Geneva, the Impact Capital

Geneva, The Impact Capital

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Geneva, Capital of Impact is a collective initiative resulting from the workshop Shaping the Future of International Geneva, organized on 22, 23 and 24 June 2026 and in which 25 people and organizations representative of the different types of organizations that make up International Geneva participated.

This initiative aims to transform Geneva’s exceptional density — international organizations, NGOs, foundations, universities, companies, financial center, philanthropists, investors, platforms, experts and project leaders — into a shared capacity for action, cooperation and financing.

The challenge is not to create an additional institution but to better connect what already exists: actors, projects, skills, funding, knowledge, tools and feedback from experience.

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Why this initiative?

Geneva has a unique ecosystem, but one that remains too fragmented.

The contributions gathered during the workshop show that the current crisis is not limited to a funding crisis. It also concerns the clarity of projects, cooperation between actors, the structuring of economic models, evidence of impact, the capacity to connect people and organizations, and dialogue between the institutional world, the field, the private sector and finance.

Many projects are looking for funding.
Many sources of funding are looking for credible projects.
Between the two, a simple, reliable and operational interface is missing.

Geneva, Capital of Impact proposes to create this interface.

What this page brings together

This page is the permanent reference resource for following, understanding and sharing the initiative.

It provides access:

to the three main public documents, available in French or English depending on the site’s browsing language,
to a set of information and connection interfaces enabling users to follow the overall initiative and the initiatives currently under way.

1. Strategic memo (PDF)

Shaping the Future of International Geneva
This document, resulting from the consultation that accompanied the workshop, presents the context, the findings drawn from the contributions, the ecosystem’s pain points, the opportunities for transformation, and the possible links between International Geneva, the engaged private sector and the financial center.

2. Proposal for a collaborative dynamic (PDF)

Geneva, Capital of Impact
This document presents the consolidated proposal resulting from the workshop, as it was presented on June 25, 2026 to 100 people gathered for the occasion, and as it is and will be presented over the coming months, in order to materially feed into all the networks of organizations concerned. It explains why the different initial proposals that emerged during the workshop converge toward a single logic: creating a collective capacity for circulation between actors, projects, skills, funding and learning.

3. Roadmap proposal (PDF)

Roadmap proposal
This document describes proposed stages of ownership, deployment and the first full year of use, from June 2026 to December 2028. It specifies the roles, phases, indicators, first actions and conditions for success.

Download the 3 reference PDF documents