Overview on china's philanthropy for ACCP
Transcript of Overview on china's philanthropy for ACCP
Founded by The Asia Foundation to promote and inspire philanthropy to Asia
Your Ideas, Asia’s Future
Leith Robotham
Director of Philanthropy
China’s Philanthropic Sector- History- Challenges- Best Practices for Engagement
Brief Background on China’s Philanthropy Sector
Timeline:
1949 – People’s Republic of China proclaimed
1981 -The first Gov’t Organized NGO (GONGO)
1994 -The first Nonprofit Organization (NPO)
2011 – 447,000 registered NPO’s
2011 – The first privately-funded public foundation
Brief Background on China’s Philanthropy Sector
Key Sector Advancements
• 2004: Regulation on Foundation Administration
• Shanghai NPO incubation and registration effort
• Hunan Province, Shanghai and Guangdong Province pilot favorable legislation on NPO regulation
• Emergence of sense of social responsibility
• The increasing social issues: migrants, youth, seniors, environment protection, public health, disaster relief…
The Sector Today
• Transparency – China Foundation Center
• Platform – China Private Philanthropy Forum
• NPO capacity building up
• Volunteerism
Challenges
• New / emerging sector … still in start-up phase
• Legal / policy framework obstacles are not expected to be resolved in the near future
• International donation hurdles
• Significant gap between sector talent demand and supply
Notes / Best Practices When Engaging NPO’s
Best Practices:
• Listen to and learn from local employee’s
• Communicate and collaborate with local NPOs
• Don’t forget to help build capacity, not just programs
Notes:
• Expect some public announcement / recognition opportunity which will include a governmental representative
• Expect a dynamic legal environment in the coming years
• Expect the answer to “why should this project be funded” to be: “for a better China” (or similar)
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Your Ideas, Asia’s Future
Leith Robotham
415-322-8619
www.give2asia.org