Global Goals Jam

Edinburgh Living Lab brings together researchers, city region partners, citizens and communities to co-design solutions to challenges. Our approachcombines data science with design thinking, social research, and stakeholder and citizen engagement to develop, test and evaluate innovative solutions to sustainable and inclusive development in the city region.The lab is a city-wide collaboration whose founding partners are The City of Edinburgh Council and The University of Edinburgh.

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Join the first ever<A HREF="https://twitter.com/hashtag/globalgoalsjam" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#GlobalGoalsJam</A> in Edinburgh and become part of an exciting new event where teams around the world will design practical, actionable interventions to help achieve the Global Goals.
Meet new people in Edinburgh, learn and practice design methods from <A HREF="http://medialabamsterdam.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MediaLAB Amsterdam</A>, develop an idea that can make a difference locally and globally, and share your progress in real-time with other participants from Ghana to Moldova, Japan, Egypt and beyond!
During the <A HREF="http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/blog/2015/9/16/Around-the-world-the-Social-Good-Summit-celebrates-the-Global-Goals-.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">2015 Social Good Summit</A>, world leaders adopted the <A HREF="http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sdgoverview/post-2015-development-agenda.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Development Goals</A>. In 109 locations around the world, people discussed these 17 Global Goals and what they would mean for their lives. Now it is time to move forward with concrete actions to achieve the goals. <A HREF="http://www.undp.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The United Nations Development Programme</A>, <A HREF="http://www.medialabamsterdam.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MediaLAB Amsterdam</A>, and the <A HREF="http://dataforall.io/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Data for All" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Energy Data for All</A> project invite you to participate in this two-day event and apply your knowledge, skills and desire to learn to global efforts to realise the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Global Goals Jam in Edinburgh will focus on Goals 7, 11 and 12:
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Challenges related to these goals will be presented by a number of different organisations, and teams will also have the option to identify their own challenges.
The Jam begins with a short social event on Friday evening to meet other participants, form teams and hear the challenges. From Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon, teams will complete four design sprints, beginning with ideation and finishing with a prototype to present and share. Teams with promising prototypes will be connected to opportunities to develop the prototypes further and seek funding to support them.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Non-University participants are requested to make a small donation to help cover expenses.
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