Invest for Change – I4CH is a four-year project to be implemented during 2025–2029 across all Western Balkan countries. The project aims to foster the development of impact enterprises through: 1) financial support instruments; 2) non-financial support instruments; 3)the creation of a community of impact investors to support them 4) the development of partnerships and facilitation of regional exchanges; and 5) the establishment of a policy dialogue with policymakers and investors to build a sustainable ecosystem for the social economy.

The main pillars of the initiative are:

• Research and needs assessment of social enterprises in order to design needs-based interventions and measure the impact of these interventions in support of social economy development.
• Capacity building through the Social Entrepreneurship Academy, a structured development programme for social enterprises in Albania, aimed at strengthening their managerial, financial, and strategic capacities, contributing to increased sustainability and measurable social impact.
• Financial support and facilitation of access to finance, and mentoring for social enterprises, contributing to their development and sustainability in generating large-scale impact within the social economy.
• Thematic discussion sessions with key social economy support actors, with the aim of building a community of investors with interest and commitment to supporting impact enterprises.
• Networking, partnership building, and regional and European exchanges as opportunities to connect ecosystems, ideas, and actors and to share good practices.
• Strengthening policy dialogue and public awareness on the social economy and impact investing.

Partners Albania is the implementing partner in Albania of the “Invest for Change – I4CH” project in partnership with Impact Europe (Belgium) as the lead partner, and Foundation 787 (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Innovation Centre Kosovo, ADP ZID (Montenegro), ARNO (North Macedonia), and Smart Kolektiv (Serbia).

The Invest for Change project is implemented with the financial support of the European Union.