Global Innovation Forum for Education and Development

Yerevan, Armenia

The Global Innovation Forum for Education and Development is being organized by GAID in collaboration with the UN e-Leaders Committee, ATHGO International and the Government of Armenia. It will provide a platform for several hundred young people across the globe to advance their causes toward achieving the MDGs through ICT. Area experts from the private and public sectors and selected young participants are invited to showcase their successful ICT practices and highlight new innovations and new ground-breaking business models and methods that successfully address the development needs in different societies.

The Forum is set to encourage young people to get engaged in, develop and propose new ICT initiatives that innovatively advance local communities in various emerging regions. It will focus on ways to improve educational opportunities and quality through ICT, specifically focusing on building ICT skills among young people and will address the impact of access, connectivity and relevant local content in meeting educational needs. The Forum will also highlight some of the best practices in the areas of ICT access and connectivity with special attention on the impact of appropriate local content.

Participants will have the opportunity to engage policy makers, experts and his/her peers to draft innovative solutions to ICT development and implementation challenges. The young participants will showcase their plans in innovation panels and the proposals will be evaluated by leaders in government, the private sector, and civil society, and will be showcased at the conference closing ceremonies.

Anna-Maria Walter