Advance - Public & Charitable

The Public & Charitable Network embraces Australians working at all levels of multilateral organisations including the World Bank, IFC and the IMF, as well as think-tanks and other non-profit and public institutions. Some Australians are focused on supplying the US and other overseas government with a range of products and services, including information, communications and technology, defense and health supplies. The Advance Australian community is continually expanding. If you are interested in getting involved in the committee or have any suggestions, contact us with your expression of interest an any questions you may have.

PUBLIC & CHARITABLE COMMITTEE
East Coast Committee
Sally Phillips Paridis - Chair
Odaria Finemore - Vice Chair
Natalie Silver
London Committee
Deanne Raseta - Chair

recent news

The Global Green 100

Following the Australian Government becoming a signatory to the Kyoto Protocoland in the footsteps of the 2020 Summit the Advance P& C Sector is in search of Australia’s Green Alumni all over the world. [More...]

Australian social worker tops London list

Emily Moran is only 24, but the Sydneysider - just named London's social worker of the year - has seen enough violence and suffering to last a lifetime. In her first year, Ms Moran was assigned a young girl, the sister of a boy who had hacked his mother to pieces. She organised a funeral, delivered a eulogy and played a part in the life of an innocent child who has lost everything. [More...]

The Cheapest Kilowatt: The Lessons of Energy Efficiency

The World’s 51 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Territories are amongst the most vulnerable to the impacts of global warming despite the fact that they contribute almost nothing to the escalating growth of global greenhouse emissions – less than 0.02 per cent. [More...]

ARCHIVED ARTICLES

World AIDS Day - Living Positive Lives
The Australian Government Sets Targets for Clean Energy
War Dance Opens in New York

Global Warming

Australia’s Climate – is it changing?

Australian Citizenship – what does it mean?

Australia's Prosperous Future
Water: A Global Issue
Australia and North Korea - US Perspective
Leading not Following
The Inside Story of the Australia-US Relationship
The Value of Two Nations- Howard in DC
Australian Foreign Minister Delivers ANZAC Lecture

Memoirs of a Child Soldier

View Public & Charitable Calendar of Events

UPCOMING EVENTS
London P&C Networking Drinks
Wednesday, 25th June
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
On Anon, London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus, London, W1V 9LA

London's Public & Charitable Sector welcomes members to join us for the opportunity to meet other members interested in this network as well as the chance to share ideas for future activities within an informal setting. [More...]

Clean Up The World Campaign

An estimated 35 million people from 120 countries across the globe will take action to help protect the environment for future generations as part of Clean Up the World, one of the world’s largest environmental programs, in 2008. [More...]

RECENT EVENTS

"The Jammed" film screening and panel
Monday June 2, 2008 @ 6:30pm
The Advance Public & Charitable Network together with the Australian Mission to the UN and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) provided Advance members and guests with the opportunity to attend a special screening of "The Jammed" a tense and confronting Australian film that tackled the difficult and sadly present issue of human trafficking. [More...]

NYC: Effective Philanthropy - Australians Giving Back
Thursday, October 18 2007, saw a diverse group of Advance members gather in the Monash room where a distinguished panel of Australians led a discussion on the many faces of Philanthropy. Natalie Silver introduced the evening and set the context for the discussion by providing some comparative giving statistics. On a per capita basis Australians give roughly half that of Americans. Some of this can be explained as a result of cultural attitudes towards wealth, the role of government in providing for its citizens and the development of philanthropy in each country, but the disparity cannot be entirely ascribed to these reasons. [More...]

Other Previous Advance Events:
* A Very Sunburnt Country: Australians on Climate Change
* Tim Flannery: The Weather Makers
* Climate Change and Economic Inequality: How they affect your business
* Australians on the Front Line

Dean Bialek

Dean works at the Australian Mission to the United Nations as the Second Secretary (Sustainable Developmet/Law of the Sea) - this means he works on finance, trade, climate change and energy policy. So apart from getting to sit at the big desk with the Australia sign and wear one of those "fashionable" translater earpieces, what has his experience at the UN been like thus far and how is he enjoying living in New York...

Where did you grow up ?
Melbourne.

What brought you to New York? How long have you been here? How long do you intend to stay?
The offer of a diplomatic posting to Australia’s Mission to the United Nations. I’ve been in New York for 2 great years, and one to go in the current job. [More...]

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Advance is Carbon Neutral!

A recent Public & Charitable Network event was held in New York City - A Very Sunburnt Country: Australians on Climate Change. Advance aimed to make this event our first carbon neutral offering, and thanks to the donations of many of the evenings attendees we were not only able to achieve this, but also offset the carbon dioxide emissions of the Advance office for over six months. To learn more about this, please visit the TerraPass website and read the event report.