EMPACTATHON®

EMPACTATHON® is an intergenerational engagement where children and youth collaborate with adults from private, public and social sector and community partners to co-design solutions to address the UN’s SDGs for a more desirable and sustainable world.

IMPACT SO FAR

  • 4

    EVENTS

  • 330

    CHILDREN

  • 129

    SOLUTIONS

CONTACT PARTNER
  • FIDS

    The Design Thinking Framework

  • STEP 1

    FEEL

    Voices: Promoting children’s voice and agency to shape a better world.

    Empowerment:Empower children to become change agents and real-world superheroes.

    User-Centric:Focus on a user-centric approach to solving community problems.

    Co-design: Promote intergenerational engagement to co-learn and co-create with children, fostering social leadership through collective efforts with community and corporate partners.

  • STEP 2

    IMAGINE

    What if ...

    We enable children to collaborate with community stakeholders and intergenerational teams to co-design solutions for real-world problems, while providing advanced learning through design thinking and fostering social innovation and leadership?

  • STEP 3

    DO

    Program: Ranges from a single session to a 25-hour program, including workshops, mentoring, online support, and final presentations.

    Intergenerational teams: Collaboration among diverse age groups, co-learning and co-designing ideas for the community.

    Revolves around the 4 C’s: Creativity, Communication, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking.

    Diverse issues and themes: Collaborative themes like “Tackling Global Goals Collectively” with corporate engagement (Salesforce), “Corporates Co-Designing for Business Value” (Frasers Property), and “Co-Designing for Children, with Children,teachers, and parents (Happiness by Design).

USER JOURNEY

CURRICULUM

KICK-OFF

Register and start the “I CAN” journey.

BOOTCAMP

Participate in a 3-day bootcamp with children, youth, adults, and seniors.

RESEARCH & IMPLEMENT

Attend expert talks, conduct research, and implement solutions in the community.

PITCH

Present ideas to industry experts and have them evaluate pitches to select winners.

SHARE & CELEBRATE

Connect and share stories on DFC CONNECT, and celebrate the achievements together.

Innovation snapshot

INNOVATION PLAYBOOK

A Design-Led Approach for Solution Discovery!

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