The public conference of the Annual General Meeting of ICFO is hosted by Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen (DZI) and the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) at Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft in Berlin.

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Welcome and Opening Speeches

• Ingrid Stahmer, Chairperson DZI
• Rollin van Broekhoven, President ICFO
• Niels Lund Chrestensen, Vice President DIHK
• Axel Nawrath, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Finance

Presentations

• Importance of Self Regulation and Independent Monitoring vs. State Regulation, Government, the third sector and monitoring agencies – Diana Aviv, President Independent Sector, Washington D.C., U.S.A
• Development of the Third Sector in the global Setting – Helmut Anheier, Centre for Social Investment University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Charities, Social Cohesion and Public Opinion – Valerio Melandri, Director of the Master in Fundraising, University of Bologna, Italy
• ICFO’s Mission and new Challenges in Charity Certification –  Burkhard Wilke Secretary General ICFO
• Evaluation and Quality Measurement in NGOs. The case of humanitarian and development aid – Niels Dabelstein, Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark
• Self Regulation vs. Certification. Why Self Regulation is unlikely to win. – Andreas Ortmann CERGE-EI, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic

Round Table Discussion

Monitoring Charities in the 21st Century - Jos Zwartjes, Moderator

• Helmut Anheier
• Diana Aviv
• Andreas Ortmann
• Martina Ziegerer, Board Member ICFO

Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

• Rollin van Broekhoven, President ICFO
• Burkhard Wilke, Secretary General ICFO