ITC Innovation Lab

ITC and the ITC Innovation Lab were happy to host the 2016 Kick off of !

Our challenge: How can Gambian youth create business opportunities in agriculture? Presented by Elisa Luotonen, from our Office for Africa.

Inspiring opening remarks by ITC's DED, Dorothy Tembo!

"(ITC needs) committed and creative young people who dare to challenge the status quo and who are eager to take on the challenge of solving complex problems in 8 weeks."

Tackling real world issues .

Today our friends at Impact Hub Geneva are launching the !
ITC will be happy to assist selected entrepreneurs in improving performance and accessing international markets. Take a look at this awesome initiative to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals!

http://geneva.impacthub.net/accelerate2030/

#Accelerate2030 - Geneva

ITC Innovation Lab 2015: Stay tuned for more!

"In its first year of existence, the lab piloted a series of
initiatives, conducted innovation workshops and developed
new partnerships..."

Check out ITC's Annual Report 2015 and get a glimpse at the ITC's Innovation Lab history and successes!

"In 2015, ITC created its own Innovation Lab to boost
innovative thinking and channel creative efforts into concrete
action. The lab is a space for institutional self-reflection, a
platform to connect, discuss, co-create and test new ideas."

Learn more at: http://www.intracen.org/itc/about/working-with-itc/corporate-documents/annual-report/

Annual report ITC's Annual Report for 2015 provides a broad overview of the organization's work last year, along with a dozen case studies illustrating how ITC projects have created trade impact for good around the world. The report will serve as the basis for discussions at the 4 July session of the ITC Joint Ad...

ITC's Specialist on refugee issues, Pablo Lo Moro and ITC Innovation Lab working on a 1 day brief for refugees with

Inspiring and innovative ideas to support refugees worldwide!

https://twitter.com/tashwillcocks/status/738735965187903494

Tash Willcocks on Twitter “Amazing start to the day with Pablo Lo Morro working on1day brief for refugees with ”

"We must unite leaders from business, industry, government, academia and development agencies alike to share ideas, resources and responsibility - and Geneva has proven its expertise in this area. Here, innovation is not just the buzzword. It is the Geneva approach"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moller-/innovation-for-developmen_b_9167674.html

Innovation for Development Innovation was the buzzword of the World Economic Forum. Not only was it used by political and business leaders alike. But, also pivotal leaders in the development sector as well. In Geneva, ou...

ITC and the Innovation Lab arehappy to have supported the 2015 edition of the Collaborate for Social Impact - C4SI challenge competition; A fantastic programme promoting social innovation and entrepreneurship among the youth.

Congratulations to our C4SI team for the excellent job! We are proud of you guys!

ITC and our Team

Last Friday, ITC, and ITC's Innovation Lab, participated in the kick-off of !

C4SI has brought together 12 teams of students to provide innovative solutions to 12 pressing development challenges from 12 prestigious organizations.

We have set our challenge! Presented by the Director of our Division of Market Development, Anders Aeroe, our challenge is: How can ITC help SMEs in developing and transition economies strengthen their international competitiveness through ‘Big Data’?

Good luck to all, but specially to the team working on our challenge (we have already picked our favorites) ;)

We look forward to your innovative solution (s)!

With Just Innovate

Are you a student in Switzerland? Do you aspire to bring innovative changes to our world?

Join the Collaborate for Social Impact (C4SI) and help international organizations such as ITC develop innovative solutions to exciting challenges.

C4SI is an experiential education program run by Just Innovate that challenges students to engage innovatively with social issues. From September, it will bring about 40 multidisciplinary graduate students to the Geneva to collaborate on ten real world challenges in development and international affairs provided by leading international organisations in Geneva. ITC is one these and we look forward to having you working on our challenge!

Apply now to become a young leader, think proactively and test novel ideas! http://www.c4si.net/

Application closes on 19 September.

We never stop! Another successful innovation workshop facilitated by the Innovation Lab and Just Innovate at the ITC. We look forward to many more in the future!

Last Friday, April 10, took place at the ITC Innovation Lab our first Problem-Solving Workshop.

Run in collaboration with Just Innovate, this workshop invited 10 students from Swiss educational organizations to team-up with 5 members of the ITC community to develop and propose innovative ways to use tourism to promote development in Liberia.

Many thanks to all the participants for your enthusiasm and great ideas and to Just Innovate, our partners at the The Graduate Institute Geneva.

Stay tuned for more!

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