Ian Dewae

Ian Dewae is a researcher at the Research Centre for Sustainable Organizations. With his in-depth knowledge of SIBs, he served as the architect and project coordinator behind the first two Flemish SIBs. He was there when SIBs first broke ground on Flemish soil, when there was no specific legal framework surrounding them. He has shaped this totally new concept from scratch, familiarising himself with the methodology, as well as results from scarce applications worldwide to the realisation of the first tangible SIB projects in Flanders. Through adjustments made to the basic SIB model, he aims to use SIBs as a catalyst to ignite the dynamics between the capital market and the social sector to address the social challenges of today. When these two worlds start working together, they will ultimately build a bridge towards a better future.