Program & Recordings

(Short video with highlights available here)

THURSDAY, MARCH 21RD

Welcome remarks (recording)

• Art Taylor, president & CEO of BBB Wise Giving Alliance
• Ana Benavides, president of Charity Monitoring Worldwide and CEO of Fundacion Lealtad

Is the donor participation crisis an “American Issue” or does the issue strech globally? (recording)

• Burkhard Wilke, Chief Executive Officer, DZI (German Central Institute for Social Issues)
• Javier Garcia Gutierrez, Executive Director, Confio (Building Transparent Civil Organizations in Mexico)
• Ana Benavides, Executive Director, Fundación Lealtad (Spanish charity evaluator) 
• Moderator: Jon Bergdoll, Associate Director of Data Partnerships, Statistician for Giving USA

The need for broad and pluralistic support (recording)

• Jane Wales, VP of the Aspen Institute and Executive Director of the 
• Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation at the Aspen Institute. Serves as Co-Chair of the Generosity Commission.
• Paige Rice, Senior Associate of Research, Hattaway Communications 

Keynote: Asha Curran, Chief Executive Officer, Giving Tuesday (recording)

Communicating impact across donor segments (recording)

• Brady Josephson, VP of Marketing and Growth at Charity: water 
• Patrick Greene, Artistic and Creative Specialist at Oxfam America
• Molly Kellog, Senior MEAL Advisor for Climate Justice at Oxfam America
• Julia Ritz Toffoli, Principal Behavioral Designer, ideas42
• Moderator: Barbara O’Reilly, Founder and Principal, Windmill Hill Consulting

Creating Community (recording)

• Sara Lomelin, Chief Executive Officer, Philanthropy Together (under Global Impact on Giving Circles)
• Kim Slone, Executive Vice President, Development & Community Health, American Heart Association
• Nathan Chapell, Senior VP, Donor Search AI (on how AI can help (or hurt) charity efforts to build community around their cause or organization)

FRIDAY, MARCH 22TH

Closed AGM (9:00-16:00)

SATURDAY MARCH 23TH

Closed part

Program

Public Conference with lunch (simultaneous English translation).

“International conference of charity monitors: Raising trust”

In-person (9:00-16:00)

Online (9:30-14:30)

*Session recordings available here

THURSDAY, MARCH 23RD

Institutional Opening

• Salvador García-Atance, president and co-founder of Fundación Lealtad

Two Reasons to Invest in Monitoring

• Ana Benavides, president at ICFO and CEO of Fundación Lealtad

Monitors Around the World

• CBF (Netherlands) – Harmienke Kloeze, CEO
• Confío (Mexico) – Javier García, CEO
• DZI (Germany) – Burkhard Wilke, CEO
• ZEWO (Switzerland) – Martina Ziegerer, CEO
• Moderator: Ana Benavides, CEO of Fundación Lealtad and president of ICFO

Do we Trust in Institutions?

• Edelman Spain – Pelayo Alonso and Lucia Carballeda, co-general managers

United States: Different Paths to a Single Destination

• BBB Wise Giving Alliance – Art Taylor, president and CEO
• Charity Navigator – Michael Thatcher, president and CEO
• Moderator: Salvador García-Atance, president and co-founder of Fundación Lealtad

Trust: A Key Component in the Third Sector

• Fundación Exit – Nacho Sequeira, CEO
• Manos Unidas – Guillermo González de la Torre, head of strategy and quality
• Médicos Sin Fronteras – Raquel González, coordinator of MSF Spain
• Moderator: Marta Colomina, CEO of Fundación PwC

Trust in Extreme Environments and Situations

• «Desde que empezamos a estudiar la confianza hasta 2020, las ONG han sido la organización que ha liderado la confianza.»

How do Institutional Donors Select

• Fundación Bancaria “la Caixa” – Joana Prats, director at area of relations with social entities
• Fundación Juan Entrecanales de Azcárate – Inés Entrecanales, CEO.
• INECO – Celestino Rodríguez, executive director of corporate coordination
• Moderator: Patricia de Roda, CEO of Lealtad Instituciones

Prescribers Serving a Cause

• Ángel Expósito, journalist and director of the program La Linterna at radio Cope
• Moderator: Nathalie Picquot, director of corporate marketing, brand experience and digital engagement at Banco Santander

Closure

• Ignacio Garralda, president of Mutua Madrileña and co-founder of Fundación Lealtad

FRIDAY, MARCH 24TH

Closed AGM (9:00-16:00)

SATURDAY MARCH 25TH

Closed part

THURSDAY, May 12th

closed part

PLENARY SESSION, MAY 13TH

9:00 – 9:30

Registration

9:30 – 9:45 

Welcoming speech

-KSW

-Ana Benavides, President of International Committee on Fundraising Organizations (ICFO) and Executive Director of Fundación Lealtad, Madrid, Spain

-WWF Austria: Christoph Jordan 

9:45 – 10:15 

Talk 1 “Can you measure impact? Impact assessment tools and quality standards for NPOs.”

