THE IMPACT HOUSE 8TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! 🎉
Mark your calendars for August 28, because Impact House is celebrating eight incredible years of community, collaboration, and changemaking.
Join us for a special Open Door Day in honor of our 8th anniversary.
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11.30 AM IMPACT HOUSE DOORS OPEN
12 – 1 PM
G1000 | Jouw stem verdient een zetel. / Votre voix mérite un siège.
Donnez aux citoyens une place permanente à la table des décisions.
Cette campagne de G1000 appelle le Parlement belge à créer un Conseil citoyen permanent, composé de citoyens tirés au sort et représentatifs de la société, capable de fixer l’agenda politique, d’élaborer des propositions et d’assurer le suivi des recommandations.
Met al 5.600 handtekeningen van de 25.000 die nodig zijn om het Parlement wettelijk te verplichten te reageren, bouwen we aan een momentum voor structurele burgerparticipatie in de federale besluitvorming.
Deze sessie zal doorgaan in het nederlands et en français.
Impact Finance Belgium | Rethinking Impact Finance
Where capital, innovation, and inclusion meet to drive social and environmental change.
Money is changing the way it engages with society. Across Belgium, investors are channeling capital toward people and the planet, an estimated €108–132 billion, or 14% of total assets under management, all aimed at delivering measurable social and environmental outcomes.
But real impact takes more than big numbers. How do investors spot initiatives that are both financially sound and genuinely meaningful? And how can entrepreneurs turn a bold vision into tangible results, without compromise?
Solène Collin, Senior Project Manager at Impact Finance Belgium (IFB), will explore these questions head-on. In this session, she will introduce the work of IFB and its members, unpack the different types of impact investors, highlight the trends reshaping the sector, and share success stories that show what impact finance can achieve in practice.
Join us as we ask the question at the heart of it all: can capital truly become a force for inclusion and social progress, and what might that look like in tomorrow’s economy?
1 – 2 PM
Duurzaam Beleggen Academy | Impact investing with small amounts
When you think about investing, you probably mainly think of big publicly traded companies and opaque funds and ETFs. Jasper Vekeman from the Sustainable Investing Academy takes you into the wonderful world of alternatives outside the stock market. He shows how you can make a noticeable impact with small amounts. Using concrete example portfolios, he demonstrates that impact investing might be something for you too.
The Shift | What is enough ?
The question of sufficiency is central to the economy of the future. It relates to planetary boundaries, reducing inequality, and also to happiness. What do we mean by ‘enough’? And how can we incorporate this concept into our lives and organisations? Join our safe space to discuss this in depth using the Jefferson method.
Spaces are limited to 15 participants for this intimate session, so we recommend arriving early!
2 – 3 PM
Make.org | The AI Construction Site:
Cracks in Democratic Foundations?
This workshop explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping our democracies, revealing both the risks it poses and the opportunities. We will examine how AI can amplify threats such as disinformation, bias, and manipulation, while also highlighting how it can strengthen democratic processes through moderation, translation, summarisation, and large‑scale civic engagement. To ground these ideas, we will showcase Make.org’s AI‑powered participatory platforms, present concrete use cases, and introduce collaborative initiatives that organisations can join to reinforce democratic resilience.
3 – 4 PM
ASHOKA | The Art of Finding Changemakers,
Inside Ashoka’s Search for Social Entrepreneurs:
What if the next person to change the world was someone you already know? At Ashoka, we believe that people from all walks of life have already found solutions to today’s most pressing challenges: we just need to find them and help them thrive.
In this session, you’ll step into the shoes of a changemaker talent scout and learn how to identify visionary social entrepreneurs around you. You’ll discover what makes a changemaker unique, the secrets of our selection process, and how your network can be a goldmine of talent. Become a nominator and help us reach the innovative projects and voices we don’t know about yet.
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Save the date: August 28
Let’s celebrate eight years of impact. See you there!