International Philanthropy: Creating the Right Climate

08:45

Registration

09:30

Welcome & introduction from the Chairman

Julian Smith, Farrer & Co

09:45

Philanthropy in Europe: its importance and potential

Dr Graham Davies, CAF Global Trustees

10:25

Cross-border philanthropy in Europe: current status

Ludwig Forrest, King Baudouin Foundation

11:00

Tea/Coffee Break

11:30

The Walloon case and its impact

Charles Whiddington, Field Fisher Waterhouse

12:00

What are the risks for European cross-border giving?

James Carleton, Farrer & Co

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Cross-border philanthropy: why not try creative solutions?

Ineke Koele, Van Mens en Wisselink

14:30

Friendly and unfriendly cross-border giving countries in Europe

Francis Houben, Legal & Tax Management SPRL

15:00

Cross-border giving in Europe: the situation in the 10 'new' EU member states

Dragan Golubovic, European Center for Not-For-Profit Law (ECNL)

15:30

Tea/Coffee Break

16:00

Panel: Practical solutions given today’s barriers to cross-border charitable giving

Stephanie Simonard (France), Cabinet Simonard
Richard Cassell (US), Withers LLP
Simon Weil (UK), Bircham Dyson Bell
Erich Baier (Austria), Bilanz-Data Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH
Ineke Koele (Netherlands), Van Mens en Wisselink

17:00

Close of conference for day one

19:30

Conference dinner at the BELvue Museum

Kindly sponsored by the King Baudouin Foundation

09:15

VAT: the framework in which the sector operates and the wider implications of emerging thinking

László Kovács, European Commissioner for Taxation & Customs Union

10:00

Possible solutions

Peter Jenkins, Ernst & Young

10:30

Tea/Coffee Break

11:00

A possible solution for Denmark

Flemming Kofod-Svendsen, Danish Fundraising Association

11:30

Where next? Presentation followed by discussion

Sheila Nordon, Irish Charities Tax Research Ltd (ICTR)
Helen Donoghue, European Charities’ Committee on VAT (ECCVAT)

12:30

Lunch and close of conference