Networking and Knowledge Sharing Event “Senior Impact Framework”

From the Colloquium to a common framework

This initiative builds on the Colloquium dedicated to assessing and demonstrating social impact, organised by the be.Source Foundation on 23 April 2026.

The social impact assessment conducted among seven partner organisations of the Foundation helped identify common criteria, despite the diversity of their activities and the people they support.

However, these initial findings also highlighted the need to broaden the discussion in order to develop an approach that could be understood and used beyond the organisations involved in the assessment.

With this in mind, a working group of 20 participants, including representatives of organisations working in the field and public and private funders, was established. Its members subsequently met over four half-day sessions to further explore the issues raised during the symposium and develop a common framework of impact criteria for initiatives supporting people aged over 65, with the aim of facilitating funding applications and their assessment.

The morning of 28 January 2027 will provide an opportunity to discover the outcome of this collaborative process, share reflections arising from it and explore how different stakeholders in the sector can adopt and use the framework.

Why attend ?

• Discover the framework and the impact criteria identified;
• Understand the process that led to its development;
• Put these criteria into perspective with the impact assessment conducted among seven be.Source partner organisations;
• Discover the memorandum accompanying this initiative;
• Explore how to adopt and use the framework;
• Share questions, perspectives and experiences between organisations working in the field and funders;
• Encourage networking and exchanges between the various stakeholders in the sector.