Designing Thinking for Social Innovation
27 participants comprising of facilitators from adolescence and caregiver of GBV Pilot Project attended 3 Day Design Thinking for Social Innovation Workshop and one-day reflection and development of Agenda for Adolescent Social Innovation Camp from February 17 – 20, 2020 in Hotel River Valley, Punakha. The workshop is facilitated by 3 facilitators from Royal Institute of Management. The last day is co- facilitated by UNDP and NCWC.
The purpose of the workshop was to provide opportunity for the participants to learn Design Thinking process, methods, and some of the selected tools by practically applying to a mini design challenge, and design Thinking methodology to be used to come up with innovative ideas to address social problems particularly GVB.
Participants were introduced on the importance of empathy in design thinking process and how to develop empathy, how to develop empathy through deep user interview, need finding to uncover deep user need from deep user notes. They also learn different method of ideation such as brainstorming method SCAMPER, Cross pollination and Deconstruct Reconstruct method.
Learned to visually present idea through prototypes followed by co- creation with user to improve ideas.
All Updates
- Orientation program-JSW School of Law
- Orientation program to the Community based and School Based Child Protection Committees.
- Training of Trainer-Dekyid Thuendrel
- "Empowering Communities to Address Violence Against Children" A pilot project in 3 Dzongkhags
- Training of Thimphu Thromde Community Mentors and School Trainers on the Dekyid Thuendrel- Parenting without Violence Toolkit
- Orientation and Coordination Meeting with Community Members.
- Pilot test on the Parenting without Violence (PwV)Toolkit in Thimphu
- Training on Introduction to Basic Concepts, Methods and tools for Gender Mainstreaming
- Specialized Service Providers ( counselors )
- Four-day Booster Training for the facilitators of the Gakey Lamtoen: Bhutan's GBV Prevention Project
- Public Appeal
- Selection result for the post of a Counselor
- International Women's Day
- COVID19 Impact on Women and Children Study
- Re announcement of vacancy for the Program Officer