on civil liberties in the name of public health. It is also an opportunity for democratic resilience if four Read more…
“Philanthropy in CEE 2020” is a study conducted by Social Impact Alliance for Central & Eastern Europe and Kantar. The report estimates the philanthropic potential of the region among individual donors amounts to EUR 3.3 billion, with approximately EUR 2 billion currently donated. Report is available in English, Czech, Slovak, Read more…
“The press researches and communicates facts, presents different points of view and in this way helps orient societies through the crisis period. Unhindered access to (government) information is an important basis for their reporting. When this access is restricted, the role of the media is undermined. In Central, Eastern and Read more…
“As the giving culture develops further, I believe we also need the region’s view on giving to evolve from one-off charitable giving to long-term philanthropic projects. If charity is thought of as a short-term immediate response providing rescue and relief, this is where CEE countries have primarily played to date. Read more…
“In a period of just six months, protest-driven popular movements swept away communist regimes in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania — all of which had consistently been rated “Not Free” by Freedom House. Within a few short years, East Germany was reunited with the West, and the Read more…