On June 15, Hoi An City People's Committee ( Quang Nam province) coordinated with relevant units to organize a workshop on "Innovation roadmap and vision of Hoi An's creative space".
This event marks the launch of key practical initiatives within the framework of the project “Promoting innovation for youth and communities for sustainable urban development” (project for short).
The project is implemented by the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), with funding from Fondation Botnar (Switzerland), implemented by the Hoi An City Youth Union, Hoi An City Culture, Sports and Radio - Television Center and accompanied by business partners, associations and Hoi An Youth Union members.
The event was attended by representatives from the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), representatives from Hoi An city, Fondation Botnar, Hoianlife, and local youth and business groups who are directly implementing initiatives on the spot.
The workshop also featured the launch of typical innovative tools and solutions, including: Launching the Hoi An creative space design competition.
Multi-layered creative map at www.banlinhxuquang.com, the first local online platform connecting creativity from individuals, organizations, products to community ideas.
People can access the map to learn about the people, places, activities and innovative ideas happening locally according to 8 data groups including: Pioneering Individuals, Active Organizations, Place Spaces, Event Activities, Innovative Ideas, Products and Services, Process Models and Experience Resources.
Each data is creative, sustainable and entirely sourced from the local community. The map opens up opportunities for the community to connect with creative individuals, small businesses, event spaces, community groups or unique products and services, thereby finding opportunities to collaborate, learn or directly participate in creative activities close to the life of Quang Nam.
The Hoi An Young Leaders Training Program for 50 outstanding high school students aims to build a team of innovative successors with support from the Talented Leaders program (developed by Zeeko Education and Enterprise Ireland), the Institute ofEducational Technology (CGD) piloted in Vietnamese and Wemaster training transfer from 2024, with the support of international, domestic and local experts, Hoi An International School (HAIS) and many businesses, craft villages and artisans.
Students participating in this program will develop global citizenship skills based on the Talented Leaders program, access indigenous knowledge systems, practice lean community project management and communication skills to enhance their capacity to design and operate community initiatives.
In addition, it will directly design and implement local initiatives, contributing to solving issues related to resources, heritage and community livelihoods with the expectation of becoming a core force leading the journey to develop Hoi An into a creative, inclusive and sustainable urban area.
Launch of the “Invest in Brands – Accelerate Sales” campaign initiated by UN-Habitat, aiming to enhance the competitiveness of local small and medium enterprises through three practical support packages.
UN-Habitat is the United Nations agency responsible for sustainable urban development, always pursuing an “inclusive - community-based - promoting multi-stakeholder dialogue” approach.
In Hoi An, UN-Habitat has acted as a bridge between youth groups, government, businesses and civil society organizations, galvanizing local values while providing technical expertise and innovative thinking.
Flexible accompaniment and community engagement from the design to implementation stage are highlights of UN-Habitat's working model, contributing to creating practical initiatives that can be replicated nationwide.
As a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, Hoi An city has recently carried out many activities to implement the committed contents and initiatives that the city proposed in its candidacy for the global creative cities network.
Previously, UN-Habitat coordinated with Hoi An City Youth Union, Hoi An Life Company Limited and related units to organize the discussion "From Hoi An to the World: Journey to become a Global Citizen", contributing to the implementation of the contents of the project to build Hoi An - a creative city 2024-2027, oriented to 2030 of the City People's Committee.
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