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LEARNING JOURNEY 2019

Based on the solid research conducted by EVPA's Knowledge Centre, the EVPA learning offer is built to support
venture philanthropy organisations and social investors (VP/SIs) to achieve greater social impact in their daily work.
EVPA Training Academy has developed a series of courses to answer your needs, no matter the size of your
organisation or your level of experience in the social impact field.

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          Social Impact Measurement and Management
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          21-22 March 2019 / Brussels, Belgium

          Social Impact through Employee Engagement
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          11-12 April 2019 / Rotterdam, The Netherlands

          Financing for Social Impact
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          20-21 May 2019 / Paris, France

          The Fundamental Training on Venture Philanthropy and Impact Investing
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          17-18 June 2019 / Barcelona, Spain

          Social Impact Measurement and Management
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          26-27 September 2019 / Brussels, Belgium

          Scaling Impact for Social Investors
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          10-11 October 2019 / Lisbon, Portugal

          Crash Course on Venture Philanthropy and Social Investment
          November 2019 / The Hague, The Netherlands                                                   F       PAGE 8

          (DURING THE EVPA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019)

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P RACTISING

 Social Impact Measurement and Management
 2 editions: 21-22 March 2019 and 26-27 September 2019 / Brussels, Belgium
 Course director: Priscilla Boiardi, EVPA Knowledge Centre and Policy Director

 OBJECTIVES                                              TAKEAWAYS
 This two-day workshop will help you set up your         The course is based on EVPA’s Practical Guide on
 impact measurement system and improve the way           Measuring and Managing Impact, a resource that distills
 you manage the information collected to maximise        best practices into five easy-to understand steps to
 your impact at the portfolio level.                     measure impact and that is considered a reference at
                                                         the European level. You will walk away with ready-to-
                                                         use tools developed by EVPA and Social Value UK. You
 TARGET AUDIENCE                                         will also have the chance to learn from experienced
 This workshop is especially relevant for investors or   practitioners through real life case studies.
 funders (including foundations, social impact funds
 and social investors) supporting social purpose
 organisations who are considering setting up or
 improving their impact measurement system.                        Joint certificate awarded by EVPA
                                                                   and Social Value UK

 PARTNER:

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Social Impact through Employee Engagement
11-12 April 2019 / Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Course director: Priscilla Boiardi, EVPA Knowledge Centre and Policy Director

OBJECTIVES                                                  TAKEAWAYS
This two-day programme will help you understand             At the end of this training, you will walk away with
how to design and implement impact-driven employee          ready-to-use tools developed by EVPA which will help
engagement activities starting from the fundamental         you (re)design, monitor and evaluate your employee
needs of the social purpose organisation, with the          engagement activities. Moreover, experienced
goal to generate more social impact.                        practitioners will share their real-life case studies and
                                                            offer you concrete examples of social impact-driven
                                                            employee engagement activities.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This training targets corporate social investors (CSIs)*,   *A Corporate Social Investor (CSI) is any vehicle formally related to a company
corporate foundations, corporate social impact              that aims to create social impact – i.e. impact-first or impact-only organisations
                                                            linked to companies.
funds, corporate social businesses, corporate social
accelerators, and anyone who is interested in exploring
what strategies to take to maximise their social impact
                                                                           Joint Certificate offered by: EVPA and RSM
through employee engagement.

PARTNER:

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Financing for Social Impact
20-21 May 2019 / Paris, France
Course director: Priscilla Boiardi, EVPA Knowledge Centre and Policy Director

OBJECTIVES                                                TAKEAWAYS
The course offers a clear overview of the financial       The course is based on the latest EVPA’s Report:
instruments (FIs) - grants, debt, equity - available to   “Financing for Social Impact | The Key Role of Tailored
fund social purpose organisations (SPOs) and how to       Financing and Hybrid Finance”, which gathers practical
use them to match the goals of venture philanthropy       examples from over 30 experts in tailored financing
organisations and social investors (VPO/SIs) with the     across Europe.
needs of SPOs.
                                                          At the end of the programme, you will walk away with
                                                          a clear understanding of the impact finance practices
TARGET AUDIENCE
                                                          and how and when to use them to deploy your impact
The Financing for Social Impact Training is dedicated
                                                          strategy and make your investees stronger.
to venture philanthropy organisations/social investors
who want to know and learn from other practitioners
how to deploy different financial instruments to
maximise their social impact.                                       Certificate awarded by EVPA and France Active

