Tbilisi hosts Social Innovation Camp Caucasus

PanARMENIAN.Net - 15 people from Armenia participate in the Social Innovation Camp Caucasus in Tbilisi. The camp brought together Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijani designers, marketing specialists, programmers, advertisement specialists and representatives of other professions in Tbilisi.

Currently, six projects are being presented, three of them by Armenian participants (Mariam Sukhudyan, Onnik Grigoryan, Karine Mkrtchyan). Two projects are submitted by Georgians (David Chaganava, Green Alternative association) and one project is from Azerbaijan (Khanim Javadova.) The projects refer to ecology, reproductive health, education, freedom of information, etc.

The winner will receive $3000 for the initial stage of implementation of a useful idea for society. According to Project Coordinator in Georgia Anna Keshelashvili, the projects will be estimated by an international jury comprising of people, who are aware of topical social issues and have experience in working with technologies.

The idea of Social Innovation Camp arose in Great Britain, where the growing interest towards social media instruments forced leading specialists to think over their usage to overcome social problems. Only 48 hours are provided for an internet project implementation. The decision on the camp organization in Caucasus was adopted during Social Innovation Camp in Bratislava (Slovakia.)

Social Innovation Camp Caucasus is organized by Georgian Institute of Public affairs and Open Society Institute.