NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

This World Health Day, they invite you to an event where Global Health organizations share how they have used Human Centered Design (HCD) to create health services with the consumers who use them–while taking the pandemic into account every step of the way.

In this webinar, they will hear from:
• PSI
• MSI, ThinkPlace and Leonard Cheshire
• YLabs

From hygiene behavior change communications, to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) support for people with disabilities, to providing safe spaces for menstrual health in a refugee camp, their speakers will discuss how co-designing health programming leads to successful uptake of healthy behaviors in challenging environments.

Join them!

Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

Carbon credit cap-and-trade programs are creating an economic incentive and system that many corporations are jumping on in recent years. As increasing carbon emissions fuel the onset of global warming, environmental regulations are enforcing a new wave of transparency and call to action on corporations to mitigate their harm on the environment. With carbon credits, companies support sustainable forms of growth and in turn offset their existing carbon footprint to meet climate targets. With the global carbon emissions offset market predicted to reach a value of $200 billion by 2050, investors are wise to keep up with the latest developments in this rapidly growing space.

This webinar will provide insights on the market for carbon credits, detail recent changes to regulation, and provide an overview of the different platforms for trading carbon credits. Featured speakers include ClimeCo President and CEO Bill Flederbach and Kepos Capital Quantitative Researcher and Portfolio Manager Will Simmons. You won’t want to miss this informative discussion on the carbon credit market.

Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

While collecting data via web forms is commonplace, they aren’t always a first choice for primary data collection from remote and low-resource populations. However, recent SurveyCTO web form improvements leave you with a lot more options to customize the form-filling experience to tailor forms for the needs of different audiences. As a result, this is a great time to re-evaluate methods when it comes to remote data collection.

Join us on May 5, 2021 at 1 PM UTC / 9 AM EST for their next webinar installment, where you’ll learn about how web form completion can be customized for the needs of different audiences.

REGISTER TODAYWeb forms are used for a great many scenarios. You can receive job applications, solicit internal feedback from your own organization, and if you can work around access challenges, you can use web forms to facilitate self-enumeration in research, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) contexts. Broadening the range of data collection modes we make use of to generate primary data is a cornerstone of the Safe People + Data Initiative.

 

What you’ll learn

Join us on May 5th to learn more about the following in relation to customizing web forms:

• How to set up web forms for the easiest use possible
• How to set up web forms as securely as possible
• Availability of form navigation options
• An overview of complementary features, including interface and form translations
• Recommendations on incorporating web forms into your data collection

Participants will learn about SurveyCTO’s approach to web forms and a detailed account of how to customize the form-filling experience for different audiences. This event should be helpful to new and experienced users (who might have missed recent developments).

 

How to attend

The webinar will be held on May 5, 2021 at 1 PM UTC / 9 AM EST. Register today to attend! We post video recordings of all webinars in their video library and share them on their Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages.

This webinar is brought to you by the Safe People + Data Initiative, which provides methodologies and resources for safer data collection, in response to new challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing need for safety-focused innovation.

 

Resources on phone surveys

This webinar focuses primarily on customization and flexible deployment of web forms. We suggest you have a look through their web form resource catalog for an overview of features and recommendations on web form deployment. We’ll be glad to discuss (and where possible, demonstrate) other points of interest during the Q&A portion of the webinar.

Time: 9:00 AM ET

Most impact investors share a mutual commitment to make a positive impact alongside generating a financial return. Investors’ lack of transparency on their impact performance is a key issue facing the market, according to THE STATE OF IMPACT MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICE by the GIIN.

The Operating Principles for Impact Management came as a framework for investors to design and implement their impact management systems. How to ensure the impact considerations integrate throughout the investment life cycle? What are the best practices for verifying the outcomes by engaging with stakeholders?

What role does impact verification play in impact investing?

