3. TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
/// Our Story
/// The Participants
THE PROGRAM
/// The Curriculum
/// The Challenges
/// The Innovations
OUR SUPPORTERS
/// The Supporters
/// The Crew
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5. /// OUR STORY
IT IS THE GENEVA APPROACH.”
“HERE, INNOVATION IS NOT JUST THE BUZZWORD.
- MICHAEL MØLLER
JUST INNOVATE IS A NON-PROFIT
O R G A N I Z A T I O N D E V O T E D T O
FOSTERING
Founded in 2012 by students at the Graduate Institute of International and
Development Studies (IHEID), Just Innovate is a team of young professionals and
students from across the world, who believe passionately in the power of
communities to generate innovative solutions using human centred design
approaches to problem-solving. Drawing on tried and tested design-thinking
methodologies, Just Innovate delivers a range of workshops and educational
programs to students, organizations and companies. We believe that creating and
learning go hand in hand: whether a success or a failure, the participants in our
programs learn from the creative process, which in turn propels them to develop new
ideas and projects.
Over the course of an intensive two-month period, more than 40
students from a variety of disciplines from universities across
Switzerland collaborate to tackle a range of local and global challenges
sourced from leading international affairs and development
organizations. Throughout the process, participants are supported by a
program of workshops and skills trainings as well as mentors from our
community of serial entrepreneurs and expert trainers. Run by students,
for students, C4SI challenges participants to engage innovatively with
real world problems by adopting a “learn by doing” approach.
47 STUDENTS 13 DISCIPLINES 15 HOURS OF WORKSHOPS
11 MENTORS 11 CHALLENGES 11 SOCIAL INNOVATIONS
C4SI 2015
IN NUMBERS
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COLLABORATE FOR SOCIAL IMPACT (C4SI)
IS AN ANNUAL EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM RUN BY JUST INNOVATE.FOSTERING CREATIVITY AND INSPIRING SOCIAL CHANGE WITHIN
STUDENT COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND.
7. THE PROGRAM
CHALLENGE-BASED LEARNING
an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and skills
to real-life global and local challenges.
INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES
a learning experience that allows students to develop an
insight into the innovation life-cycle, including how to ideate,
prototype, test and present their social innovations.
CULTURE OF COLLABORATION
an opportunity for students from diverse disciplines and
backgrounds to collaborate on unique projects, as well as to
expand their professional networks with international
organizations and entrepreneurs in the Geneva area.
8. /// THE CURRICULUM
KICK-OFF 25-26 September 2015
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The program begins with a two-day Kick-
Off event, where challenge-setters
organizations present their challenges and
participants form teams. The Kick-Off event
also includes introductions to social
innovation and entrepreneurship, team-
building exercises and collaborative
brainstorming sessions.
WORKSHOPS
Human Centered Design
Giorgio Pauletto - Geneva Lean Startup Group
Team Dynamics
Brigitt Altwegg - Caux Foundation
Innovation A-Z
Alan Cabello - SparkLabs
BUILDING IMPACT 1
10 October 2015
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From Inspiration to Ideation:
In this phase, the teams develop
initial ideas through a series of
ideation workshops, and narrow
them down to a few soutitions
they will test out.
WORKSHOPS
Reflection
Joana Racine
BUILDING IMPACT 2
24 October 2015
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Designing a Prototype:
During this phase, the teams
work on a framework to test
their proposed solutions, by
designing a prototype and
testing it.
WORKSHOPS
Prototyping
Florian Rittiner - SparkLabs
BUILDING IMPACT 3
7 November 2015
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Pitching Innovation and Creating
Impact: During this phase, the
teams learn to pitch and
introduce their ideas to a variety
of stakeholders both visually and
verbally.
WORKSHOPS
Verbal Pitching
Milos Maricic
Visual Presentation
Valentina D’Efilippo
DEMO DAY 26 November 2015
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During the Demo Day, the teams
present their innovative solutions
in front of challenge-setters,
mentors, and a public audience of
over 200 people. The winning
innovation, selected by a panel of
distinguished judges, is announced
at the awarding ceremony.
JUDGES
Ralph Heinrich
Acting Chief of Innovative Policies Development Section, UNECE
Bryan Morris
Senior Project Manager, Global Fund’s Innovation Hub
Andrina Beuggert
Co-Founder & Member of Board of Directors, Just Innovate
BUILD PHASE
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During this phase, participants
attend three ‘building impact’
workshops and work in their
teams on developing innovative
solutions to their challenges. The
teams have access to mentors
for advice and feedback.
INTERACTIVE PITCHING SESSION
18 November 2015
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During the Global Entrepreneurship
Week 2015, the teams get the chance
to practice their pitching and get
feedback to their solutions. The event
was a collaboration with the Career
Services unit of the Graduate Institute.
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Guided Brainstorming Session
C4SI Team
Innovation in Practice at UNHCR
Chris Earney - UNHCR
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10. INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION
“What mechanism can be put in place to engage youth
in politics and electoral politics from an early age?”
ZIMHEALTH
“How can we create a long-term, sustainable, financing strategy
to achieve health goals in Zimbabwe?”
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INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT
“How can we bridge the gap between online and offline
health support communities?”
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION
“How can we encourage LGBTI people, to come forward and
share their needs with IOM at the mission level?”
WATERLEX
“How can we direct public and private investments around water
stewardship and local infrastructures, at the community level?”
INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE
“How can ITC help SMEs in developing and transition economies
to benefit from ‘Big Data’ for strengthening their
international competitiveness?”
PROCTER & GAMBLE
“How can we develop partnerships with retailers
to help people adopt more sustainable consumption behaviors
and ultimately reduce P&Gs final carbon footprint?”
UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH
“How do we measure if professional training on climate change leads
to behavioral change?”
BAKHTAR DEVELOPMENT NETWORK GLOBAL
“How can we design a facility for water treatment in the Comprehensive
Health Centre of Kabul, while considering the local context and the
constraints of a small NGO?”
RET INTERNATIONAL
“How can the barriers to long-term access and engagement of Syrian
refugee women in education programs be overcome?”
ELISA
“How can we best address the social and economic
challenges to refugees’ integration in Geneva?
How can refugees be better socially and economically
integrated into society in Geneva?”
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INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION
ParlYOUthmentary
ELISA
TEDxLéman
WATERLEX
H2OGO
PROCTER & GAMBLE
#30works
INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE
Data Analytics for
African Farmers
A series of events under the label
ParlYOUthmentary kicked off in
March 2016 with a forum and
advocacy concert. All events will be
based on a template that combines
formal and informal elements, a new
way to show youth that politics can
be fun.
A TEDxLéman and a Reverse Job Fair
to address social stigma and access
to employment for refugees through
a series of mentorship and
community events as well as
workshops on CVs and interview
preparation.
‘Craigslist’ of water projects:
Connecting businesses to local
organizations, communicating simple
and sustainable funding options for
investors, funding water
entrepreneurs at the community
level through NGO partnerships and
ultimately growing the number of
water projects worldwide.
A viral marketing campaign
promoting washing clothes at 30
degrees to increase awareness
about the detergent properties
common in many products today but
ultimately reducing the energy
consumption associated with
laundry.
We propose that the ITC use IBM's
data analytics to yield new insights
that be used to help smallholder
farmers in Kenya.
PC*
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PC = People’s Choice 9
RET INTERNATIONAL
Rooftops for Peace
A women-only garden and terrace built on rooftops of
existing community centers as a space for social
interaction and leisure that helps bridge education and
integration of Syrian and Turkish communities.
Mentor:
Vincenzo Pallotta
Mentor:
Raphaël Dard
Mentor:
Kevin Koh
Mentor:
Dr. Katherine Ann Hagen
Mentor:
Anne Guimond
Mentor:
Lukasz Bochenek
12. /// THE INNOVATIONS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
FOR MIGRATION
UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR
TRAINING AND RESEARCH
LGBTI Considerations
Campaign
ZIMHEALTH
The “Contracting
Machines Model”
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE
RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT
“Healthy Lifestyle
Community” App
BAKHTAR DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
GLOBAL
Kabul Health &
Water Tea Table
Serious Games for
Climate Change
Negotiators
An eight-month campaign to better
integrate LGBTI considerations into
IOM’s work that includes fostering
partnerships and collaboration,
allocating resources to train staff
and mainstream safe space policies
as well as new field protocols for
2,000 staff worldwide published by
the Director-General.
The idea is to add a commercial arm
that rents equipment to private
hospitals and for this to generate
resources for the not-for-profit
organization geared towards public
health sectors in Zimbabwe.
Transform the existing ‘Healthy
Lifestyle Community’ educational
online platform into an app, adding
features to improve user experience.
The app will strengthen the
community online through listed
health-related activities.
A community-driven platform that
helps small local NGOs tap into
existing resources in the health and
water sectors and ensure the
success of a technology and
education driven solution for a safe
water system in the community.
Measuring social behavior change
through serious games that simulate
real life situations combined with a
peer learning network which can
help observe behavior over time.
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Mentor:
Rebeca Moreno Jimenez
Mentor:
Amanda Fazzone
Mentor:
Biliana Vassileva
Mentor:
Giovanni Porcellana
Mentor:
Sarah Des Rosier
15. /// THE SUPPORTERS
WITHOUT YOU!”
“WE WOULDN’T EXIST
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DONORS
Just Innovate wishes to thank all of its donors and partners for their support and confidence in our young organization.
Without them, this program would not have been possible.
Just Innovate is also very grateful for advice and endorsement from the following organizations and individuals.
-Canton of Geneva - Mr. Olivier Coutau and staff in the International Geneva
Service
-The Graduate Institute, Geneva - Director, Prof. Philippe Burrin and colleagues
from the Institute administration
-City of Geneva - Mayor Sandrine Salerno and staff in the Department of Culture
and Sport
-AIESEC Geneva
-Geneva Lean Startup Group
-Impact Hub Geneva
-SparkLabs
-CERN IdeaSquare
-Global Shapers Geneva Hub
-Doris & Peter Edwards
-Our Mentors, Workshop Leaders, Judges and Challenge-Setters.
16. LAURABETH HOOPER
Communications Officer
RENZO COSTA
Program Officer
TINA CADEZ
Operations Officer
NAYAATHA TAITT
Program Officer
MELISSA AGUIRRE
P&R1
Officer
RUAT LALRUATPUII
Program Officer
ISINSU BULUS
Fundraising Team Leader
DAIKI HIDAKA
Communications Team Leader
LING LOU
P&R1
Officer
DAMILOLA ADEBAYO
Communications Officer
MIHAELA CERBARI
Program Officer
TRA TRAN
Operations Team Leader
NITZAN ARNY
Co-Director
/// THE CREW
AMY HENDERSON
Operations Officer
ALICE REPETTI
Program Officer
ELENA ZHEGLOVA
Co-Director
MARIA DAHLBERG
Fundraising Officer
NATALIE PHOTIADIS
P&R1
Team Leader
KENNY IANNUZZI
Consultant
BARZIN ARYAN
Program Team Leader
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20. “There are only two days in the year that
nothing can be done.
One is called Yesterday and the other is
called Tomorrow.
Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do
and mostly Live.”
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