Peace Bootcamp

Preliminary Proposal of Peace Bootcamp

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1. “SOLDIERS OF PEACE”
2. The “Soldiers for Peace ” is a strategy to bring together creative minds in design, business, and academia to develop concepts and prototypes for technology products, services, and tools that have the potential to improve the peace level in Mexico. OVERVIEW
3. Building Blocks of Peace Badges SUSTAINABILITY How can technology help governments capture and measure metrics that redefine sustainability and urban development in conflict regions of Mexico ? RETAIL How can technology help retail businesses craft and uphold meaningful missions that are in touch with the passions of their customers and Mexico’s society needs? TOURISM What are the ways location aware data and technologies be used to establish a community of conscious tourism service providers and attract like minded tourists to Mexican destinations ? EDUCATION How do we address the barriers to educational innovation and tap the potential of technology to create opportunities in the poorest and most violent areas in Mexico? To facilitate the ideation participants can choose any of the following badges or come up with a badge (challenge) they are passionate about, and ideate, design, and build a technology solution.
4. Peacebuilding Collaborative Map  Participants will form teams and upload a 5min video describing the challenge and solution they have identify to achieve peace in their cities.  Judges will select best solutions based on the following criteria (subject to change): Application  Originality of idea  Feasibility of implementation  Likelihood of adoption  Fidelity of code  Possible impact and capacity to make positive change  Storytelling
5. Feb - May 2014 June 2014 Sept 21st Design-thinking and “Building Blocks of Peace” webinars to get everyone into brainstorming mode and set the tone for teams to submit their video proposals. A committee selects finalists to participate in a Bootcamp program in San Diego, which provides intense business mentoring and leadership coaching to give participants the tools they need to succeed. On Sept. 21st 2014, The United Nations (UN) International Day of Peace, finalists meet in Queretaro to pitch to Angel Investors, gain exposure and receive seed money. Stages
6. STRATEGIC PARTNERS Think Tank ACADEMIA Enterprise Government
7. CLICK here to watch Video The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) is a think tank dedicate to shifting the world's focus to peace as a positive, achievable, and tangible measure of human well being and progress. IEP annually produces the Global Peace Index, the world's leading measure of peace and will soon release the inaugural Mexico Peace Index. This research, dedicated exclusively to the state of peace in Mexico, is the first to be published on the subject for a Latin American country. STRATEGIC PARTNERS
8. The state of Querétaro is ranked as one of the safest places to live and travel in Mexico. The high level of safety enjoyed by the city is a reflection of its great prosperity. Currently, the government of Queretaro is becoming a reference for social innovation. They are working on creating platforms and hosting national events to connect the most influential young leaders from Mexico with global actors that have transformed the world's order. STRATEGIC PARTNERS
9. Microsoft YouthSpark is a global initiative that aims to create opportunities for 300 million youth in more than 100 countries by 2015. This companywide initiative includes Citizenship and other company programs that empower youth to imagine and realize their full potential by connecting them with greater opportunities for education, employment and entrepreneurship. In order to promote the development of Mexican companies and startups in 2011 FUMEC and Microsoft launch jointly the BizSpark call to identify software technology proposals and custom-made most innovative solutions in the country and offer the companies innovative tools to conquer this market. STRATEGIC PARTNERS
10. The Center for Peace & Commerce at the University of San Diego contributes to creating new enterprise paradigms and solutions, that foster peace-building and poverty alleviation. Venture Vetting (V2) is a Bi-National entrepreneurship competition at USD where the venture and the entrepreneur, rather than the Business Plan, are vetted by potential investors. Participants present their business idea to a panel of angel investors through a pitch deck presentation and one-on- one session. STRATEGIC PARTNERS