WHEN?
From the 8th June to the 14th June
Welcome to this fantastic journey! Join our world-class speakers, knowledge resources and platform. We had a full week of virtual events, workshops, networking rooms, and ideation tools. Access the recordings
Whether you are a change-maker with ideas, or a curious person looking for tips and exploring the social change world, this is the right place for you! This is for anyone, but more focused for youth between 14 and 26 years old. This is open globally!
Together, the aim is to continue to create infallible social enterprises to front societal issues!
Starting to frame problems and tackling each aspect with different ideas!
Don’t lose any update
This event was only the launch! We Hope yoU will stay with us and create many new social projects! You can also access the recordings!
Participate to Social Innovation Festival
The festival was the launch and preparation to social innovation projects that addresses the COVID-19 issues. More than ever we need YOU to make the change!
We still provide free support of mentors, digital events and the ideation & team match platform. This is the time to create from scratch or structure a social project and apply to mini-grants to realize it!
This is a community, that is why you will access exclusive networking events and rooms to bring to the next level your connections. Do you feel ready?
From June 14 you can start to access to PeaceFirst‘s 250$ mini-grants if your project is eligible, so after their jury will assign you one of their Lead Mentor to help you for further growth as a social enterprise or NGO (or any other structured organization) to create long lasting and concrete impact!
List of workshops
Day 1 – Inspiring events
09:30 CEST – Opening Ceremony – Newhopeu & Partners Discussing youth empowerement during a crisis
A global crisis needs a global response. We will understand why we do exist, why young people need support, and describe the next days programs.
Representative members of NewHopeU, Ban Ki Moon Institute, UNESCO and Alimuradova organization will join to have an introductory panel.
12:00 CEST – Speech – Saud Ul Hassan – “Education in Post-covid era”
As educational sector is a highly affected sector during all this pandemic globally we should understand new ways and horizons in this field.
15:00 CEST – Roundtable – Kamila Ciok – “How to become socially responsible?”
An important topic regarding social responsibility in yourself! Only for 10-15 people.
17:00 CEST – Workshop – Cassidy Murray – “4 easy ways to continue being a changemaker from your home and how to overcome feelings of hopelessness and fear”
Perhaps you’ve felt like your voice can’t make a change during this crisis or perhaps you feel discouraged because you can’t be out in the world helping people everyday. If you feel this way and know that you want to continue enacting that impact from your home, then this workshop is for you! We’ll go over how to have hope and courage during these times and simple ways you can use our voice and change the world in your own way during this crisis.
18:00 CEST – Networking session
Join our networking sessions where you reflect on previous topics, get to know each other and collaborate.
A facilitator will be there with you and you will be divided into breakouts rooms.
Facilitated by Generimpact Founder – Julia Schetelig.
Day 2 – Social Innovation Lab
9:00 CEST – Workshop – Askar Amanbayev – “Top 10 soft skills to survive in the modern world”
Top 10 soft skills to survive and thrive in the modern world. The workshop is about the most demanded skills by our new harsh reality. Abilities that can help people to adapt and to be effective nowadays while gaining a competitive edge!
12:00 CEST – Workshop – Tahmid Islam – “Understanding injustices and root causes“
While it is important to understand the problem clearly, it is not enough to stop or alleviate the damages to the society. You should learn how to understand the root causes.
16:00 CEST – Speech – Dr Hind Kassir – “Investing in youth to empower our future preparedness and resilience”
Investing in youth to empower our future preparedness and resilience
Day 3 – Social “Hackathon”
From here until the end, the festival has workshops to help all the individuals and teams to create projects by matching on NewHopeU.nolt.io ideation platform and chatting on the official Slack channel between participants and mentors! See the 2 tutorials below or refer to the guide of the ideation platform!
How to use the brainstorming and members searching platform
The passages to brainstorm before discussions on the Slack channels
How to interact with mentors and teammates
On the official Slack channel! IMPORTANT, TO WATCH
11:00 CEST – Crystal Lim-Lange & Gregor Lim-Lange – Workshop – “Deep Human Superskills for a Future of Change”
Experts in human capital, education, future of work and positive psychology, social-emotional intelligence and mindfulness will talk about the importance of “Mindset”.
15:00 CEST – Maiya Suyunchaliyeva – “A story of a social entrepreneur helping you to motivate others”
Grow up your soft skills, know your mission and vision, develop plans and understand the problems you are addressing. About social project “Challenge”, the story of her own way to social entrepreneurship and how to motivate others giving some practical tasks.
16:30 CEST – Networking session
Join our networking sessions where you reflect on previous topics, get to know each other and collaborate.
A facilitator will be there with you and you will be divided into breakouts rooms. Facilitated by Generimpact Founder – Julia Schetelig.
Day 4 – Tips to structure projects
13:00 CEST – Tahmid Islam – “Planning tools for social initiatives”
What are the best needed tools to design a peacemaking project? This is an opportunity to discover what are the ways to define the SMART goals, and develop social initiative models. DOWNLOAD TOOLS
16:00 CEST – Maida Qazi – “Is Education really for all?”
We all know an education is a passport to the future of tomorrow, belongs to only those who prepare for it today as it’s a fundamental right for all but keeping an eye over the today’s scenario a question arises Is Education Really For All?
Our platform is always available! Good work on NewHopeU.nolt.io ideation platform and the official Slack channel, see YouTube tutorials and the guide of the ideation platform!
Day 5 – Tips to structure projects
11:00 CEST – Workshop – Magda Janiszewska – “Importance of Gender Equality for sustainable development”
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Learn more about how to design inclusive development
14:00 CEST – Workshop – Bryan Ndoye – “Ensuring involvement in the new normal”
Ideas to make sure to keep involvement and engagement alive in the historical phase that lies ahead, and make the most out of the tech tools we have, and not simply use them.
17:00 CEST – Speech – Maihular – “Mentorship: Education”
Does the world leaders pay much attention to Quality and affordable education for the most vulnerable and underprivileged communities?
Unanswered questions that needs some answers.
Our platform is always available! Good work on NewHopeU.nolt.io ideation platform and the official Slack channel, see YouTube tutorials and the guide of the ideation platform!
Day 6 – Tips to structure projects
10:00 CEST – Sardor Mukhamedaliev – “How networking helps to achieve your life goals?”
Networking is a key skill that require the right professional and emotional approach. It is extremely helpful for daily life, and also professional careers
12:00 CEST – Megan Werner – “Don’t give up,just keep going”
Her motto in life is “if you don’t like your results, change your actions”. She will present great methods from her book called “It’s up to me – 7 ways to make a difference” and her project U-dream global!
14:00 CEST – Sayed Shariq Ali – Workshop – “Responsibility of good citizens & smart goals”
Be Honest to your Country and Fellow Citizen Rules!
Our platform is always available! Good work on NewHopeU.nolt.io ideation platform and the official Slack channel, see YouTube tutorials and the guide of the ideation platform!
Day 7 – Start mini-grants applications
14:00 CEST – Opening of applications to minigrants
Our MAIN PARTNER PeaceFirts will accept the applications to evaluate the eligibility to their funds: 250$ for each project that will meet its criteria of social project!
We will also give access to the global opportunities dashboard! You can refer to funding page.
15:30 CEST – Closing ceremony
After the work on NewHopeU.nolt.io ideation platform and the official Slack channel!
We will explain the next steps and opportunities
Our platform is always available! Good work on NewHopeU.nolt.io ideation platform and the official Slack channel, see YouTube tutorials and the guide of the ideation platform!
Speakers
Cassidy Murray
Cassidy is a refugee advocate, international speaker, and activist who has traveled to 100+ countries around the globe volunteering and empowering youth to make a change for a brighter future. She is the director of HumanityUp and is passionate about making a difference in the world through her work with Syrian and Afghan refugees in Greece. She focuses on SDGs 4 (quality education) and 16 (peace & justice) and since 2015 she has been volunteering with refugees and started her own school in a refugee centre to empower kids, teens, and young mothers.
Kamila Ciok
Unstoppable changemaker, represents here Alimuradova Organisation, which aims to offer mentoring and facilitate collaboration between young social leaders and policy-makers. She is working on social leadership in Pakistan, doing interviews in Republic of Dagestan; creating humanitarian help for village Poland on Kiritimati Island; being part of HER Docs and just being. Her passion and work was recognised by Forbes 25under25.
Maiya Suyunchaliyeva
Coordinator of volunteers for Ban Ki-moon Institute of Sustainable Development at Al-Farabi KazNU, social entrepreneur, PhD student, Member of the council at the Almaty city branch of the Youth wing “Jas Otan”. She is One Young World global ambassador.
Bryan Ndoye
After getting a degree in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation at the university of Milan, he started working in different kind of events and in different roles, while he figures out which one allows him to best express himself. He has volunteered with small organizations like the Movement of the Senegalese Diaspora Students (MODED) and the cultural festival BergamoScienza.
Plus, he believes that communities developing around an event are fundamental for a person’s well-being and have a social impact, which is one of the aspects he loves most about this field. He also loves hearing what projects have on the side, regardless of being paid, but which makes them cope with life and not find themselves at the mercy of events.
