Partners for a New Economy

🌱 A London date for the Diary: Wednesday 19 March - "The Nature of our Economy with Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta", hosted by Green Alliance. Why is a healthy #environment so integral to a well-functioning #economy and what must government, business and finance do to shift our economic system to one that values nature and begins to restore our natural assets and wealth? Join P4NE's Director Jo Swinson as she Chairs a panel discussion, with speakers including Green Alliance's Shaun Spiers and Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, author of The Dasgupta Review. 📝 Registration is open for this Green Alliance event (in person, in central London, on 19 March 2025, from 18:30GMT) - follow the link for more info. https://lnkd.in/ew4S65A3

“Authoritarian and populist movements are gaining momentum partly because the economy has stopped working for people. So, reforming the economic system is an urgent task for cohesion and functioning democracies. How are we going to do it?” As guest editors of the latest issue of Alliance magazine, Partners for a New Economy’s Jo Swinson and Crystal Simeoni from The Nawi Collective, in conversation with Laura Carvalho from Open Society Foundations and Paul Shrivastava from The Club of Rome reflect on these fundamental questions: Why do we need economic systems change, how will change come about, and what role should philanthropy play in enabling the transformation?   ⛓️💥 the global economic system is unequivocally exacerbating the climate crisis, ecological destruction, and perpetrating inequality. A system founded upon the exploitation of people along gender, race and class lines can never deliver on the wellbeing of all people, 🌟 repurposing institutions – all the way from rethinking the role of the state to overhauling the missions of individual corporations – will be essential smaller pieces to realising an economic paradigm shift on a macro level,  🤲 for better or worse, philanthropy has played a large role in shaping our economic system as it stands today. Similarly, if employed mindfully, philanthropy can be used to catalyse change towards an economic system that delivers on the #wellbeing for the planet and all people. What’s your take on these questions? #NewEconomy (https://lnkd.in/eZtKsKBk):

We're excited for the online events on Thursday to introduce 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲. Are you curious about #WellbeingEconomies? Want to learn more about how governments are developing policies and frameworks that go beyond GDP? Join us and Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll & Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) to find out more! 📍 Thursday 6 Feb at 9am CET or 4pm CET 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gvvV4ATa [9am CET] 🔗 https://lnkd.in/guuUhw5Q [4pm CET] #PolicyDesign #WellbeingEconomy #wellbeing #DoughnutEconomics #BeyondGDP

📢 Do you know anyone with experience working in the economic, environmental and/or social justice campaigning community, who has good writing and editing skills, and an eye for detail? The fantastic team at New Economy Organisers Network (NEON) are looking for a Press Officer, for a 6 month contract - follow the link below for details...

Check your mailboxes - our January Roundup is out 🔗https://lnkd.in/d38ShKRz ! At the turn of the year, we share 10 things on our radar, live jobs from the field, and a blog from Cassie Robinson sharing her reflections on the practice of field-building as she leaves the P4NE team after 3 years with us. Thank you for all your work with us Cassie, and good luck in your next (ad)ventures! 

🎟️ We're looking forward to joining UNEP-WCMC's #NatureActionDialogues in March this year, at Jesus College Cambridge. You'll find more details about the event and ticket info below...

"The Future Generations Declaration provides a new hook for the reforms we all want to see. But we also need to make sure that we are focused on genuine implementation over superficial compliance to drive transformation." Sophie Howe is Futures and Wellbeing Adviser to governments, NGOs and corporates and was the first Future Generations Commissioner for Wales. In her article with Claudette Salinas Leyva (School of International Futures (SOIF)) for the current New Economy edition of Alliance magazine, she reflects on protecting the interests of future generations and of the planet, and the future-focused approaches of Wales and the UN. Safeguarding the future for generations to come involves rethinking attitudes to people, planet, and fundamentally, to economics. What can philanthropy do to help? 🌱 Embed long-term thinking, building an appetite for longer term, less immediately visible outcomes, not only shorter term outputs 🗺️ Guard against the performative and pursue transformative, whole system implementations 🌄 Focus on solutions that meet today’s needs, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs What examples of future gen thinking and practice are you inspired by? https://lnkd.in/dJiUSZvF #FutureGenerations #WellBeing #NewEconomics #Philanthropy

We joined B Lab Switzerland in Davos this week as they hosted the inaugural Beyond GDP Forum, in collaboration with IMD and InTent. They brought together over 180 leaders to launch the Swiss Impact & Prosperity Initiative (SIPI). SIPI aims to kick start a new approach to measuring prosperity, moving beyond GDP as the sole measure of national success. Thank you for the invitation Jonathan Normand We spotted this banner whilst there - was it you ClimateHub Davos or GreenUp Switzerland?

“We need a new generation of economic practitioners that can challenge economic orthodoxy in government, media, business, and policymaking. This won’t just emerge from new research institutes.” Economics classrooms around the world continue to be dominated by neoclassical economics, with stark implications for how economists perceive and address massive societal crises such as rising inequality and the climate crisis.   In their recent article for Alliance magazine Sonal Raghuvanshi, Ross Cathcart and Sara Al-Mahdi from Rethinking Economics reflect on the battle to reform economics education, and the role philanthropy can play in supporting this:   🧑🏫 surveys from CESifo and Rethinking Economics indicate that both economists and economics student believe substantial changes to the discipline is needed. 🏫 new research institutes are important but not sufficient to drive transformation. They need to be backed up by a broader movement pushing for reform. 💡philanthropy can play a unique role beyond offering financial resources by providing access to networks and sharing information.   Where have you seen promising examples of economics education and curriculum change? 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eEcmm88K

🆕 It is our absolute pleasure to introduce… the Wellbeing Economy Policy Design free online course! Through this online course, you can tour the world 🌍 and learn how governments are putting #WellbeingEconomy principles into practice. The course has been created for anyone interested in #PolicyDesign, whether you’re working at a local, regional or (inter)national level. The course equips participants with tools 🔧 and examples to help drive holistic, inclusive and sustainable policy development.  And, it provides lots of inspiration 💭 from case studies and thought-leaders from around the globe. We are proud to have been part of creating this resource together with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll and Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) and our funders Partners for a New Economy.   Through #Wellbeing Economy principles we can work towards an economic system focused on meeting the fundamental needs and rights of all. Curious to know more?   Visit wellbeingeconomycourse.org or join one of our info sessions to find out more!