"Collaborating for Social Impact": EVPA Annual Conference

On November 17^th and 18^th, EVPA holds its annual conference in Berlin. Under the theme “Collaborating for Social Impact: the Next 10 Years”, the conference covers various topics, from crowdfunding to impact measurement and from exits to government regulations.

Olivier Lafourcade, member of the board of directors and investment committee of IPDEV, and Elodie Nocquet, Financial and ESG Officer, participate to the conference this year.

Elodie Nocquet intervenes in the session entitled “Impact Measurement – from guidelines to practical implementation” alongside four other speakers: Richard Kennedy, Managing Director of FINCA UK, Marlon van Dijk, Managing Director of Sinzer, Jan Lübbering, Senior Advisor on Social Entrepreneurship of Streetfootballworld, and Andreas Rickert, CEO of Phineo.

Among the proposals for next actions, E. Nocquet highlights the need to: 

• develop thematic groups that would be able to share their impact tools and spread best practices and standards
• Develop third-party assessments that could add credibility to ESG management and impact measurement systems
• Encourage data collection to build impact databases
• Conduct case studies at practical level

 >>The program of the conference can be found HERE 

About EVPA

The European Venture Philanthropy Association is a membership association bringing together venture philanthropy and social investment organizations across Europe.EVPA account more than 170 members, among which are included social investors, grant-making foundations, impact investing funds and private equity firms. Investisseurs & Partenaires joined the network in 2012

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Building on the learnings and insights of venture philanthropy and social investment organizations, the EVPA Knowledge Centre has recently launched its 2014 Exit Report. The idea is to spread the knowledgeto ensure better exits. As described by Pieter Oostlander, Chairman of the EVPA, “the guide explores a multitude of aspects and scenarios that practitioners face when planning and executing an exit- and provides concrete and practical solutions and recommendations”

>>For more information on the Report, Visit the webpage