be.Source Foundation Colloquium – 23 April 2026
Do you want to assess the social impact of your actions in order to better demonstrate their value to funders ?
Do you finance social projects and wish to better understand the concrete outcomes of your support ?
This colloquium explores the modalities of social impact evaluation of actions carried out in the field and their translation into interpretable data.
It also highlights the levers that foster stronger alignment and dialogue between field actors and funders.
Beyond the presentation of a social impact study, the event offers a practical reflection on how impact evaluation can become a genuine tool for dialogue and decision-making, serving both field actors and funders.
Contribution to costs
Small non-profit organisation ticket (maximum 1.5 FTE): €49 21% VAT included
Standard ticket: €89 21% VAT included
Limited places available
Assessing and Valuing Social Impact: A Shared Challenge for Associations, Institutions and Funders
What is the objective ?
The be.Source Foundation is organising a colloquium aimed at creating a space for dialogue based on real social impact data.
The exchanges and analyses are grounded in the evaluation and valorisation of the social impact of actions carried out by partner associations of the be.Source Foundation, based on an impact evaluation coordinated by SAW-B, conducted directly with beneficiaries: older people experiencing precarity and/or social isolation.
The ambition of this colloquium is to enable associations, institutions and funders (public and private) to better understand their respective expectations and to jointly develop meaningful ways of reporting on the outcomes of social actions.
Drawing on concrete results observed in the field and translated into usable data, the colloquium explores how to capitalise on these results in order to structure a sector-wide approach to social impact, facilitating its understanding and use in funding processes.
This approach aims to equip associations to better valorise their social actions and to provide funders with clear reference points to guide their funding decisions.
Why attend ?
- Discover a field-based social impact evaluation conducted in Belgium (mainly in Brussels) with older people experiencing precarity and/or isolation
- Understand how field results can be objectified, structured and translated into interpretable data
- Learn how social impact can be evaluated and documented, how such data can be used in funding processes, and how it helps inform funding decisions
- Exchange and compare practices between field actors and funders, based on a shared social impact framework
- Leave with concrete and transferable insights to better valorise social impact
Who is the colloquium for ?
- Any organisation interested in evaluating and valorising social impact, within a dialogue-oriented approach between field and funding
- Associations and institutions working with older people, seeking to better assess and highlight the impact of their actions
- Care services, support services and social inclusion actors involved with ageing populations
- Public funders (municipalities, regions, public funds, etc.) supporting social impact projects
- Private funders (foundations, companies, philanthropy) wishing to better understand, structure and valorise the impact of funded actions
Thibauld Moulaert (Belgian sociologist)
The place of older people in the city
Innovative practices in community development
Joanne Clotuche & Hugues De Bolster (SAW-B)
Difference between social impact and performance measurement
Presentation of the results of the social impact evaluation
Interventions by 3 non-profit organisations and funders
Ambitions and concerns regarding donors and performance measurement requirements
Networking lunch
Speakers
Experience sharing and cross-fertilisation to move from field research to the generalisation of social impact.
Post-Colloquium: Working Group Between Funders and Associations
Co-construction of a shared approach to reporting on the actions of non-profit organisations and the impact they generate for older people experiencing precarity and isolation, enabling:
funders to ensure the relevance of their funding choices,
associations to reduce administrative burden,
and both to better understand the real impact of their actions.
⇒ Creation of relevant and shared impact criteria for both types of actors
Feedback on results in the autumn
