Techstitution aims at enabling youth to learn practical software engineering skills to bring new and. A unit of unicef kosovo, the lab is home to a multidisciplinary team including project managers, software. Be part of doc as unicefs global centre of excellence in advocacy, communication and brand to deliver unicefs aim to be the leading advocate for children, enabled by a cohort of networked. Innovations lab kosovo is helping unicef and partners rethink development. Call for project proposals to contribute to the innovations lab kosovo programme. Web and graphics design consultant, innovations lab equivalent to gs6 closing date for applications is 05 march 2012. Llapi, is a river in the northeastern part of kosovo. For full information, click here software development. With this in mind, innovations lab kosovo is helping unicef and partners rethink development.
Podium, an initiative of unicef innovations lab kosovo in partnership with ngo pen, is a social advocacy workshop that teaches youth and adolescents of different groups in kosovo how to advocate for the needs and rights of their community. Youth advocacy platform good practices in adolescent and youth. Unicef innovations lab kosovo has localized the uks social innovation camp experience. I recently traveled to kosovo for the inaugural kosovo innovation camp, a unicef sponsored, 48hour intensive retreat that brought together 80 young people to develop six projects, from idea. Generation unlimited youth challenge 30 october 2019. Prototyping and testing unicef office of innovation. Last week within the next meeting of unicef innovations lab kosovo me and my friend gent thaci got the chance to present our last project still ongoing called pristina. Unicef innovations lab kosovo in partnership with ngo pen, is organizing upshift. Innovations officer for unicefs innovations lab in kosovo mladiinfo. The lab offers youthled projects funding, guidance, and equipment to turn their social impact ideas into reality. During a 48hour event held in pristina, young social entrepreneurs with firsthand knowledge of kosovos social challenges connected with leading local and international experts in marketing and software.
Innovations officer for unicefs innovations lab in kosovo. Know your rights is an online platform developed by unicef innovations lab kosovo in cooperation with the ombudsperson institution in kosovo which helps kosovo s young people understand their rights and entitlements by providing easilynavigable, easilyunderstood youthfriendly descriptions of their rights under applicable legislation. Unicef innovations lab catalyzes positive social change by harnessing the creative potential. Unicef innovations lab kosovo has localized the uks social innovation camp experience for kosovo for the third time this last december 68, 20. Critical media literacy workshop is a workshop organized by unicef innovations lab kosovo, in partnership with ngo pen, with the aim to improve critical thinking skills, focusing. Empowering youth to generate new ideas at innovations lab. For a second consecutive year the program also includes a local elevator lab challenges in albania and kosovo. See more of unicef innovations lab kosovo on facebook. My day is an app software platform informing persons with disabilities about accessibility in public. Njomza kadriu graphic designer unicef innovations lab.
Kosovo volunteers platform was developed by unicef innovations lab kosovo with support from austrian development cooperation adc, united nations childrens fund unicef office in. With knowledge, skills, and commitment, ick is on a. This deck explores the two youth empowerment, social enterprise oriented pillars of the lab. Learn about working at unicef innovations lab kosovo. Innovations lab kosovo is a unit of unicef kosovo that enables the youth of kosovo to work on innovative projects that benefit their peers to generate social change. In kosovo, there have also been projects about the platform drupal. Adolescents, youth, and innovation unicef kosovo programme.
Flossk in association with unicef lab has managed to organize a training project on 6 may with dave hall, who is a member of free software. Unicef innovations lab catalyzes positive social change by harnessing the creative potential of. Petrit augustini youth empowerment platform officer. Unicef innovations lab catalyzes positive social change by harnessing the creative potential of kosovos unsc 1244 adolescents and youth. Kosovo wanted to draw on the success of the unicef innovations team worldwide, where they had created software. A unit of unicef kosovo, the lab is home to a multidisciplinary team including project managers, software engineers, advocacy practitioners, designers, social. Jakova innovation center is a nonprofit organization and its mission is to support and help. Know your rights for android free download and software.
The 72 km 45 mi long right tributary to the sitnica river, it is the main river in the malo. This could be a unicef labor could simply be a space of the pilot phase 27 63creativity that is aimed at solving significant global problems throughthe application of. A unit of unicef kosovo, the lab is home to a multidisciplinary team including project managers, software engineers, advocacy practitioners, designers, social entrepreneurs, educators, communications and marketing specialists, and graphic and web. Know your rights is an online platform which provides youth friendly descriptions of rights that young people aged 1629 are entitled to by applicable. Unicef programme in kosovo under unsc resolution 1244. We sit at a unique intersection, where an organization working on huge global issues meets the startup thinking, the technology, and the partners to turn this energy into scalable solutions. Generation unlimited youth challenge innovations lab kosovo. Innovationlabs is very pleased to share the news that our work with unicef has been named as a finalist for the innovation leader impact awards for 2018. I am responsible for implementing yep programmes within the innovations lab, including ponder, podium, kovo, and assist in programmes and activities by other pillars within the lab or in. Unicefs global innovation centre gic supports and incubates innovations developed by partners and enables externally generated innovations to be included in unicefs innovation. Move with podium podium, an initiative of unicef innovations lab kosovo in partnership with ngo pen, is a social advocacy workshop that teaches youth and adolescents of different groups in kosovo how to advocate. Unicef innovations lab kosovo cultivates innovations for the benefit of kosovos youth. Unicef venture fund this investment comes from the unicef venture fund, the first financial vehicle of its kind in the united nations, and explores emerging technologies such as drones, blockchain, augmented and virtual reality, as well as how data science can provide critical insights into the needs of vulnerable populations. Unicef, the worlds leading organization working for the rights of children, seeks a ta for a innovations lab manager, p3, pristina, kosovo.
At the time of writing this resource, innovations lab kosovo. Equitrack is a new partner tracking tool that has been developed by the unicef innovation lab in lebanon with support from innovations lab. Unicef and undp, in partnership with ngo pen, is organizing the generation unlimited youth challenge from 29th november 1 december 2019. Kosovo youth social entrepreneurs prototype solutions to. It involves a need to rapidly prototype and repeatedly refine func tions. For full information, click here software development consultant, innovations lab equivalent to gs7 closing date for applications is 05 march 2012. A unit of unicef kosovo, the lab is home to a multi disciplinary team including project managers, software. View njomza kadrius profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. See who you know at unicef innovations lab kosovo, leverage your professional network, and get hired. Unicef kosovo established the innovations lab as a nonformal response to the challenges and lack of opportunities among adolescents and youth. The united nations childrens fund unicef kosovo office is supporting capacity development through a participatory, humancentered design, social entrepreneurship, advocacy, data literacy, practical software. Ponder is an initiative by unicef innovations lab kosovo designed to improve the life skills of adolescents by fostering media literacy and critical approaches to information, empowering. Having worked at the nexus of technology and innovation since its inception in 2010, unicef innovations lab kosovo empowers adolescents and youth, advances the use of technology to drive social change.
Unicef innovations lab kosovo application deadline. Unicef kosovo invited me to establish technology programs that furthered the organizations strategic interests. During that 48hour event held in prishtina, aspiring young social entrepreneurs with firsthand knowledge of kosovos social challenges connected with leading local and international experts in marketing and software. While kosovo is the youngest region in europewith more than half of its population under 25 years. Unicefs global innovation unit supports the application of design thinking through innovation labs that bring together the private sector, academia. Innovations lab kosovo is a unit of unicef kosovo unsc 1244 operating in cooperation with ngo pen. The office of innovation is a creative, interactive, and agile team in unicef. Innovationlabs innovation consulting, innovation labs.
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