Crystal Lim-Lange & Gregor Lim-Lange
Crystal is an expert on future-readiness, an education pioneer and a public speaker on the global stage. She is the CEO of Forest Wolf, a future-readiness consultancy and Strategic Advisor to Minerva Project, the “University of the Future”. She is a contributing expert on human capital for Channel NewsAsia and her book Deep Human, co-authored with Dr. Greg Lim-Lange, is a national bestseller.
Dr Gregor Lim-Lange is an expert in the fields of clinical and positive psychology, social emotional intelligence and mindfulness, and the Co-Founder and Chief Psychologist of Forest Wolf, a future-readiness consultancy. Greg also runs a clinical psychology practice for individuals and supports leading corporates with mental wellness and counselling for employees.
Megan Werner
Megan is 18 years old but she has achieved so many things at her young age.
At the age of 13 she wrote her very own book called “It’s up to me – 7 ways to make a difference”
Shortly after, the book was translated into Russian, became a bestseller and she started doing inspirational speaking right around the world places like Russia, Kazakhstan, America and Canada.
In 2019 Megan founded a project called U-dream global where 20 teenagers build an aircraft and selected teenagers then flew it from Cape Town to Cairo.
Megan is currently busy with both her commercial fixed wing as well as drone pilots license.
Her motto in life is “if you don’t like your results, change your actions”
Askar Amanbayev
Askar is an executive coach, troubleshooter, soft skills –
trainer, NLP Practitioner, and an expert in Communication and HR. His book “Hobby and Money” is a bestseller and has sold 2500 copies in Russian and Kazakh languages. He conducted over 630 corporate trainings for medium and large companies in the CIS. And also he conducted 3 international trainings in Egypt, Hong Kong and Turkey. He founded 7 personal business platforms.
Besides that, he conducted trainings for the people with disabilities for many Foundations like “Zhardem”, “Shirak”, and Shakhmardan Yessenov. He is speaker of International Academy of Leadership and Self-development “Zhas Otan” Party and regular expert on “Khabar”.
Also he is a TEDx Speaker and Member of the business community VQ Mentor.
Syed Saud ul Hassan
Masters in Public Administration.
Vice Chairman The CEMS Pakistan, Director Mairaj Academic Consortium, Lecturer of English, National Youth Assembly District Member, WWF Green Card Holder, DICE Fellow, Trainer, Debater, Public Speaker.
Dr. Hind abou nasr kassir
CEO and Founder of SEEDS aim to develop human capital through professional consultation services seeking innovative development with the spirit of well being for youth our core focus. She has an experience of 20 years in the education sector Advised by the Arab League and supported the social community ”w : لنتحدى كورونا 2020“ all over the Arab Region and was broadcasted all over the Arab region. She works with the UNGSII and as a Key speaker for youth empowerment in Espoo. She own the 100 Million Arabic student initiative to support students in vocational tracks. Her focus is to build an operational plan to support youth after the COVID19 and seeking for all students. Her line of research and publication focus on science inquiry and global impact on education policies and reforms in the Arab region.
Sardor MUKHAMEDALIEV
Sardor MUKHAMEDALIEV is an Enterpreneur, inspirational leader with unique multi-functional business leadership, entrepreneurial DNA, successful proven track record in leading multinational Telecommunication, Consumer Electronics, FMCG, Internet and Mobile Operator companies in Silk Road countries.
Founder of “SM’s 5a.m. Club”, different Global Business & social communities.
He speaks in 6 languages and have been Speaker and moderator of 50+ international forums and conferences with over 10 000 participants. Accomplished Online MBA courses in Harvard Business School
He is finisher of Triathlon Olympic distance and full distance marathon.
Magda Janiszewska
Magda is dedicated to creating change and enabling young people in becoming the leaders of tomorrow.
Co-founder of Alimuradova Organisation and a Programme Analyst at the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), she’s passionate about gender equality, women’s rights and youth empowerment, especially in the MENA region.
Maida Qazi
An artist, writer and social worker!
What’s now
Read about the possible journey and the ideation platform tutorial. Our platform remains active to continue to create long-lasting and recurring cooperative actions.
Together, the aim is to continue to create infallible social enterprises to front societal issues!
Collaboration between makers/social innovators, who has great visions (in [Idea] posts) and who analyze reality (through [Prob] posts) can make this happen and last.
If businesses want to join and support this methodology, impact can scale much faster! For them there’s a new section.
Our funds will have an end, but we’re collecting all the new financial opportuinities to sustain you!
Part of our mentors will be sporadically available, but they are happy to help as much as they can thanks to their kind hearts!
Who made this possible
Our partners made this possible! We all thank:
