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We must dismantle lingering divides and create a reconciled vibrant North
Source: The Irish Times
OPINION: Unless the North agrees how to share its future, devolution will have failed and potential will rot, writes DUNCAN MORROW EVEN AS the memory dims, the Irish peace process has the capacity to stir pride. A centuries-long Greek tragedy had an unexpected end. British-Irish relations…
Resource type: News
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Organisations invest £3.5 for shared education classes
Source: BBC
Two organisations are to spend £3.5m helping secondary and grammar schools in the Catholic and state sectors to share classes. The International Fund for Ireland and Atlantic Philanthropies are making the investment after a successful trial. For three years, 60 post-primary schools provided shared classes…
Resource type: News
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Super cities are not just rocket science
Source: The Australian
We must future-proof our economy with knowledge and innovation: THIS month Brisbane sends a powerful global message that it is more than just one of Australia's most liveable cities and among the world's top 50 cities. Construction begins on the Translational Research Institute, a medical…
Resource type: News
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Team management - Time for the 6th Rehab Great Investment Race
Source: The Irish Times
Rehab Group chief executive Angela Kerins with (from left) Seamus Manger, of Irish Life Investment Managers; Stephen Hynes, Merrion Investment Managers; Frank O'Brien, Rehab Investment team manager; Noel O'Halloran, KBC Asset Management; and Joseph Harrigan, AIB Investment Managers, at the launch of the 6th Rehab…
Resource type: News
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Field Dispatches: Winning Civil Partnerships in Ireland
Source: Q & A with the Gay & Lesbian Equality Network
In early July of this year, both houses of the Irish Parliament passed a landmark Civil Partnerships law, guaranteeing new rights to same-sex couples. The bill – “one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in 90 years” - was signed into law…
Resource type: News
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Social work alleviates poverty
Source: Viet Nam News
Yesterday, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Atlantic Philanthropies Organisation in Viet Nam and UNICEF signed a memorandum to define the roles and responsibilities of the partners taking part in the project. The memorandum concerns capacity building for MOLISA for partnership development,…
Resource type: News
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Letters - Born in the U.S.A.: Should That Make You a Citizen?
Source: The New York Times
This edition of Letters to the Editor is in response to Peter H. Schuck's op-ed, "Birthright of a Nation" on August 14, 2010. Contributors include Bruce A. Morrison, a former member of Congress who was chairman of the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Edith Asibey,…
Resource type: News
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The Great Give Away
Source: Sunday Times
When you have as much money as Bill Gates, you have to work damn hard to get rid of it. At least if you want to disposeof it wisely. So in May the Microsoft founder, whose fortune is estimated at $53 billion (¤40 billion), was…
Resource type: News
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Advocacy Capacity Training Assessment: An Overview of the Field
Source: The Headwaters Group
The Headwaters Group prepared this report for The Atlantic Philanthropies to inform philanthropic efforts to build advocacy capacity among state and local groups. The report provides an overview of current advocacy training exploring who does it, how it is done and what appears to be…
Resource type: Research Report
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Highlight on Gara LaMarche, Recipient of the 2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award
On 12 May 2010, Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, was honoured with the 2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award at the annual Leadership Conference in Washington, DC.
Resource type: Video