About Us

The Outcomes Accelerator is an initiative of the Impact Bonds Working Group funded and supported by the UBS Optimus Foundation, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO) in making outcomes-based financing approaches more efficient and mainstreamed and to move the market ecosystem toward maturity. Levoca serves as the Manager of the Outcomes Accelerator.

This initiative is founded on the recognition that outcomes-based approaches hold great promise for improving the effectiveness of donor and Government spending, but that funding remains highly fragmented, important institutional barriers and disincentives exist, and scale is required for effective demonstration.

Key Services Offered

The Outcomes Accelerator Solution

The Outcomes Accelerator will offer three core products and services to partners to build the market

Pipeline Acceleration

Provide seed funding, expertise and match making to support the design and incubation of outcomes based finance instruments and programs.

Market Facilitation

Address systemic barriers to wider adoption and mainstreaming of outcomes approaches in support of the SDGs by promoting activities and collaborations that support, shape, influence, and enable the launch of high-quality transactions.

Capacity Creation

Promote access to technical assistance, expertise, systematize operational learnings and best practices in partnership with existing knowledge hubs.

Outcomes Accelerator Goals

The policy-level objective of the Outcomes Accelerator is to facilitate greater resource efficiency and effectiveness in achieving the SDGs for international development funding agencies and domestic Governments that utilize pay-for-success strategies.

The industry-level objective of the Outcomes Accelerator is to advance a thriving global market of viable stakeholders, including Government and institutional outcomes payers, service providers, evaluators, and private investors with the aim of delivering better and more cost-effective services targeting the SDGs.

The Outcomes Accelerator will be a participatory platform based on core principles of openness, transparency, inclusion, and consultative decision-making and strives to must meet the diverse needs of four sets of key stakeholders:

Outcome funding organizations

Including multilateral and bilateral funding organizations, private philanthropy, corporates and domestic governments.

Service delivery organizations

Including non-profit and for-profit organizations that implement outcomes-focused programs.

Market support providers

Including project developers, intermediaries, consultants, research organizations, law firms, and evaluators.

Investors

Including high-net worth individuals, development finance institutions, foundations, institutional and other investors, or providers of risk or working capital.

Over 40 public and private organizations working in outcomes-based finance have supported the design of the Outcomes Accelerator. The priorities and services offered by the Accelerator will continue to be refined to reflect stakeholder and market needs.

Roadmap to
Accelerator Launch

Roadmap to Accelerator Launch

2018 Impact Bond Working Group (IBWG) members co-create Outcomes Accelerator concept

2018 Impact Bond Working Group (IBWG) members co-create Outcomes Accelerator concept

2018 Impact Bond Working Group (IBWG) members co-create Outcomes Accelerator concept

2018 Impact Bond Working Group (IBWG) members co-create Outcomes Accelerator concept

2018 Impact Bond Working Group (IBWG) members co-create Outcomes Accelerator concept

2018 Impact Bond Working Group (IBWG) members co-create Outcomes Accelerator concept

Sponsors and Funders

Executive Committee:

UBS Optimus Foundation is an independent philanthropy and world leader in social finance and effective philanthropy, serving clients, and partnering with governments and development agencies to address social issues that underly inequality and that support the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, UBS offers philanthropy advisory services to wealthy clients and family offices seeking to put their wealth to work in socially mindful ways.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) pursues the United Kingdom's national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. FCDO promotes the interests of British citizens, safeguards the UK’s security, defends the UK's values, reduces poverty, and tackles global challenges with the UK's international partners.
Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs is the federal government of Switzerland’s centre of excellence for all core issues relating to economic and labour market policy. SECO’s aim is to contribute to sustained economic growth, high employment and fair working conditions, by creating the necessary regulatory, economic and foreign policy framework. SECO contributes to economic growth and sustainable prosperity in its partner countries. To this end it supports the creation of reliable economic framework conditions and innovative private-sector initiatives. Together with other Swiss federal agencies, SECO also defines Switzerland’s multilateral cooperation.

Accelerator Manager:

Levoca, LLC is an international consulting firm with offices in Washington, DC and Miami Florida. Levoca provides research, consulting, and management services. Levoca is a global leader in developing strategies for mobilizing private sector know-how, innovation, and finance to drive sustainable development and the realization of human potential. We offer a range of custom-built and turnkey solutions as a trusted partner to corporations, small businesses, commercial banks, foundations, non- profits, governments, Multilateral Development Banks, international aid agencies, such as USAID, and the United Nations.

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