The European Union is offering a virtual half-day workshop titled: “Social Finance in more developed Ecosystems” under the EaSI Technical Assistance programme for social enterprise finance providers. The workshop will take place online on June 17 between 9:00 and 13:00 CET.

This workshop will focus on more advanced social finance markets, which have large investments volumes, active institutional investors, and a comprehensive ecosystem.

These ecosystems have specific issues, such as allocating capital for the most impactful projects, fulfilling the social impact promises made to investors and ensuring liquidity in due time.

Speakers

• Clémentine Blazy, European Center for Social Finance
• Barbara Scheck, European Center for Social Finance
• Madeleine Clarke, Genio
• Emilie Debled, Investisseurs et Partenaires

The workshop will be moderated by Clémentine Blazy from the European Center for Social Finance. She will give an introduction to current challenges in the field.

Emilie Debled from Investisseurs et Partenaires will discuss fund economics and how blended finance helps to bridge funding gaps. She will draw lessons from beyond the Mediterranean Sea.

Madeleine Clarke from Genio will share how trans-border public-private cooperation can enable the efficient scaling of proven social innovations. Madeleine will share how the European Social Catalyst Fund has been designed and implemented in practice. Barbara Scheck from the European Center for Social Finance will look at the additionality of investments and how it can complement the portfolio’s Impact Management and Measurement.

Throughout the workshop, participants are invited to share their experiences and thoughts in interactive sessions.

How to participate?

If you are interested in participating in this event, please fill in the participation form.  

The webinar is financed by the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) strand of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and attendance is free-of-charge.