Free admission to the IDDS closing ceremony

The closing ceremony of IDDS 2017 will take place on July 16th at the Cercun facilities. Presentation of the 10 prototypes created by the participants, These individuals, who have been working 16-hour days since July 1st, have been developing low-cost technologies for climate change adaptation in rural communities. They will be showcasing these social innovation alternatives to the world from Fusagasugá.

A total of 60 participants, including young people from 12 countries (Brazil, Argentina, Aruba, Mexico, India and Switzerland, among others) along with teachers, students and representatives of communities from Sumapaz and Alto Magdalena, have worked on identifying problems such as:

The difficulty in accessing water, the optimization of work in the field, the use of resources such as the Totumo, the difficulties in accessing meat, food sovereignty, sustainability in the face of the risk of sandbanks, landscape restoration, soil degradation and peasant innovation.

In less than 100 hours, the tools had to be perfected to be presented at the closing ceremony, a free and open-to-the-public trade fair event.

What is IDDS?

The International Design for Development Encounter (IDDS) is an intensive design practice experience that brings together people from all walks of life to co-create low-cost technologies that help improve the living conditions of those living in poverty. IDDS is part of the International Development Innovation Network (IDIN), an initiative funded by the US Global Development Lab of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The IDIN network is a program led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and includes other academic and institutional partners and innovation centers in the United States, Brazil, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Singapore, as well as more than 800 IDDS alumni worldwide. IDDS is a collaborative effort, made possible by members of the IDIN network and local facilitators. The IDDS Climate Change Adaptation program is organized by the Center for Innovation in Appropriate Technologies and Education (C-Innova), the IDIN network, the National University of Colombia, and the University of Cundinamarca. Read more about IDDS and the IDN network.

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