Calls to Action: Vision 2045 Roadmap
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1. Define and disseminate structured design toolkits for blended finance facilities, clearly articulating the critical steps needed to develop effective structures in line with the blended finance principles.
This will exemplify best practice and ensuring that essential principles are not overlooked. The processes must strike a balance between standardisation and local adaptation, thereby enhancing delivery capacity and supporting the mobilisation of capital. Ultimately, this enables improved coordination and the integration of shared learnings into programme design.
Who: Market builders, DFIs, networks focussing on education. Mission aligned investors across the market can co-create if they have a strong interest.
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2. Develop and share existing frameworks that set out best-practice blending structures and support consistent use.
This will help clarify the role of each capital layer and foster more effective dialogue and collaboration among investors, helping to optimise capital flows and ensure more efficient allocation and use of resources.
Who: DFIs and Market builders. Investors across the market will need to embed these approaches.
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3. Develop and share a practical toolkit with standard templates for legal agreements, reporting, and core documentation to support blended finance transactions.
Creating a common infrastructure for blended structures will support not only their set up but also the dissemination of information on the structure and performance of investments. Supporting scale through smoother transaction processes and knowledge sharing.
Who: DFIs, asset managers, and fund managers.
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4. Promote funding for technical assistance by publishing reports and real-world examples that highlight the tangible benefits and impact of such support.
While the importance of grant funding in delivery capacity is widely recognised, it is essential that this awareness is supported by robust reports and practical examples. Such evidence will help to build confidence and encourage greater investment in this area, demonstrating both the impact and the value of strengthening delivery capability.
Who: Philanthropic funders, national and local governments, DFIs, networks focussing on education and market builders.
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5. Equip governments to assess and deploy blended finance where it most effectively advances policy objectives, and to structure incentives that mobilise commercial capital.
Governments at national, local, and donor levels play a key role facilitating the deployment of capital through blended finance structures. This includes embedding blended‑finance approaches in investment decision processes, partnering with catalytic‑capital providers, and encouraging greater philanthropic participation where it supports national policy priorities and strengthens investment structures.
Who: Governments across national, local, and donor levels, DFIs, networks and market builders.
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6. Foster a culture of continuous learning by encouraging investors to regularly contribute case studies, data, and insights from their experiences.
This action is fundamental to advancing all pillars of the Roadmap, with a particular emphasis on knowledge sharing and collaboration. By fostering peer learning and making data more accessible, it will facilitate the adoption of practical tools and approaches across the programme.
Who: Blended Finance Collective and other networks to support this. All investors to embed.