The Call, Talk Europe

In 2021, we again asked key voices from our network to go in front of the camera and tell their story. We continued The Call, the video series we developed in the first year of the Covid 19 pandemic. It is an attempt to address the political, cultural and social changes of our time and to better understand them through conversations with thinkers and doers in our community.

After a pandemic break, the popular Talk Europe! series is back with two new episodes. We venture a look into the future of European foundations. We publish the self-produced videos in ERSTE Foundation’s online magazine Tipping point to stimulate dialogue within the Foundation’s community.

“The Green Deal mustn’t be sold on the element of fear”

The Call with Judy Dempsey

Boris Marte made The Call to the renowned journalist and author Judy Dempsey, to discuss solidarity, politics of fear, the new technological revolution, the flaws of the Green Deal, and youth as the main driving force in shaping our future.

“Revolutions are unbelievably disruptive and dangerous. And if they are to succeed, you really have to have your eye on the day after.”

The Call at tippingpoint.net

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“One of the ironies of this moment, the early 21st century, is that history is so palpably necessary to explain what’s going on. And yet at the same time, it’s generally dismissed.”

The Call at tippingpoint.net

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“For a moral commitment to factuality”

The Call with Timothy Snyder

In the special edition of The Call world-renowned historian Timothy Snyder and Boris Marte talk Trumpism, semi-authoritarian regimes, the historic importance of pandemics, cyber-wars, limitations of the digital world, the power of new media – and the necessity of a moral commitment to factuality in the 21st century.

“Migration is evolution”

The Call with Kilian Kleinschmidt

Hedvig Morvai talked with the changemaker and switxboard founder Killian Kleinschmidt about the “new normal” we live in today, about networks, invisible communities and hidden opportunities, why we need to enable and not prevent migration and under which conditions our world will be able to survive.

“Many of us who talk about populations having to remain static where they are, enabling the people to stay where they are, have not understood how humanity actually evolved.”

The Call at tippingpoint.net

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“From crisis to opportunity” A Talk Europe! special edition

For more than 30 years, the annual conference of the European Foundation Centre has addressed societal issues that are relevant to the future of Europe and the world at large, such as inequality, social injustice, and inclusive and participatory societies. Vienna hosted the conference for the first time in 2021 with ERSTE Foundation chairing the Programme Committee as well as the Host Committee. The video gathers many voices of the almost 400 participants.

“How can philanthropy build on the momentum of the innovations of the past two years to help accelerate real sustainable change, not in the distant future, but right here and now?”

Talk Europe! at tippingpoint.net

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“In the context of an existential crisis for humanity, foundations do have the opportunity and perhaps also the obligation to include the climate dimension in their work.”

Talk Europe! at tippingpoint.net

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“Every foundation should care about climate”

Talk Europe! with Delphine Moralis

Delphine Moralis, Chief Executive of the European Foundation Centre (EFC), believes that foundations have a very important role to play in the current context, because of the pandemic and how it has aggravated inequality, because of the climate crisis and because of challenges with regard to democracy and society. Foundations, which have the opportunity to be risk-takers, innovators, bridge-builders, investors and ground-makers, really have a unique momentum to deploy their private resources strategically, to change and move our world and our societies in the right direction.