Global shapers hub Kaliningrad Projects presentation

PROJECTS PRESENTATTIO

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SOME FACTS… November, 2012 – first meeting of future curator and vice curator

with Global Shapers Community

January, 2013 – first meeting of Global Shapers Hub Kaliningrad

February, 2013 – non –official opening of the Global Shapers Hub Kaliningrad

April, 2014 – start of the project activity period

TRANSFORMATION OF THE PROJECT IDEA…

INSPIRE

ME !

INSPIRED ME!

GENERAL MISSION…

Inspire Kaliningrad people for changeby bringing global agenda

to local community…

TEDXKALININGRADProject Description:The project started in January 2012 when applying for an official TEDx license. In August 2012 the TEDxKaliningrad team was put in place, October 2012 - first TEDxKaliningrad conference took place, and this has spurred many local initiatives. The TEDxKaliningrad team has been growing continuously, also helping many other non-profit projects in the region, and it is a big part of Global Shapers HUB Kaliningrad.

Regional reach, medium, 50% hub involvement

Project Objective:• popularize speaking in public• aid networking of active people from different fields• create conditions for building new teams and projects

Results:• 2 events are organized• Over 200 people are inspired• Loyal audience in social networks is

created• Around 10 projects started at TEDx-

platform

WILD TRIP MEETINGS

Independent travels, citizens of foreign countries and expats share their experience, impressions, helpful tips and opinions.

Project Description:

Local reach, light, 100% hub involvement

Project Objective: Inspire people for change by travelling and

gaining new experience Giving first-hand information about foreign

countries, breaking stereotypes; Crowd-funding for other social projects

Results:

9 meetings are conducted Around 250 people are inspired Collected money are directed to

renovation of new public space in the region “Vorota”

Loyal audience is attracted

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE

Informal meetings where people discuss some science topics during the cup of coffee or tea. Every meeting has one speaker and one subject, any questions are welcome.



Project Objective: Inspire people for change by gaining new

knowledge Giving first-hand information about scientific

facts and theories, break stereotypes “Bring science to culture” Crowd-funding for other social projects

Results: 5 meetings are conducted Around 100 people are inspired Collected money are directed to

renovation of new public space in the region “Vorota”

Loyal audience is attracted First experience of interacting with

non-scientific audience took place

TRENDSCOUTING MEETINGS

Search for new tendencies in public life, presentation of these tendencies by people who regularly do it .



Project Objective: Inspire people for change by gaining new

knowledge in sphere of world-trends Giving first-hand information about world-

trends, break stereotypes Crowd-funding for other social projects

Results: 2 meetings are conducted Around 50 people are inspired Web-site is created

STARTUP KALININGRADProject Description:

Regional reach, high, 20% hub involvement

Project Objective:

Results:• Startup community exist and has been growing• Visible improvement of all objectives

The project started as a series of startup events in collaboration with Kaliningrad IT-cluster. Later has become a complex project with the aim of building a strong ecosystem in the region. Stages: 1. February 2013, the first ever hackathon in the region. 2. March 2013, first Regional Final “ImagineCup” by Microsoft. 3. April 2013, the first local event of “Russian Startup Tour Road Show” 4. May 2013, Kaliningrad startups participating in the Global Russian Startup Village in Moscow. Anna Khan (Global Shaper HUB Kaliningrad) was invited as a speaker of main panel 5. May-July 2013 Opening/ Closing of the first co-working center in Kaliningrad 6. August 2013,The first international hackathon Garage48 in Kaliningrad. 7. September 2013, The first Startup Sauna Warm Up in Kaliningrad. 8. September 2013, Kaliningrad startups participating in Startup event in Poland. 9. November 2013, Kaliningrad startups go to the international startup conference "Slush" in Helsinki. 10. Earlydays Kaliningrad 11. Plans are to build an IT-park, IT-education center, produce new English-speaking Media, organize a Startup Weekend.

