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P R O G R A M SSOME PARTICIPANTSin the 2005 Global SeniorFellows Meeting in CapeTown, South Africa.Strengthening BridgingOrganizationsFOSTERING INSTITUTIONAL PHILANTHROPYAROUND THE WORLDStrengthening Bridging Organizations, Synergos’oldest and largest program, builds and supportscommunity-based institutions in Asia, Africa andLatin America that mobilize sustainable resources andbring government, business and civil society together toaddress poverty and inequity.For over 15 years Synergos has helped create andstrengthen indigenous grantmaking organizations, whichtypically take the form of foundations, in over two dozencountries. These institutions bridge divides between sectorsof the economy, between socioeconomic classes andbetween cultural, political, ethnic, and religious groups inways that unite rather than divide communities.Our accomplishments include helping create the firstcross-border initiative in building philanthropic infrastructurealong the US-Mexico border, described on page8, as well as the first locally controlled grantmaking foundationssupporting community development in Ecuador,Mozambique and Zimbabwe.Today Synergos offers a range of services to new andemerging grantmaking institutions around the world, aswell as to funding partners that share our goals of strengtheninglocal philanthropic capacity. These services, whichinclude conducting feasibility studies and research, providingconsultancies, organizing training and workshops,and conducing studies tours and learning exchanges, addressissues such as:• Formation and governance• Program development and administration• Resource mobilization and asset building• Communications• Leadership and personal development• Partnership building.Most of these services are provided by the SeniorFellows – leaders from some of the world’s most successfuland innovative development foundations and philanthropicsupport organizations. They come to the programwith a record of accomplishment, solid technical skills,and reputations for originality and effectiveness. Fellowsserve as peer consultants to foundations and other grantmakinginstitutions around the world. Their work alsoproduces knowledge on trends and innovative models,which Synergos distributes to a wide audience.Fellows, who come predominantly from Latin America,Africa and South and Southeast Asia, serve for three years,while simultaneously performing their ongoing professionalresponsibilities at their home institutions. ■THE SENIOR FELLOWS IN 2004-2005FayemiExecutive DirectorAfrican Women’sDevelopment FundGhanaJaime BolañosExecutive DirectorOaxaca CommunityFoundationMexicoDavid BonbrightChief Executive OfficerKeystoneUnited KingdomSteven BurkemanUnited KingdomHui-Jung ChiExecutive DirectorGarden of Hope FoundationTaiwan ROCAlberto César CroceDirectorFundación SESArgentinaJohn DaviesPresidentBaton Rouge AreaFoundationUnited StatesLúcia Gomes VieriaDellagneloPresidentInstituto ComunitárioGrande FlorianopolisBrazilMarilou G. ErniExecutive DirectorPetron FoundationPhilippinesAmalia EugeniaFischer PfaeffleExecutive CoordinatorAngela Borba Fundfor WomenBrazilBeulah FredericksDirectorFoundation for CommunitySupport TrustSouth AfricaDarren GodwellBoard Member & FormerExecutive DirectorLumbu IndigenousCommunity FoundationAustraliaCaroline HartnellEditorAlliance MagazineUnited KingdomEtha HenryVice President for ProgramsGreater New HavenCommunity FoundationUnited StatesPeter HeroPresidentCommunity FoundationSilicon ValleyUnited StatesGaynor HumphreysDirectorWorldwide Initiatives forGrantmaker SupportSándor KôlesExecutive DirectorCarpathian FoundationSlovakiaChrista KuljianVisiting Research FellowCentre for Policy StudiesUnited States/South AfricaAnn LamontFormer ChiefExecutive OfficerMindset NetworkSouth AfricaL. Agustín LandaVice President forDevelopment & LinkingUniversidad PopularAutonoma del Estadode PueblaMexicoMaria de Lourdes NunesOfficer and ProgramManagerFundação O Boticário deProteção à NaturezaBrazilJoe LumardaExecutive Vice President/COOCalifornia CommunityFoundationUnited StatesTeboho MahumaChief Executive OfficerCity YearSouth AfricaKatherine MiszewskiExecutive DirectorOld Mutual FoundationSouth AfricaMonica MutukuSecretaryEast Africa Associationof GrantmakersKenyaJacqueline NovogratzChief Executive OfficerAcumen FundUnited StatesElkhana OdemboDirectorCenter for Philanthropyand Civil SocietyKenyaWilliam OkediProgram OfficerFord FoundationSouthern AfricaWon Soon ParkDirectorThe Beautiful FoundationSouth KoreaFely RixhonExecutive DirectorPhilippine Center forPopulation & DevelopmentPhilippinesVadim SamorodovProgram ManagerCharities Aid FoundationRussiaKgosto SchoemanChief ExecutiveKagiso Trust CharitableDevelopment TrustSouth AfricaPushpa Aman SinghVice President for ProgramsGIVE FoundationIndia4 REPORT 2004-2005
University for a NightAN EVENING OF SHARING AND LEARNINGEach year since 1997, University for a Night bringstogether leaders from around the world to discusscritical problems. Through a plenary discussion,a question-and-answer session and discussions overdinner, participants share ideas on how to addresspoverty, inequity, environmental degradation andconflict. They also honor individuals or organizationswhose work exemplifies what the evening is about– building bridges across traditional boundaries tocreate a better world – with the David RockefellerBridging Leadership Awards.The overall theme of the 2004 event was newapproaches to solving complex global problems.The Bridging Leadership Awards were presented tothe Foundation for Community Development ofMozambique and John C. Whitehead, a former USDeputy Secretary of State and chair of the InternationalRescue Committee.University for a Night 2005 brought attention notonly to partnerships to address critical problems, butalso to issues of democracy and security, with speakersincluding former President of the Philippines CorazonC. Aquino and former World Bank President James D.Wolfensohn (who each received the David RockefellerBridging Leadership Award), as well as Nigeriandemocracy advocate Hafsat Abiola-Costello, DeputyPrime Minister of Thailand Surakiart Sathirathai, andincoming Synergos President Robert H. Dunn.The 2005 event was also the final day of serviceas President of Synergos for S. Bruce Schearer, andthe evening closed with the presentation of a videohighlighting Synergos’ accomplishments under hisleadership. ■David SmithManaging DirectorBusiness andEnvironmental ServicesJamaicaFelicidad SoledadExecutive DirectorPhilippine Council forNGO CertificationThe PhilippinesIngrid SrinathChief ExecutiveChild Relief and YouIndiaShannon St. JohnFormer Executive DirectorTriangle Community FoundationUnited StatesAbdi SuryaningatiVice-DirectorYAPPIKA-IndonesianCivil Society Alliancefor DemocracyIndonesiaAfsaneh TabriziSouth AfricaBernardo ToroDean of EducationJaveriana UniversityColombiaSukich UtinduDirector, ResourceMobilizationRaks Thai FoundationThailandPriya ViswanathChief Executive OfficerCharities Aid FoundationIndiaAna Maria WilheimSuperintendentAbrinq Foundation forthe Rights of ChildrenBrazilPositions listed are those heldat time of FellowshipThe approach that we have adopted is focusing on the issue“of ownership and empowerment. Ownership is very important,because you have to make sure that the poor feel that they are partof the solution, not a part of the problem.” – Surakiart Sathirathai,Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand at University for a Night 2005John Whiteheadand DavidRockefellerCorazon Aquinoand James D. WolfensohnRichard Geredescribedthe power ofcollaborationat Universityfor a Night2004PLENARY SPEAKERS 2004-2005Hafsat Abiola-CostelloExecutive DirectorKudirat Initiative for DemocracyCorazon C. AquinoChairpersonBenigno S. Aquino, Jr. FoundationKjell Magne BondevikPrime Minister of NorwayMario Conejo MaldonadoMayorOtavalo, EcuadorRobert H. DunnCo-founderBusiness for Social ResponsibilityTex GunningBusiness Group PresidentUnilever Bestfoods, AsiaNoeleen HeyzerExecutive DirectorUnited Nations Development Fundfor WomenSurakiart SathirathaiDeputy Prime Minister of ThailandJames D. WolfensohnSpecial Envoy for Gaza Disengagementfor the Quartet PrincipalsPositions listed are those held attime of eventTHE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE 5
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