Open SCORE Lab - 16 September 2025

"Create local opportunities through sustainable finance models
for Sport for Development and Peace (SDP)"

Post-COVID and with the current US administration, INGOs active in supporting human capital across the world are struggling to sustain their operations and must explore new funding sources. Our Open Lab will explore new ideas and partnerships for sustainable development.

📅  Date and time: September 16, 18.30-20.30. Welcome from 18.00
📍Location: Synathlon, 4th floor, Lausanne
🎟️Free of charge!

Speakers:
- Philippe Furrer, Co-founder at bloomUp, President of SCORE, Co-Founder of EMI-Afrika+
- Patrick Elmer, Founder and CEO at iGravity
- Beatriz Mejía, Founder and CEO of Grupo Internacional de Paz
- Stéphane Detaille, Head of ESG - Confectionery & Ice Cream SBU at Nestlé 

Questions to be discussed:

- Why is it time for SDP to explore new funding models?
- What alternative mechanisms have proven to be working?
- How can the corporate world and social business (such as sustainable agroforestry of cocoa) help in exploring new funding models?
- Why is it difficult to change?
- What is it EMI-Afrika+ is trying to explore?

Looking forward to welcoming you at the event. Meanwhile, feel free to join us on social media: Linkedin