PARTNER:

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The Fundamental Training on Venture Philanthropy and Impact Investing
17-18 June 2019 / Barcelona, Spain
Course director: Lisa Hehenberger, Lecturer in Strategy and General Management at ESADE Business School

LEARNING OBJECTIVE                                      financial institutions and corporations who look for new
This course is built to provide the basic concepts      ideas in innovative financing to tackle social issues.
and practical tools of Venture Philanthropy and
Impact Investing (VP/II) in developing impact-centric
                                                        TAKEAWAYS
investment strategies.
                                                        You will learn how to design an investment strategy and
                                                        develop an investment process while keeping impact in
TARGET AUDIENCE                                         the spotlight. You will start using the key practices of
This course is strongly suggested for anyone who        VP/II such as tailored financing, impact management
would like to implement a VP/II framework in their      and non-financial support. You will have the opportunity
existing investment strategy. The course targets        to work on practical cases with top speakers in the field
professionals from foundations, social impact funds,    and to follow training modules on ESADE’s e-learning
                                                        platform before and after the training in order to develop
                                                        an action plan for your organisation.
PARTNER:

                                                                  Joint certificate awarded by EVPA and ESADE
                                                                  Business School

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 Scaling Impact for Social Investors
 10-11 October 2019 / Lisbon, Portugal
 Course director: Filipe Santos, Professor at Católica-Lisbon and INSEAD

 OBJECTIVES                                                 TAKEAWAYS
 The programme is designed to give senior social            You will take the time to revise your scaling strategy
 investors and impact leaders a deep understanding of       and to help your peers improve theirs. This programme
 a variety of scaling strategies according to different     is based on peer learning and sharing of leadership
 business models.                                           experiences, inspired by the latest models and
                                                            frameworks for scaling.
 TARGET AUDIENCE
 The course targets senior professionals and leaders
 of foundations, corporations, impact investing funds,               Joint certificate awarded by EVPA
 financial institutions and social accelerators, who want            and Católica-Lisbon
 to understand how to maximise the impact of their
 investments.

 PARTNER:

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Crash Course on Venture Philanthropy and Social Investment
November 2019 / The Hague, The Netherlands (DURING THE EVPA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019)
Course director: Priscilla Boiardi, EVPA Knowledge Centre and Policy Director

LEARNING OBJECTIVE                                           TAKEAWAYS
This one-day workshop aims to raise awareness about          You will walk away with a general understanding of
how the Venture Philanthropy and Social Investment           the venture philanthropy space and its three core
(VP/SI) approach can tackle social issues in a more          practices: tailored financing, non-financial support
efficient way. It takes place one day before the EVPA        and impact measurement. You will also get to hear
Annual Conference.                                           first-hand stories from different actors from all over
                                                             Europe and you will receive guidance from EVPA
                                                             experienced members to make the best of the Annual
TARGET AUDIENCE                                              Conference experience.
Highly recommended to everyone new to the VP/SI
field. The course targets professionals from foundations,
social impact funds, financial institutions, public
administration, NGOs and corporations who look for                    Certificate awarded by EVPA
new ideas in innovative financing to tackle social issues.

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The Fundamental Course on Venture Philanthropy and Impact Investing
                                             has made me look into the EVPA’s structured approach and allowed me
                                             to go back and rethink our processes, look what we’ve put in place, do
                                             some tests and implement some new changes. We got some fantastic
                                             insights from the speakers that I took back to my workplace.

                                             – EOGHAN RYAN, SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND, IRELAND -

   The Social Impact Measurement and Management Training is all about
   improving: from better reporting to our investors and stakeholders about
   what we’re doing to learning how we can do things better, in a more
   efficient way, and having a greater impact for those whom we serve.

                                                         – IVANA STANCIC, SMART KOLEKTIV, SERBIA -

                                             During the Scaling Impact for Social Investors course, I got new insights,
                                             built new connections and reactivated my strategic thinking. It was the
                                             most effective training I have followed since years.

                                             – BETTEKE DE GAAY FORTMAN, KARUNA FOUNDATION, THE NETHERLANDS -

        MORE INFORMATION
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        Association
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        Belgium

        evpa.eu.com/training-academy

        trainingacademy@evpa.eu.com

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