Aims

Leverage the impacts of giving by helping participants to engage more creatively and effectively with organisational interests and objectives Equip participants with cutting-edge models for private development initiatives building from exemplary principles of engagement Share global and Sri Lankan best practices and state-of-the-art project management, delivery, and evaluation tools to maximise impact and value Support and promote private engagements in Sri Lankan poverty reduction and development activities in relation to core empowerment goals and national priorities

Benefits of participation

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Acquire new knowledge, skills, competencies in philanthropy, CSR, social business aligned with organisations strategic interests goals

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THE COLOMBO WORKSHOPS

The University of Sussex (UK) is pleased to invite you to participate in a 1-day workshop aimed at maximizing the developmental impacts of philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and social business activities in Sri Lanka. Drawing from the results of a 2-year research project in Sri Lanka plus more than 40 years experience operating at the forefront of international development, we have designed an innovative and exciting 4-step programme sharing the best local and international practices that can help you to achieve strategic goals and social objectives through better planned, more efficient, and coordinated activities. Dates, time and location: June 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th 0900 1800hrs; JAIC Hilton, Union Place, Colombo.

Enhance the developmental impacts of your activities, helping you to achieve your organisations social potential across internal and external functions Expand funding and partnership opportunities, including a refined understanding of the wants and needs of different partner constituencies and stakeholders Network with charities, foundations, companies, and experts in your field and build links for future collaborations

Further information: Please email Sarah Kabir (sarah.kabir89@gmail.com). Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis

Facilitators
Professor R.L. (Jock) Stirrat Jock has been conducting social and development-orientated research in Sri Lanka since 1969. A specialist on Sri Lankan society, culture, and politics, Jock has for the past two decades conducted numerous consultancy projects in Sri Lanka, South and South-East Asia, and Africa for DfID, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, FAO, EC, and various others. Most recently Jock has been Principle Investigator on an ESRC-DfID poverty alleviation research programme, Charity, Philanthropy, and Development in Colombo. Jock taught development studies at the University of Sussex for more than 20 years, where he was also Director of Development Studies in the School of Global Studies. Dr Tom Widger Tom holds a PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE) and has been involved in Sri Lankan development activities for almost 15 years. Over the past 10 years he has also provided CSR and sustainability consultancy services for a wide range of clients including multinational corporations (Anglo American, BAE Systems, BP, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Logica, LOreal, Nationwide, Novartis, UBS, Societe Generale), public sector organisations (European Commission, UK government), and civil society and CSR/sustainability intermediaries (Academy of Business in Society, CSR Europe, EIM Business & Policy Research). Ms Sarah Kabir Before joining the Sussex team as a researcher and project coordinator Sarah worked with a range of Sri Lankan and global development organisations including Sarvodaya, Siyath Foundation, UN FAO, and Transparency International. She has a degree in social policy from University of Bristol (UK). Resource persons Sessions will benefit from the input of Sri Lankan policy experts in the fields of education, health, environment, and post-war development. Their presentations will help to ground the training and provide opportunities for planning more effective philanthropic, CSR, and social business engagements.

Further information
philanthropy4 The Colombo Workshops is funded through a poverty reduction research programme coordinated by the UKs Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and Department for International Development (DfID). Field research was carried out in Colombo in 2012-2013 and involved researchers from the University of Peradeniya and the Centre for Poverty Analysis in Sri Lanka working with staff from the University of Sussex in the UK. A key objective of the research was to identify the role that indigenous philanthropy plays and can play in development. In contrast to the activities of major international development foundations, little attention has been paid to the developmental potential of indigenous charities (as distinct from NGOs) in the development process. The project sought to assess the degree to which charitable activity in Colombo is orientated towards development rather than other objectives and the degree to which charitable actions reinforce or subvert existing systems of marginalisation and impoverishment. At the same time, the research sought to identify how charitable resources can be more fully mobilised to achieve developmental goals and what has to be done to realise this potential.

For further information, workshop resources, and pre-workshop activities please visit www.charityphilanthropydevelop ment.org/colomboworkshops