{"id":2253,"date":"2025-01-09T12:25:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T11:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kampagnenforum.ch\/kampagenda\/2025-01-09\/leveraging-private-impact-investors-development-cooperation"},"modified":"2026-10-12T18:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T16:19:34","slug":"leveraging-private-impact-investors-development-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"veranstaltung","link":"https:\/\/kampagnenforum.ch\/fr\/kampagenda\/2025-02-26\/leveraging-private-impact-investors-development-cooperation","title":{"rendered":"Leveraging Private Impact Investors in Development Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course objective:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This three-day course demystifies impact investing for people working in development cooperation. Impact investing \u2014 the idea that it is possible to \u201cdo good\u201d as well as make money with certain types of investment \u2014 is changing the landscape of development cooperation. Impact investing is growing rapidly and development agencies and non-governmental organizations increasingly seek to leverage private investor resources. But many development actors are not accustomed to working with private investors, and are uneasy about their profit motivation and modes of operation. The course provides an introduction to the concepts, terminology and instruments involved in impact investing and evaluates developmental opportunities and trade-offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key topics:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Defining impact investing and understanding its importance for development<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Different types of impact investor and their incentives<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Overview of instruments such as loans, equity investments, syndication and impact bonds<\/li>\n\n\n<li>How to define and measure \u201cimpact\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Techniques used by development agencies to leverage private investor resources<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Considering what impact investing can and cannot achieve for development goals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Duration: <\/strong>26\/02\u201328\/02\/2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Teaching format: <\/strong>Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ECTS points:<\/strong> 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Examination: <\/strong>A written assignment will be distributed during the course, and due two weeks after the course completion (14\/03\/2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Course fee: <\/strong>CHF 570<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lecturers:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nadel.ethz.ch\/people\/team\/humphrey.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Chris Humphrey,<\/a> NADEL<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Martina Gaus, UBS Optimus<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Noemi Zulauf, responsAbility<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Andreas Kirchschlaeger, elea<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Peter Beez, Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Itamar Ahrenbeck, iGravity<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Development finance expert Henrique Martins de Araujo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/nadel.ethz.ch\/\" rel=\"noopener\">nadel.ethz.ch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/registration.nadel.ethz.ch\/index.php?act=login\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Registration starts 4th of November 2024.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><em>Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst\/The World bank (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This three-day course demystifies impact investing for people working in development cooperation. 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