FEBEA - Taking Social Enterprise Finance in Europe to the next level through the contribution of Ethical financiers

2026-07-22

FEBEA's proposal aims at boosting the capacity of Social Enterprise Finance providers in Europe for a strong social investment market. The action aims at strengthening and expanding the activities and services offered to FEBEA members, i.e social finance practitioners. New Research activities will be put in place to monitor and inform on the recent trends in the social finance market; new tailored Training and Capacity Building services will be developed to support practitioners in improving and expanding their social finance offer; the Policy activity will be strengthened by informing social finance and social economy practitioners of relevant EU policies and by informing the EU on their needs and concerns; partnerships will be strengthened/established with relevant stakeholders at EU, national and local level - including social economy networks and policy makers; collaboration among FEBEA members will be further fostered via dedicated activities and tools, to share knowledge and resources for the development and/or improvement of financing tools dedicated to the social economy sector; communication activities will be reinforced, developing tools addressing not only practitioners, but also aiming at further informing civil society organisations and citizens on the added value of social finance tools and their role for local development. This will entail the reinforcement of FEBEA's structure to ensure high quality services to its members and develop fruitful collaborations with stakeholders. The expected impact is the improvement and increase of tailored financial and non financial support for the social economy market in Europe. FEBEA members, given their unique approach towards community development and their focus on social and environmental criteria with regard to all their activities, are ideally placed to act as a multiplier of EU policies and tools directed at the development of a social finance market in Europe and to foster a green, just and inclusive growth.

Belgium

2025-12-15