17th Geneva Forum – Palais des Nations (UN), Geneva – Monday, 8 December 2025
10th Annual International Conference on Philanthropy and Impact Investments for Peace and Development;
Impact finance and partnership opportunities: transdisciplinary projects, new sources of funding to address the objectives of the United Nations and non-governmental organizations.
Gathered at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, participants – project leaders, philanthropy practitioners, investors, businesses, actors from International Geneva, and partners – shared a common observation: systemic challenges require cross-sector (inter-silo) projects, sound economic models, and a common language of impact that can make projects understandable, comparable, fundable, and manageable over time.
The session confirmed that Geneva retains a unique capacity to connect diplomacy, finance, innovation, and field action. This connection must now translate into implementation mechanisms: replicable methods, partnership coalitions, field-based evidence, and verifiable impact trajectories.
When evidence becomes shareable, financing becomes possible. When partnership becomes operational, impact scales up.
NB: Two other statements are published separately, one regarding the alignment of International Geneva with Impact Finance, and the other specific to the Dry Run of the AGILE tool.
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General Observations from the Presentations
The five general presentations on impact finance that preceded the rest of the afternoon (see other statements) converged on one central point: impact finance works when it finances entire systems, not isolated actions.
- Truly fundable projects combine:
- a territorial logic (ecosystems, inhabitants, uses, risks),
- an evidence-based logic (data, traceability, verification, monitoring),
- a governance logic (rights, responsibilities, oversight, accountability),
- an economic model logic (real costs, sustainability, mission alignment).
- Scaling up depends less on “ideas” than on the ability to secure trust:
- ecological trust (biodiversity, resilience, long-term effects),
- scientific trust (protocols, data quality),
- financial trust (transparency, leakage reduction, accountability),
- operational trust (field evidence, results tracking).
Presentation Proceedings
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