Public Institutions, NGOs & Associations

WASHINGTON — November 13, 2026 -- The National Press Club presented its Fourth Estate Award to ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz on Nov. 12, 53 years after the first award went to Walter Cronkite in 1973. At the same annual gala in Washington, the Club also honored The New York Times, Guatemalan publisher José Rubén Zamora and Los Angeles Times reporter Rebecca Ellis.

Raddatz is ABC News' chief global affairs correspondent and co-anchor of This Week with George Stephanopoulos. The Club cited more than three decades of reporting from conflict zones. She follows a recipient list that includes Helen Thomas, Tom Brokaw, Christiane Amanpour, Bob Woodward, Andrea Mitchell, Gwen Ifill, Lester Holt and Robert Costa, who received the award in 2025.

BOSTON — November 13, 2026 -- The Boston Society of Architects (BSA) and its philanthropic arm Architecture in Common (AiC) presented 12 Service & Impact Awards to 13 recipients on November 12 at their 2026 End of Year Celebration and Annual Meeting. The program, introduced in 2025 as the BSA Volunteer Awards, was renamed for this second edition.

Eleven of the 13 recipients are individuals, and two are organizations

Saam Architecture received the Innovation in Practice Award, and YouthBuild Boston received the Partners in the Work Award. The other 11 recipients are individuals. Susan Morgan of DLR Group and Mara Rae Betti of Moody Nolan share the Inclusion in the Profession Award. It is the only award with two recipients, which is why 12 awards produce 13 honorees.

Deputy Director Paige Johnston said the honorees help "others find their place in architecture" and show the profession can contribute to public life.

NUREMBERG – November 13, 2026 -- The Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, BA) plans a deficit of €8.2 billion in its 2027 budget, which its Administrative Board has adopted. Federal loans will cover the gap. With loans taken in 2025 and 2026, the debt to the federal government is set to reach up to €18.7 billion by the end of 2027. That equals about 44% of the €42.4 billion in contribution income planned for 2027, by our calculation.

The 2027 deficit is smaller than 2026's, but the loan stock keeps growing

The BA expects a shortfall of up to €9.0 billion in 2026, also covered by federal loans. Against that ceiling, the 2027 deficit is €0.8 billion, or about 9%, lower. If 2026 reaches the full €9.0 billion, the stated figures imply roughly €1.5 billion in loans from 2025 (€18.7 billion minus €9.0 billion minus €8.2 billion). The BA did not disclose repayment terms or interest conditions for the loans.

GENEVA — November 13, 2026 -- ANTA Group and UNHCR signed a three-year agreement for the Moving for Change program. ANTA committed US$1.5 million in cash and 1.2 million items of sportswear and equipment for 2026 to 2029. The pledge matches the first three-year phase, which ANTA reports at US$1.5 million and more than 1.2 million items, so the renewal holds the commitment flat and targets another 300,000 displaced young people.

ANTA's pledge works out to about US$5 and four items per young person

By our calculation, US$1.5 million spread across 300,000 young people equals US$5 each in cash. The 1.2 million items equal four per person. ANTA routes the support through the China Charity Federation and the Chinese Red Cross Foundation, with approval from the relevant government ministries. The company did not disclose the value of the 1.2 million items.

WASHINGTON — November 13, 2026 -- Internet2 has elected Cynthia Larive, chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz, chair of its Board of Trustees, and M. Brian Blake, president of Georgia State University, vice chair. Both began their terms in November 2026.

Larive moves up from vice chair. Blake joined the board in 2025, so he reaches the vice chair post after one year as a trustee, by FairsOnline's calculation. Gregory Washington, president of George Mason University, chaired the board and is one of two outgoing trustees. The other is Jennifer Cowley, former president of the University of Texas at Arlington.

Four of the eight trustees named in the release lead universities

The release names eight trustees. Four run universities: Larive, Blake, Marc Parlange (president, University of Rhode Island) and Ellen Granberg (president, George Washington University). The other four are:

BERLIN – November 13, 2026 -- Germany's statutory accident insurer BGW awarded prizes to 16 of 83 entries in its fifth photo competition, "Mensch – Arbeit – Alter", at the Pflegetag in Berlin. That is about 19% of submissions by FairsOnline's calculation, and the jury singled out four of the 16, or 25% of the prize winners.

A jury picked four standout works from 83 submissions

Sarah Paff won first prize for "Was bleibt", five black-and-white studio images about a couple facing the impending loss of one partner. Antine Karla Yzer took second prize for "Fenster zur Hecke", a five-part series on growing old at home.

BERLIN – November 13, 2026 -- The Economisten, a new German political movement drawn from business, start-ups, finance, science and education, have named a state ratio (Staatsquote) of 30% as their guiding target. The Federal Statistical Office put the ratio at 50.3% in 2025. By FairsOnline's calculation, reaching 30% would mean a cut of 20.3 percentage points, or about 40% of the 2025 level.

The movement gave no timeline for reaching the 30% ratio.

Biotech investor calls the German economy an emergency case

Friedrich von Bohlen und Halbach, a biotech entrepreneur, investor and chairman of the Förderverein Economisten, described the economy as an intensive-care patient in need of emergency surgery. He said one task matters: making the economy competitive again. That requires high attractiveness for private equity capital and a state that concentrates on its core functions, he said.

Nuremberg – November 13, 2026 -- The administrative board of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, BA) has elected Dr. Anna Robra as its new chair. She succeeds Christina Ramb, who left the body at her own request because of a professional move, according to BA press release no. 45.

Robra has sat on the board since 2017, about nine years by FairsOnline's calculation to the 2026 start of her new BDA role. The release does not say how long her term as chair runs.

Robra holds the chair while serving in BDA executive management

Since 1 November 2026, Robra has been a member of the executive management (Hauptgeschäftsführung) of the Deutsche Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA), the German employers' associations. She joined the BDA in 2008, 18 years before that appointment and nine years before she joined the BA board. She previously headed the BDA's labor market department.