Call-to-Apply – Impact Investment Primer

In order to actualize transformative change with social and environmental justice at its foundation, we need to simultaneously address the three dimensions of sustainable development – equity, ecology and economy. However, organisations that are active on-the-ground, call out ‘access to finance’ as a critical impediment to create scale. At the other end, the funders are talking of Impact Investments (investments made with the intention of generating both financial return and social and/or environmental impact) to achieve the UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).

In continuation of the DSET (Designing for Socio-Ecological Transformation) work area, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) India, with its knowledge partners The Eco-Logical Foundation and Second Nature Sustainable Solutions, is conducting an exercise Impact Investment Primer to connect the socio-ecological change makers to the Impact Investment eco-system.

Who Should Paricipate:

Anyone actively working on transformative initiatives in the socio-ecological sector.

Components of the Primer:

1.    Webinar series on the different concepts and types of impact investments, including innovative impact bonds.

2.    One-on-one interaction with participants on transformational projects (active or proposed).

3.    Identification of up to three transformational projects for advisory support.

4.    Report t encapsulate the learnings and requirements for socio-ecological change makers to leverage impact ecosystem.

Timeframe:

May – July 2020

Participants will be required to attend two webinars of two hours each. Only if you have completed Part I will you be eligible for Part II.

Registration:

There is no registration fee. Please send your confirmation by filling the Google sign-up form. You may also join the Whatsapp Group.  

There are limited seats so please book in advance. Sign-up needs to be completed by 6PM (IST) the day before the session you want to join.

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Anurag Shanker is Program Manager of the Economy of Tomorrow project at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung India office in New Delhi.

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