Christian Grünhaus, NPO Competence Center, Vienna University of Economics and Business 

10:15 – 10:45

Talk 2 “Communicate your impact! Inspiration for effective impact reporting.” 

Stephanie Müller, Phineo, Berlin

10:45 – 11:15 

Coffee break

11:15 – 12:30

Parallel Workshops

Workshop 1 (German)

“Impact communication in practise – how to draft your first impact report”

Stephanie Müller, Phineo, Berlin

Workshop 2 (German)

“The OSGS* audit – news and support for Austrian fundraising organisations and auditors”

Alexander Kastelic Halpern Prinz, Austria

Workshop 3 (English)

“Creating impact in times of crisis and beyond”

Tatjana Lulevic-Heyny Doctors Without Borders Austria

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 14:00

Talk 3 “The impact of the pandemic on the NPO sector.”

Martina Ziegerer, ZEWO, Switzerland

14:00 – 14:30

Talk 4 “20 years of OSGS* – from donation security to impact?”

Rupert Roniger, Light for the world, Austria

14:30 – 15:15

20th anniversary ceremony of the OSGS*

15:15 – 15:30

Farewell words

15:30 – 16:00

WineAid reception

SATURDAY, May 14th

closed part

*OSGS: Austrian Seal of Approval for Fundraising Organizations

Registration: 9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

PLENARY SESSION, MAY 24TH

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Welcoming speech

Martina Ziegerer, President of International Committee on Fundraising Organizations (ICFO) and executive director of Zewo Foundation, Switzerland

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

NGO Public Image in Europe and Eurasia

David Lenett, Program Manager of Civil Society Organizations Sustainability Index for Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, FHI 360

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

The Reputation of Nonprofit Organizations in the Civil Society Development

Pavol Frič, sociologists, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Government funding for the Czech non-profit sector: transparent or unknown?

Vladimír Hyánek, Centre for Nonprofit Sector Research

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Coffee break

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Trusted Nonprofit Organization – What Not to Forget?

Marek Šedivý, Association of Public Benefit Organizations CR

12:15 a.m. – 12:45 a.m.

Annual Report – How to merge Transparency and Attractiveness

Burkhard Wilke, Director of Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen / ICFO member

12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Award Announcement: Non-Profit Organization of the Year 2019 and Golden Banana 2019

Foundation for Civil Society Development (NROS) and AVPO CR

1:00 p.m.  – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch                                                                      

WORKSHOPS

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

WORKSHOP A

Data Presentation in the Media: How to Attract Attention and Remain Trusted

Jaromír Mazák, Charles University teacher

WORKSHOP B

Protect Your Brand, It Raises Trust

Michaela Chytilová

Chytilová & spol., Patent Office

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Logistic break

3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

WORKSHOP C

Control System as a Tool for a Successful Nonprofit Organization

Jana Křížová, Director

Nina Mertová, Quality Manager

PFERDA Association

WORKSHOP D

Get Attention – Tell Your Story

Martin Groman, journalists

2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

WORKSHOP E

International workshop V4 Group Countries/ICFO – Seal of Approval

Moderators: Martina Ziegerer, Zewo Foundation Switzerland and Marek Šedivý, AVPO ČR   

SATURDAY, MAY 25th

closed part

SUNDAY, May 26th

closed part

8:30 – 9:00 Registration

9:00 Welcome

Enrique Hernandez, Confio’s board president and Homero Apodaca, from the Social Action Movement of Memory and Tolerance Museum

9:10 ICFO Presentation

Martina Ziegerer, President ICFO

9:30 Perceptions and feelings towards the U.S. charitable sector

Ezra Vazquez – D’Amico, Better Business Bureau, Wise Giving Alliance

10:00 Building confidence in corrupt environments

Jesus Gonzalez Arellano, Pacto Mundial en Mexico, President of the Board

10:40 Break

10:55 Whom do you trust? The central challenge for philanthropy in Mexico and Latin America

Dr. Michael Layton, Arizona State University, Senior Research Fellow

11:35 The Spanish experience in the development of a prosperous environment towards external assessment in Civil Society Organizations

Ana Benavides, Fundación Lealtad España, Executive Director

11:55 Finding Success in DZI Germany: 125 Years Encouraging Charity

Burkhard Wilke, Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Executive Director

12:15 Lunch

13:10 Panel 1 | Contributions to third sector through assessment and monitoring of CSOs

Sharing experiences: Curtis Towns from Canadian Charity Council, Lena Hörnblad from Svensk Insamlingskontroll, Sweden and Nathalie Blum from Comite de la Charte, France

14:00 Panel 2 | Citizen participation grounded in information and public disclosure

Sharing challenges: Ales Mrazek from Asociace verejne prospesnych organizad (AVPO), Czech Republic and Art Taylor from BBB Wise Giving Alliance, USA and Eduardo Bohórquez, Executive Director form Transparencia Mexicana

14:50 Closing remarks

Martina Ziegerer, President ICFO