Impact Europe will host its flagship Impact Days gathering on 9 and 10 June 2026 in Brussels. The programme positions systems change as its main issue for the impact community.
Impact Days, an impact investing gathering held by Impact Europe, will bring investors, philanthropists, foundations, and policy actors from across the continent to the EU’s capital. There, Europe’s unique policy environment will be leveraged to mobilise capital and drive systemic change.
Impact Europe outlines three major themes for the event on their website: ‘Leverage public money,’ ‘scale impact-centred innovation,’ and ‘mobilise institutional investors.’
The first day of the event will focus on practitioners, beginning with peer-led work on impact measurement and management, before moving on to more structural questions on engaging the next generation of impact investors. The second day will include panel discussions that aim to tackle questions such as how philanthropic and concessional capital can catalyse commercial money.
Brussels was chosen to host Impact Days 2026 for its proximity to the policies shaping impact investment in Europe. The European Commission’s review of frameworks such as EuVECA and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, and policies on capital markets reform, create an environment that aligns with Impact Europe’s main focus.
Impact Europe is the network of organisations using capital for positive social and environmental change. Its members include impact funds, foundations, banks, asset managers and other capital providers across Europe and beyond.
Molly Wilson is the editorial and communications assistant at Alliance magazine
