Financing an impact project

The financiers active at the Geneva Forum have decided to support a positive influence on society.
Because providing financial support for a high-potential initiative offers the possibility of generating significant and lasting change, investing in impact projects means being part of major transformations, stimulating innovation and contributing to important causes.
The key to success is project economic viability.

The projects validated and selected before and during the Geneva Forum are presented to investors and philanthropists as part of the Blended Finance Party.

Organized at each of the Geneva Continental and World Forums this event allows project teams to meet with impact investors and committed philanthropists.

In addition, a peer-to-peer meeting reserved for finance professionals allows them to share their winning practices.

Detecting projects that make a difference

Detecting projects with serious and sustainable impacts is often one of the major challenges for any finance professional (Foundation, Family Office, Investment Funds, etc.) and the Geneva Forum has gradually built a platform dedicated to overcoming this obstacle.

These meetings allow you to identify projects that fit your targets, to provide them with good financial advice, and to explore different financing options.

These projects are previously identified, selected and set up in quality by the Geneva Forum teams. In particular, by taking advantage of highlights such as the workshops organized during the year, the use of the tool developed for agile monitoring and assessment of impact projects, or the regular involvement of a directory of experts skilled in the fields of the projects and their economic viability.

By participating in the Forum, investors, philanthropists and financial institutions who are actively looking for projects capable of transforming society have the opportunity to meet the projects and their teams, live.

Meetings between financiers

The Geneva Forum also offers specific sessions dedicated to financing professionals, during which you can co-construct and recover new tools to structure your business, identify the most appropriate projects for your financing, and develop an effective fund distribution strategy.

At the same time, you benefit from the expertise of specialized speakers who share their experience and advice to maximize your chances of success, whether in identifying quality projects, assessing their potential and sustainability, or monitoring and measuring their impact.

What’s more, the Geneva Forum gives you the opportunity to take part in networking events where you can establish direct contacts:
- between impact finance professionals (reserved meetings and meals),
- between potentially fundable project teams and finance professionals (Blended Finance Party, Networking Meals, Conferences, Workshops).

These personalized exchanges are often decisive in creating solid financial partnerships. By being part of this ecosystem dedicated to Impact for SDGs and closely integrated with the network of International Organizations and the UN, you increase your chances of finding the projects you need for quality financial deployment, respecting ESG and all other impact and sustainability objectives.

FORUMS DE GENEVE workshops specifically dedicated to Impact Finance

Impact Finance professionals get together :
- at the Annual International Conference on Impact Finance for Peace and Development organized by the Geneva Forum,
- on the occasion of the Networking Dinners organized within this framework,
- and every time a Total Eclipse of the Sun takes place on Earth, it’s the occasion for a meeting and workshop dedicated to Economic and Social Development in harmony with Nature, as part of the Total Solar Eclipse Meetings

Stages of project development by the Geneva Forum

Roles of the Continental Geneva Forums

January to November

**Steps between Forums

Roles of the World Geneva Forum

in December

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Projects validated and selected by the Geneva Forum are :
- identified at Forum partner events (Terra Scientifica, Peer-to-Peer for SDGs...)
and at Geneva Continental Forum,
- built up in structure and solidity during the Sustainable Management Workshops organized during the year,
- presented to investors and philanthropists as part of the Blended Finance Partiy organized at each of the Geneva Continental and World Forums.