By Cadasta Staff
This month, Skoll World Forum returns to Oxford at a time when the social impact sector is under real pressure to evolve.
Across the sector, long-standing assumptions about funding, scale, and sustainability are being tested. Aid is tightening, expectations for accountability are rising, and many of the systems meant to support impact are showing their limits.
Against this backdrop, Cadasta CEO Amy Coughenour Betancourt and Senior Director of Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships Heidi Burgess will join global leaders in conversations about what comes next.
From Scaling Solutions to Strengthening Systems
There is a noticeable shift happening. Impact is no longer just about scaling solutions; it is about building the conditions that allow solutions to last.
This year’s Forum is centered on a set of hard, practical questions:
- How should philanthropy adapt in a more uncertain environment?
- What kinds of funding actually support long-term systems change?
- How do we design technology that is accountable to the people it’s meant to serve?
- What does leadership look like when the ground is constantly shifting?
These aren’t theoretical questions; they are actively reshaping how organizations operate, collaborate, and fund their work. They are also the same questions Cadasta is working to answer in practice.
For more than a decade, Cadasta has focused on strengthening land and resource rights through community-led data, tools that connect with government systems, and platforms designed for long-term use. The goal isn’t to just produce data; it is to make sure that data holds value over time and can actually be used to inform decisions.
Cadasta at Skoll
At this year’s forum, Cadasta’s CEO Amy, will speak at a Sidebar session titled Tech for Good: From Hype to Real Impact on April 23.
The conversation comes at a critical moment, as AI and emerging technologies accelerate, but often without sufficient attention to what makes them work in practice.
Cadasta’s perspective is grounded in implementation. Technology alone does not create impact. Impact depends on reliable data, interoperable platforms, and the local capacity to use and sustain it.
In her remarks, Amy will draw on Cadasta’s experience working with partners across more than 50 countries to highlight what’s often missing from “tech for good” conversations, including the importance of community-controlled data, the need for infrastructure that connects to formal government systems, and the long-term investment required to ensure tools remain useful beyond a single project cycle. Together, these elements build a foundation that allows technology to deliver real, lasting outcomes.
Doing the Internal Work that Matters
Over the past year, Cadasta has also taken a closer look at its own role. Through an eight-week process using the Fundable & Findable framework developed by Kevin L. Brown, we worked to clarify how we show up in a changing funding landscape.
This process was more than just a messaging exercise. It was about getting sharper on where we add value and making sure that’s clear to the people who need to understand it. Why Fund Cadasta?
Kevin L. Brown will also be participating in this year’s Forum, contributing to conversations on what it takes for organizations to be both fundable and findable in a rapidly shifting ecosystem.
Cadasta’s work sits squarely in that space, bridging community-led data, technical infrastructure, and institutional systems to support long-term impact.
Join the Conversation
The Forum is open globally through virtual access, with livestreams running April 21-24, 2026.
We encourage our partners and community to engage, particularly in sessions focused on funding, infrastructure, and systems change.
The takeaway from this moment is clear: the organizations that endure will not be the ones with the best ideas; they will be the ones building systems that make those ideas possible and sustainable.