We are thrilled to invite R. Paul Herman, Ana Pimenta, and Elsa De Morais Sarmento to ignite the conversation. They are editors and authors of the Global Handbook of Impact Investing. (https://bit.ly/3teCXnG)

Time: 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST

See how the startup ecosystem is responding to the consequences of the pandemic. Learn about new innovations that are supporting customers today. Find the technologies and connections to keep you relevant tomorrow.

Registration is now open for the 22nd annual Global Private Equity Conference (GPEC). Join them for the world’s largest convening of private investors in a highly interactive virtual gathering to learn the latest industry trends and connect with its prominent voices.

Each year the International Finance Corporation and EMPEA gather 800 global private capital investors and asset managers from 60 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, MENA, and CEE & CIS, representing private equity, venture capital, impact, infrastructure, credit, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and family offices. This year is no different. Leveraging IFC’s deep footprint and EMPEA’s membership across 130 countries, GPEC 2021 provides an unparalleled opportunity to capture firsthand market insights and connect one-on-one through an interactive, virtual platform without the burden or investment of travel.

IDB Lab, the IDB Group’s innovation laboratory, together with the IDB and Ecorys, will launch the results of the landmark study on Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. A group of leading international and regional experts will discuss the main findings and analyze how these innovative mechanisms have been structured in countries in the region as well as their potential for scale to improve the outcomes of social programs and achieve a more effective use of public resources.

The event will be closed by the President of Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez and the President of the IDB, Mauricio Claver-Carone.

Opening Remarks

• Irene Arias, CEO, IDB Lab
• Marcelo Cabrol, Manager Social Sector, IDB

Presentation of the Study by the Authors

• James Ronicle, Director, Ecorys UK
• Alma Agustí, Senior Associate, Instiglio Inc.

Panel of International Experts

• Avnish Gungadurdoss, CEO and Founding Partner, Instiglio Inc.
• Marta Garcia, International Business Director, Social Finance UK
• Miquel de Paladella, CEO, Upsocial
• Zach Levey, CEO, Levoca Impact Labs

Moderator: Cesar Buenadicha, Discovery Unit Chief, IDB Lab

Panel of In-county Actors of the Regional SIB Ecosystem

• Alejandra Candia, Undersecretary of Social Assessment, Ministry of Social Development and Family, Chile
• Daniel Uribe, Executive Director, Fundación Corona, Colombia
• Fabiana Oliver, Head of Impact and Sustainability, Puerto Asis Investments, Argentina
• Irina Alberro, Payment by Results and Financial Inclusion Specialist, Henderson & Alberro, Mexico
• Leonardo Letelier, CEO, SITAWI, Brazil

Moderator: Mariel Sabra, Lead Specialist Discovery, IDB Lab

Closing Remarks

• Mauricio Claver-Carone, President, IDB
• Iván Duque Márquez, President, Colombia

Event via zoom.

Register here.

**The event will be in Spanish with English translation.

Time: 10:00 AM EDT

Mobilizing private capital for a more sustainable future

The Impact Investor Forum will be taking place virtually for the first time in May and will mobilize private market institutions to engage with the growing momentum in impact investments and allocations.

Hear from industry leaders creating scalable, positive change and explore how you can implement impact principles and methodologies into your portfolio to create greater value.

Join over 300 attendees from specialist impact fund managers, general asset managers and institutional investors for two days of networking at the must-attend event for impact investment professionals.

Connect with peers and build relationships through pre-event interactive workshops, small breakouts, forum discussions and private messaging. Exchange best practices in delivering impact performance and discuss how to overcome the unique challenges to investment models in private equity, real estate, infrastructure and private debt.

 

Get your data strategy right

Data is central to impact performance. Learn what measurement frameworks leading funds are using to guide their investor reporting and KPIs for portfolio companies.

Scale impact

Hear first-hand insight on how fund managers are formulating their strategy to deliver scaled impact and what this means in practice for staffing, opportunity selection, due diligence and more.

Investor insights

Get a view across the investor spectrum, from mission-driven endowments, pension funds, insurance and sovereign wealth. Understand what matters most to them and how to align with their risk, return and impact expectations.