PILLARS

PILLARS

The PILLARS project is a Knowledge Alliance focused on supporting the emerging profession of impact managers. It aims to scale impact through policy, projects, processes, and professional skills, with an emphasis on ESG reporting, stakeholder co-creation, and the development of digital tools for effective impact management.

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ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) reporting has become mandatory in 2024, as a new legislation from the EU. The ESG agenda has changed how we must work towards impact credentials alongside financial performance.

The innovativeness of PILLARS is in acknowledging ‘impact management’ as an emerging profession, which requires structure, relevant skillset, demands necessary training and needs dedicated digital tools.

Questions seeking answers, include:

How do we actually measure impact of what we have delivered, looking into the past activities?
How can we build on collective intelligence to deliver impact for our current activities?
How can we capture signals and megatrends to mutually anticipate future impact?
How can stakeholder co-creation be used to influence and articulate policy that will shape holistic impact performance?
What skills are required to understand, plan and realize impact as part of projects, processes, and the emerging profession of impact managers?

Goals

Co-create competence and measuring frameworks as methodological foundation for managing impact in organisations, using strategic participatory foresight with multiple stakeholders.
Design digital tools for capturing and scaling impact in projects and as processes, using competence and methodological frameworks.
Develop a training course for Impact Managers using micro-credential approach to enable an emerging profession with the relevant skill set.
Build community of practice to accelerate impact as a mindset in the broader socio-economic environment.

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Project period:
1.1.2025–31.12.2027

Project funding:
Co-funded by the European Union