Social Innovation Camp
Social Innovation Camp (SICamp) is a competition and event for software developers, designers and social innovators to create new businesses and projects that use the web to achieve a social goal. It is a method for social innovation.[1]
History
Social Innovation Camp was set up in London, England, in early 2008, with support from the Young Foundation and NESTA.
Social Innovation Camps have taken place[2]:
- April 2008 at the Young Foundation in Bethnal Green, London.[3]
- December 2008 at the Young Foundation in Bethnal Green, London.[4]
- June 2009 at The Saltire Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.[5]
- 8th-10th August, 2009 in Tblisi, Georgia.[6]
- September 2009 in Bratislava, Slovakia.[7]
- 5th-7th March, 2010 in Sydney, Australia.[8]
- 26th-28th March 2010 at the Young Foundation in Bethnal Green, London.[9]
- 14th-15th January, 2010, Baku, Azerbaijan.[10]
- 17th-19th June, 2011 in Seoul, South Korea.[11]* January 2011 in Lagos, Nigeria.[12]
- 12th–14th November, 2010, Prague, Czech Republic.[13]
- 18th–19th September, 2010, Lagos, Nigeria.[14]
- 27th-29th May, 2011, in Kyrgystan.[15]
- 18th-20th June, 2011 at The Informatics Forum in Edinburgh, Scotland.[16]
- 18th-20th June, 2011 in Seoul, South Korea.[17]
- July 23–24, 2011, Baku, Azerbaijan [18]
- November 18-20, 2011, Yerevan, Armenia.[19]
Winners
- The winning project from the first event was Enabled By Design.
- The winning project from the second camp was The Good Gym.
- The winning project from the third camp was MyPolice.
- The winning projects from the fourth camp were Yollar.info (project about transports in Baku) and Temizsaxlayaq.com (project about environment protection).[20]
International Camps
The Social Innovation Camp model has been replicated in Australia, Slovakia, South Korea, Georgia, Armenia, Czech Republic, Nigeria, Kyrgystan and Azerbaijan.[21]
"Transitions Online" organized the next Social Innovation Camp in Azerbaijan (July 23–24, 2011).[18] Organisers for International Social Innovation Camps include Soros Foundation, The Hope Institute, IREX, UNDP, Internews, [The Eurasia Partnership Foundation]], and others.
Media interest
Social Innovation Camps have been featured by a number of media outlets including The Guardian.[22]
See also
References
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