“International conference of charity monitors: Confidence and trust”

Svensk Insamlingskontroll is hosting the CMW – Charity Monitoring Worldwide AGM 2025 and will hold an open conference on May 8th at Ersta Konferens, which will be conducted in English.

Date of the event: May 8th 2025

Location: Bringsalen, Ersta Konferens, Erstagatan 1K, Stockholm

Conference language: English

Program

09.00 – 09.30 Registration, coffee, tea and sandwich

09.30 – 09.45 Welcome and introduction

  • Sven Johannisson, President, Svensk Insamlingskontroll
  • Lena Hörnblad, Secretary General, Svensk Insamlingskontroll
  • Anne Burgess, moderator

09.45 – 10.00 “The role of the evaluator to build trust” Ana Benavides, President, CMW – Charity Monitoring Worldwide

10.00 – 10.40 “Monitors Around the World, Evaluation, tradition, innovation and trends”

  • Association Burkinabe de Fundraising (Burkina Faso) – Omer Sanou (Consultant)
  • BBB Wise Giving Alliance (USA) – Elvia Castro, Associate Director
  • CBF (Netherlands) – Harmienke Kloeze, CEO
  • Don en Confiance (France) – Rachel Guez, CEO
  • Moderator: Ana Benavides, CEO of Fundación Lealtad and President of CMW

10.40-11.00 break

11.00 -11.30 “Philantropy in Europe” Johan Vamstad, Associate Professor of Political Science, Marie Cederschiöld University.

11.30 – 12.00 “Donor behaviour in the Nordic Countries”, Mårten Palmefors, Senior Analyst at Giva Sverige.

12.00 -13.00 lunch

13.00-13.45 “To work with disaster medicine in humanitarian crisis” Johan von Schreeb, Professor of Global Disaster Medicine at the Department of Global Public Health at Karolinska Institutet. He has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since many years and has participated in numerous field missions worldwide.

13.45- 14.30 ”Trust and Fundraising in Wartime Ukraine” Professor Magnus Karlsson, Marie Cederschiöld University, discusses tentative conclusions from two survey studies conducted in Sweden and Ukraine on civic engagement, trust, common values, and the will to fight for one’s country. He shows how fundraising in Ukraine emerges as an important part of civil society and thus as a sign of civil resistance.

14.30-15.00 coffee break

15.00-15.20 ”The Power of Postcodes” The Swedish Postcode Lottery – part of Postcode Lottery Group – provides trust based long-term funding to charities fighting for a healthier, fairer, greener world. Today the Postcode Lottery is Sweden’s largest private donor to the civil sector. Anders Årbrandt, Managing Director, shows how what starts in a postcode can fulfil dreams and change the world.

15.20-15.40 ”The 90-account: A Key to Public Engagement and Educational Campaigns” Kristina Henschen, Secretary General of Radiohjälpen and Staffan Schelin, Financial Manager, highlights the value of the 90-account in fundraising campaigns aired by Sweden’s National Public Service (TV and Radio).

15.45-15.50 Closure

Anmälan

Sista dag för anmälan var den 25 april 2025. Anmälan är nu stängd.

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