Rethinking the Way in Which NGOs Do Business
Thursday, March 03, 2005, Bratislava, Slovakia
The William Davidson Institute, together with the Pontis Foundation hosted the conference "Rethinking the Way in Which NGOs Do Business" in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 3-5, 2005. The conference was a medium for sharing best practices and various methods by which NGOs can become increasingly sustainable and less donor dependent. The conference also provided some practical business tools for the NGO participants. The conference featured papers discussing: 1) partnerships; 2) social enterprises; 3) commercial sustainability and; 4) policies which affect the development of social enterprises. NGO leaders from more than 10 countries in the region attended the conference.
