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The Health Movement project aims to reduce the risk of developing Type-2-diabetes through the use of a social impact bond (SIB). The bond to be launched in 2019, is led by RISE Research Institutes of...

At EVPA we know that trust is vital in shaping the relationship between investors and social purpose organisations. Building strong partnerships for impact relies on investors trusting the...

In the last few months, Big Society Capital carried out some research to understand the state of the Venture Philanthropy (VP) sector in the UK, in collaboration with the European Venture...

At EVPA we run "country meetings" to bring together the top players in venture philanthropy and social investment (VP/SI). It's an afternoon of peer-to-peer learning, discussions and exploration into...

The GSG is an independent global steering group catalysing impact investment and entrepreneurship to benefit people and the planet. The GSG was established in August 2015 as the successor to...

Why fail? Because when we fail, we learn. When we talked about failure at last month’s EVPA conference in Paris we had a lively response.

Non-profits are increasingly interested in the venture philanthropy and social (impact) investment approach. Taking EVPA's Guide on setting up a venture philanthropy organisation or social...

Innovation and Technology are rarely priorities for the social sector. They are too often perceived as threats and costs rather than opportunities for better outreach and/or better efficiency.

In 2010, Social Finance pioneered the world’s first Social Impact Bond in Peterborough. The response was unexpected; governments, social organisations and investors contacted us to understand: How...

Nadira smiles and takes a sip from her coffee. We are in one of the many cafes and bars in Tirana – enjoying the Balkan culture of meeting over coffee with the Yunus Social Business Balkans team.

In our experience accompanying the implementation of innovations, we have seen that strategies to scale them up are preferable to simply waiting for others to take the idea and copy the good...

Nine different organisations came together to build a Platform that could help non-for-profit organisations and social entrepreneurs to be sustainable. On May 16th, 2016 GEOfundos was officially...

In a remote region of Rajasthan, India, an experiment in a new finance model for international development is well under way and will soon be announcing its first year results.

What can be done to make projects aimed at overcoming social challenges more effective and efficient? A pilot project implemented by the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs in the state of Upper...

Climate change is already showing its teeth in certain regions of the world, and is on course to have an even greater adverse impact – in particular on lower income countries. 

As in many other European countries, Spain is evidencing the emergence of an ecosystem of social enterprises, incubators, accelerators, and impact investors. The introduction has been slower than...

In the run up for EVPA’s annual conference taking place this December in Madrid, Stone Soup Consulting has taken a close look at the social impact investment sector in Spain.

Unemployment has been a heavy burden on the European economy since the economic crisis: currently 23.5M people, i.e. 9.7% of the active population, are unemployed. We have also known it to be...

A practical perspective by Celia Tennant of Inspiring Scotland.

The UK can be proud of its efforts to develop a social impact investment market. Building a Social Impact Investment Market: The UK Experiencecatalogued the constant activity by Government and...

To date, about 30 Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) have been issued globally. They seek to address a variety of social issues: reducing recidivism of prisoners, fighting school dropout rates, placing...

Over the past five years, the quest for highly innovative entrepreneurship solutions to some of the most urgent societal issues has seen a growing interest from policy makers, social investors and...

One year ago we announced the launch of the first Belgian Social Impact Bond. This achievement was reached in a record timing of less than a year, by an informal team of professionals including EVPA...

Impact investing presents an appealing promise: it suggests that social impact, the primary goal of philanthropic investors, can be achieved while simultaneously generating financial returns that...