Nuit de l'entrepreneuriat: Etre migrant et entreprendre (mini-hackathon)
English version below
Des millions de femmes et d’hommes sont contraints de quitter leur pays à cause de la guerre, des changements climatiques ou de la pauvreté.
Est-ce un problème ou une opportunité pour la Suisse?
A travers un atelier interactif, venez imaginer des solutions pour valoriser l’apport des migrants dans le monde du travail et favoriser l’entrepreneuriat des migrants.
L'atelier a lieu en introduction de la Semaine de l'Entrepreneuriat organisée par l'Université de Genève et de nombreux partenaires.
Public
- Personnes migrantes souhaitant se lancer en tant qu'indépendant ou entrepreneur
- Associations d'insertion travaillant avec les personnes en situation de migration
- Personnes et organisations intéressées à la thématique
Pourquoi participer ?
- Pour coconstruire des projets avec un impact positif
- Pour comprendre l’innovation sociale et son potentiel pour les organisations et lechangement sociétal
- Pour découvrir et utiliser des outils collaboratifs et du design thinking
- Pour identifier des projets à mettre en oeuvre en tant que porteur de projet (entrepreneuriat) ou au sein d'une organisation ou entreprise (intrapreneuriat)
Programme
- Introduction à l’innovation sociale : Qu’est-ce que c’est et que peut-on en faire ?
- Témoignages inspirants sur des innovations sociales dans le domaine de l'entrepreneuriat des migrants
- Exercice individuel: Quel est mon rôle dans l’innovation ?
- Travail collaboratif : Pouvons-nous imaginer de nouvelles solutions?
- Apéro-échange entre les participant-e-s
Associations, startups et entreprises participantes
Pour en savoir plus sur We Start et leur programme à destination des migrants, rendez-vous le 10 novembre!
http://we-start.ch
L’atelier est gratuit pour les étudiant-e-s ainsi que pour les personnes migrantes. Attention, places limitées!
Millons of women and men are forced to leave their country each year, because of war, climate change or to improve their quality of life
Is it a problem or an opportunity for Switzerland?
Through this interactive workshop (mini-hackathon), let's imagine how to foster entrepreneurship for migrant and value migrant contributions to the local economy
The workshop is organized in partnership with the University of Geneva and happens during the Global Entrepreneurship Week
Public
- Migrant people who would like to start their business in Switzerland
- Organizations working with migrant people
- Persons and organizations interested by migration and entrepreneurship
Why participate?
- To build collectively a project with a positive impact
- To understand social innovation and its potential of change for organizations and society
- To practice design thinking
- To identify projects as a project holder (entrepreneurship) or within your organization (intrapreneurship)
Programme
- Introduction on social innovation
- Inspiring stories about social innovations in the field of entrepreneurship and migration
- Collaborative workshop on the challenges presented by organizations and participants
- Networking aperitif
Participating organizations
Share Up! (https://www.shareup.ch) is an initative to promote multicultural exchange between migrant and local people in Geneva. Lou Miranda & Clara Gende Coto, founders of the Share Up! project will present their project and current challenges on the 10th of november
AMALA (www.associationamala.ch) is a non-profit organization created by migrant women living in the Geneva area. These women come from Iran, Syria, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Argentina and Spain and from various professional backgrounds. However, they have one thing in common: they love traditional cuisines. AMALA offers quality catering services with a touch of variety and class.
To learn more about AMALA and their coordinator Karina Murillo Gut and help them with their challenges, please join us on the 10th of November
Alexis Moeckli is the co-founder and managing director of We Start (http://we-start.ch), a design thinking and entrepreneurship program for young people aged 12 to 18. It fosters a better social and economic integration of young people. Since 2018, We Start in partnership with Hospice général and Anières, designed a specific program for young migrants. Over 5 months, the participants have been able to create a project and present it to a panel of experts.
To learn more about We Start, please join us on the 10th of November
The workshop is free for students and migrants. Register ASAP
Location
Dates
to 10th November 2018 - 09:00 PM