- increase the number of qualified IT-specialists graduating every year- involve engineers into the business environment- involve businessman into the IT-industry- create new Media (English-speaking talking about startups of the region)- help Government in building an IT-park in Kaliningrad- attract ventures, business angels, investors- attract startups and engineers from abroad and Russia to move to Kaliningrad- promote the region abroad

SOUP FOR PEOPLEEvery evening several volunteers give a soup and a bread to homeless people. Also they communicate, suggest some help and give information about helping centers as social flophouses, drug and alcohol treatment centers, hospitals.


Local reach, medium, 20% hub involvement

Project Objective: Inspire homeless people for change by giving

support and some useful information Socialization of homeless people

Results:

• 2 volunteers from Global shapers hub Kaliningrad participate in the project

• Sustainable source of support for homeless people is created

• 5 people turned back to normal life

BALTIC ARTEK “FUTURE ENVIRONMENT” Project Description:Creation of the programme and conducting the session within the main international north-west youth forum “Baltic Artek – 2013”

Regional reach, medium, 50% hub involvement

Project Objective:Creation of community of “future shapers” in the north-western part of Russia

Results:

• 26 federal experts participated• 3 projects tasks are completed• 3 new formats of meeting are

conducted• Over 200 young people are inspired

and ready “ to be the change”• Recommendations on project results

are presented to Government representatives of Kaliningrad and Vologda regions

INTERACTION WITH OTHER HUBS

12 free web-sites for Kaliningrad libraries are created in cooperation with Kharkov Hub

International Day of Girls is celebrated in Kaliningrad by screening GirlsRising movie and having discussion on girls’ access to education.Projects was initiated by St. Petersburg GSH and supported by Kaliningrad, Sevastopol, Moscow,

Samara, Yaroslavl, Yekatirenburg.

CHALLENGES/OBSTACLES:

Lack of expertsLack of financial supportLack of local crowd-funding cultureBureaucracyLow interest to interact

PLANS…

ART PLACE VOROTA

Renovation of the old German building “Zakheim tor” into public space for young people, and supporting some social initiatives there (exhibitions, discussions, gatherings, etc)



Project Objective: Create new public space for young people of

Kaliningrad by renovation of an old building Attract local community to creation of the

new public space using crowd-funding tools Improve comfort level of local environment ,

by making this district more attractive for local citizens and tourists

Inspire local community for action on improving their environment by themselves

Results:• Series of local gatherings are

conducted• Place is ready for hosting social

events• First Kaliningrad example of crowd-

sourcing on federal platform took place

• 50% of necessary sum is collected

WTO RESEARCH PILOT GROUPProject Description:The Working Group on the law of WTO is the result of cooperation of the Ministry of industrial policy, development of entrpreneurship and trade of Kaliningrad region, Center for WTO Law of I. Kant Baltic Federal University and Global Shapers Hub Kaliningrad.The group is intended to conduct research on the hot issues of the law of WTO which are provided by the Ministry.The group consists of 12 students and 4 supervisors – lecturers at the I. Kant BFU. As a result of research the group submits a paper with conclusions to the Ministry.


Project Objective:• Practical application of the academic research by interested state organs and enterprises• Preparation of specialists of WTO law• Education of students on legal issues of WTO

Results:• Working group is created• Fields of research are defined• Motivating meeting in regional

ministry of industry is conducted• Introductory lectures are conducted

DAY OF THE WHITE CANE Project Description:An event which is devoted to blind people, which is going to be in a city restaurant. Every guest will get an opportunity to fell blindness and to have dinner in complete darkness, served by blind people as waitresses. Local reach, medium, 50% hub involvement

Project Objective:• Collecting money for association of blind

people (% of profit) • Increasing loyalty level to blind people

EARLYDAYS 2013 KALININGRADProject Description:Educational course created in San-Francisko by Yuriy Lifshitz for active entrepreneurs or early stage project leaders, Idea-stage entrepreneurs and teams, lifestyle entrepreneurs, wishing to make a hobby into a business, professionals, creating your own business instead of working for someone else. Consists of online part - 20 video-lectures, and offline - individual consultings with local experts, focus on first revenue and three months plan. Graduation day and choosing the best projects and support after finish Local reach, medium, 20% hub involvement

Project Objective:Inspire entrepreneurs by giving access to the worldwide level of education, Create a new wave business community

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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GlobalShapersKaliningradHub

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