The Policy Research Workshop is an invite only event, hosted by the Global Steering Group (GSG), United Nations ESCAP and the British Council. The workshop is delivered as part of the ESCAP-British Council partnership to support social entrepreneurship and impact investment in the Asia Pacific region. The event takes places as part of the GSG Impact Summit 2018.

The event will see senior government officials, leaders and researchers in the field of impact investment from across the world come together to discuss how governments can develop innovative policies and strategies to support the development of social entrepreneurship focusing on social impact investment in addressing the sustainable development goals (SDGs). It will also be an opportunity to present the findings from a number of recently published reports that will be designed to inform policy on impact investment.

The aims of the workshop to:
• Share emerging policy research on impact investment and foster policy dialogue in this area;
• Learn and share approaches to building an ecosystem in support of social enterprise and impact investment;
• Build a community of influential government leaders to advocate for furthering this agenda;
• Build momentum around the role that social entrepreneurship and impact investment can play in addressing the sustainable development goals (SDGs).