Tbilisi hosts Social Innovation Camp Caucasus

April 10, 2010 – 18:04 AMT 13:04 GMT
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 Lazarian).
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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress