Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development (CAFIID)

✨ Ready to kick off the new year with fresh goals and meaningful connections? Join us for CAFIID’s first-ever Virtual Open House on Friday January 17 at 12pm EST. 🌐 Discover how CAFIID supports professional development, fosters collaboration, and strengthens Canada’s impact investing ecosystem. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect and shape your journey in 2025! 📅 Register now: https://lnkd.in/g9_ByUPG #impactinvesting #CAFIIDmember #2025 Naomi Gichungu Sıla Baştürk Ağıroğlu, Nafiseh Emadi Mahamat Abdelçamad, Alicia Maitland Werner Thorne Katie Turner

Just launched! Canadian organizations are invited to submit their proposal and contribute to Canada’s action on its international assistance priorities.       Please submit your proposal for project aimed at supporting youth employment and entrepreneurship through skills development as well as technical and vocational education and training (TVET) primarily in sub–Saharan Africa.     This is a single-step application process, through which applicant organizations must submit a full proposal.     The successful applicant will establish and manage a fund to provide sub-grants to Canadian, international, and local organizations in the field of skills development and TVET that are aligned with Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.      Total funding: $49.5 million    Deadline to apply: March 6, 2025 at noon ET    This call for proposals places a specific emphasis on addressing employment for the hardest to reach young people including women and girls, youth with disabilities, refugees, displaced populations, and supporting sustainable and inclusive economic growth, including in crisis and conflict-affected settings.        Interested? Find out more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dMKFMhPw     #CallForProposals | #InternationalDevelopment | #Youth | #GenderEquality | #SDGs | #ApplyNow 

24 hours until CAFIID’s Virtual Open House! Know someone curious about impact investing or looking to connect with like-minded professionals? Invite them to join :)

Are you interested in the International Youth Fellowship and looking for more details before you apply?   Join us for a virtual information session and Q&A next Wednesday, January 22, to learn everything about the Fellowship, the application process, and life overseas! Hear directly from current fellows and AKFC staff. Bring your questions and get answers live!  ➡️ Register: https://ow.ly/qRtj50UHeMr

Our Managing Director Chris Clubb will be speaking at the upcoming CoP-PF4SD Conference 2025 on Mobilizing Private Finance Towards 2030 and Beyond on 5 February, 2025. Chris will join the Plenary Session “What is next for blended finance to live up to its potential?” where he’ll discuss the future of blended finance, what has worked and what hasn't, and how international development actors can improve the use of blended finance interventions. The conference will bring together public and private actors from across the international development finance ecosystem to explore how to mobilize private finance at scale. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4j9ls2t OECD Development San Bilal ECDPM 🌍 Leticia Ferreras Astorqui Allianz Global Investors Paddy Carter British International Investment Sokhna (Adji) MBAYE BOAD Titrisation #2030andBeyond #blendedfinance #emdes #developmentfinance #sdgs

📣 BIG NEWS! 🌍 Today, Grand Challenges Canada, Science for Africa Foundation, The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF), and Global Grand Challenges Network are announcing the launch of the Global Climate and Health Survey to identify climate-related health priorities in the most climate-vulnerable regions. 🌡️ 2024 was the hottest year on record. The health impacts of #Climate are accelerating, especially in vulnerable regions.  💡 Low- and middle-income countries contribute the least to climate change but face its worst impacts—rising temperatures, extreme weather, and shifting disease patterns causing heat stress, malnutrition, and diseases like malaria. 📢 Health workers, researchers, policymakers, and innovators in low- and middle-income countries—your insights are crucial! Take the survey today and help shape a global roadmap for action: https://lnkd.in/exDWTmy6 #ClimateHealthSurvey #GlobalHealth #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis We are grateful to our dissemination partners for sharing the survey, including the Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Mastercard Foundation, Grand Challenges Brazil, Grand Challenges India, South African Medical Research Council, Grand Challenges Rwanda, Grand Challenges Malawi, Africa Frontline First, AMREF, Arm, AVPN, Bayer Foundation, BRAC, The Bridgespan Group, Clean Air Fund, Clinton Global Initiative, Community Health Impact Coalition, Financing Alliance for Health , Fondation Botnar, Gates Ventures, The Global Fund, Global Health EDCTP3, Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE), Global Innovation Fund, Grameen Foundation, Integrate Health, Inter-American Development Bank, Last Mile Health, The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Pasteur Network, PATH, PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS, The Rockefeller Foundation, Seed Global Health, Department of Health and Social Care, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, National Academy of Medicine, UNICEF, The World Bank 🌡️ 2024 a été l’année la plus chaude jamais enregistrée, avec des répercussions importantes sur la santé dans les régions les plus vulnérables du monde. 💡 Les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire contribuent le moins aux changements climatiques, mais en subissent les pires conséquences : augmentation des températures, événements météorologiques extrêmes et évolution des maladies, entraînant stress thermique, malnutrition et maladies comme le paludisme. 📢 Travailleur·euse·s de la santé, chercheur·e·s, décideur·e·s et innovateur·rice·s des pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire : vos idées sont essentielles ! Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

