INAISE (the International Association of Investors in the Social Economy) is a global network of socially and environmentally oriented financial institutions. Created in 1989, INAISE grew rapidly as social finance gained importance, volume and visibility in a number of European and non-European countries. MAKING SENSE WITH MONEY Through INAISE, social investors from all over the world have been joining forces to exchange experience, disseminate information and show that money can actually used to achieve positive social and environmental change. INAISE… encourages and supports international (including North-South) co-operation between investors in the social economy, serves as an information desk for organisations and individuals interested in the field of social economy financing, plays an active role in representing the movement of social investors, disseminates information on its members, new publications, conferences and training courses, organises and facilitates international conferences, contributes to and co-ordinates research projects in the field of social economy financing, sponsored by national and international institutions, facilitates and co-ordinates joint projects by members.