Are we meassuring the social impact?

Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee
Topic: Are we measuring the Social Impact?
Guest: Juan J. Alarcon, Project Director of the Limmat Foundation

Juan J. Alarcon has a Master’s degree in Economics (Barcelona, 1976) and in Financial Investment (Geneva, 1978). He has also a Diploma for Development Cooperation - NADEL of the ETH (Zurich, 2002) and completed the Advanced Management Program of the IESE Business School (Barcelona, 2008).

From 1980-1985 he was the financial director of an international trading company in Geneva.

From 1985 -2018, J. Alarcon has been the project director of the Limmat Foundation, and has directed more than 450 social projects in 40 different countries.

He has lectured at numerous seminars in developing countries for managers and project developers from NGOs and development cooperation institutions.

In 2002, he developed the methodology of the Socio-Economic Welfare Index (SEWI), applying and improving it within the Limmat Foundation.

From 2012-2021 he was a Lecturer for Impact Evaluation at the CEPS (Center for Philanthropy Studies) at the University of Basel.

Since 2013 he is the CEO of Swissocial and is responsible for all operational activities.

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