🌟 Attention CAFIID Members! 🌟 Join us for our first Gender Lens Investing Community of Practice meeting of 2025! 📅 Date: Thursday January 23, 2025 ⏰ Time: 1 PM EST 📍 Location: Zoom We’re excited to welcome Dr. Rebecca Calder and Emily Boost from Kore Global, who will share insights from the IDRC-supported Transforming the Care Economy through Impact Investing program. Discover how integrated care, climate, and gender-smart strategies can enhance investment impact. ➡️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/gVU83X7G Note: For current CAFIID members and invited guests. Interested in joining CAFIID? Learn more here: https://www.cafiid.ca/join Maria Carolina Robino Sabina Bharwani, MBA,FRM,SCR Carolyn Burns Katie Turner Sayantani Mukherjee Mallorie Bronfman-Thomas Nur Rahma Citra Madani

Friday Jan 17 2025: CAFIID brings the world of impact investing closer to you. 🌐 From Communities of Practice to global collaborations, discover how CAFIID connects members across geographies and sectors at our first Virtual Open House. Curated for current and prospective members. 🔗 Register on Zoom: https://lnkd.in/gcffC2zK Join CAFIID: https://www.cafiid.ca/join #impactinvesting #CAFIID Stéphanie Emond Patrick Hergt Rubelyn (Ruby) Alcantara, MBA Ebenezer Arthur Marie-Claude Bourgie Michel Brutti Robert Cheberiak, CFA, CIPM Chris Clubb Alan Lo, MBA Tarini Sharma Jason Sukhram Katharine van der Laan

🤔 Curious about CAFIID and international development? Impact investing thrives on collaboration—invite your colleagues to CAFIID’s Virtual Open House! 🌍 Explore our mission, values, and the work we do to support our members in advancing innovative solutions worldwide. 💫 📅 Date: Friday January 17, 2025 🕒 Time: 12pm EST 📍 Location: Zoom Don’t miss this opportunity—register today! https://lnkd.in/g9_ByUPG #ImpactInvesting #CAFIIDCommunity #VirtualEvent Melek De-Wint Shiemaa Ahmed Sophia Amstutz Brian Carriere, Ph.D. Kristina Kuznetsova Geoff Moore Sumaiya N Sajjad Christoph Schultz, M.Sc, B.Comm Lindsay Wallace

Chèr.e.s membres du CAFIID, Rejoignez-nous pour CAFIIDConnects : Édition Montréal ! Les membres peuvent inviter une personne pour réseauter, partager des idées et faire grandir la communauté de l’investissement d'impact. Ne manquez pas cette occasion de rencontrer vos pairs dans une ambiance conviviale et enrichissante. Au plaisir de vous y retrouver ! 📅 30 janvier 2025 📍 Pub Sir Winston Churchill, Montréal 🎟️ Inscrivez-vous ici : https://lnkd.in/g6J7mj6M CAFIID Members, join us for an evening of connection and conversation at CAFIIDConnects: Montréal Edition! Meet fellow members, bring a guest, and explore how to make the most of your membership in a relaxed setting. 📅 January 30, 2025 📍 Sir Winston Churchill Pub, Montréal 🎟️ Register now: https://lnkd.in/g6J7mj6M