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Want to be part of shaping the digital society of the future? We are running a survey to better understand the state of the Digital Society today and we’d love to have your insights for this! Participants can even win prizes!

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#GLOBALGOALSJAM

The #GlobalGoalsJam is a two day event consisting of short design sprints. Creative teams of designers, developers and Jammers from the local community work together using a tailored toolkit. Together, we will create interventions aimed at short term targets in support of the long term goals. Do you want to join a global community of change-makers, ranging from Rio de Janeiro, Accra, Copenhagen to Amman, Delhi, Fukuoka and more? Join us to Design 2030 Now!

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Want to work on the sustainable development goals for more than just a weekend? An internship at Digital Society School will open up a world of opportunities. You’ll be part of a vibrant interdisciplinary group during a semester and have unique access to a network of experts in the field.

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Jam Kit

The Global Goals Jam Kit includes: guidelines for local organizers, teams and coaches, design methods and templates, event posters and possible challenges. We are updating the Kit for 2018 as we speak. To get an idea, see here what was in the Kit last year.

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Design 2030 Now

The United Nations Development Programme and the Digital Society School (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences), are inviting you to join the 3rd edition of the #GlobalGoalsJam. Join us to design interventions for the Sustainable Development Goals that matter most to you. Let’s #Design2030Now! Check out the map below to join a Jam near you! Want to know a bit more details? Check out our info package. Our main sign-up deadline has closed, so we don’t send any physical kits anymore – but you can still join and print the kit yourself. Or shoot us a message at the bottom of this page if you want to join next year!

Vision Global Goals Jam

We believe that interdisciplinary teams can boost their creativity by using design methods. We believe in the value of sharing and building on each others’ knowledge. We believe in agile and iterative design. We believe in tackling big (global) issues by taking small (local) steps.

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Upcoming Jams
Global Goals Jam 2018 Amsterdam
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Global Goals Jam 2018 Amsterdam
21 September 2018
Europe
Amsterdam
Do you have a passion for solving social challenges to improve lives? Join us in the third edition of the #GlobalGoalsJam in Amsterdam, where local innovators and creatives will join teams around the world in designing actionable interventions towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. You are invited to expand your network and learn design methods from the Digital...
Global Goals Jam 2018 Kerkrade
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Global Goals Jam 2018 Kerkrade
21 September 2018
Europe
Kerkrade
Last year we organized a local edition of the second Global Goals Jam. In Betahuis, Heerlen we jammed with twenty local designers and presented our prototypes. Partners were Groener Gras, Betahuis, Stadslandbouw MSP and iARTS. On September 21 and 22 we will organize our second local jam, as part of the third global jam. This...
Global Goals Jam Leipzig 2018
21 September 2018
Europe
Leipzig
Challenges 2018: “How might we help to create a cigarette-butt-free 2030?” “How might we help to create a meaningful study-abroad experience connecting locals and new arrivals?” Participate in the challenge: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-goals-jam-leipzig-tickets-49533543161 Watch the pitches & prize ceremony: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-goals-jam-leipzig-pitches-publikumspreis-tickets-49666227022 DESCRIPTION Die Vereinten Nationen laden zum Jammen ein – und Leipzig ist dabei Vom 21. bis zum 23....
Global Goals Jam Kigali
22 September 2018
Africa
Kigali
The global goals jam is two day event aiming to engage solution makers and designers to contribute to the sustainable development by creating short-term intervention with long term impact. The event is organized for creative people to develop solutions to the existing situation of the community. The Green Fighter is a youth lead environmental organization...
Global Goals Jam Manaus
14 September 2018
South America
Manaus
GGJ Manaus was a project dreamt by a few friends that decided to dedicate some extra hours of their lives to impact other people’s lives. Through a lot of partnerships, tools and dynamics, the event had over 120 subscribes and 30 participants were selected to be empowered by tools that will enable them to achieve...
Global Goals Jam Sao Tome and Principe – 2018
16 September 2018
Africa
Sao Tome and Principe
#GlobalGoalsJam (GGJ) is a two-to-three-day global event with the goal of developing innovative and impactful actions to achieve #Sustainable_Development_Objectives (SGDs). São Tomé and Príncipe, who joined for the first time in this edition, chose #ODS 14 – Life below water – to mark their first adhesion to this wave, on the 15th (cleaning the Beach,...
Global Goals Jam Kyoto 2018
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Global Goals Jam Kyoto 2018
16 September 2018
Asia
Kyoto
Global Goals Jam Kyoto is a 2 day design workshop consisting of short design sprints. It aims to answer questions, solving challenges related to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Creative teams, with designers, developers and Jammers from the local community will work together using a tailored toolkit. Together, we will create...
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17 Goals for Sustainable Development
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  • No poverty
  • Zero hunger
  • Good health and well-being
  • Quality education
  • Gender equality
  • Clean water and sanitation
  • Affordable and clean energy
  • Decent work and economic growth
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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  • Sustainable cities and communities
  • Responsible consumption and production
  • Climate action
  • Water Below Life
  • Life on land
  • Peace, justice and strong institutions
  • Partnerships for the goals
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Meet the Global Organizing Team
Anneke van Woerden
Impact Producer at the Digital Society School. Next to coordinating the Global Goals Jam also working on the SDG Box; a toolkit that implements the Sustainable Development Goals into education and guides students to create sustainable impact. Excited on anything in-between design, sustainability and social innovation.
Marco van Hout
Co-founder and Head of Programmes & Impact at the Digital Society School. Community Liaison for World Design Organisation. On a mission to fight ‘Design Waste’, by introducing a common language of design methods to the design field so that creatives can build upon each other’s work and share intermediate-level knowledge to tackle the world’s biggest...
Gijs Gootjes
Co-founder and Head of Strategy & Organisation for Digital Society School. Responsible for Design Across Cultures, a collaboration with Cisco Systems and a programme for multidisciplinary, multicultural teams around the world, using the undeniable force of cultural differences and similarities as a design strategy to locally have impact on global issues. Gijs co-founded the Global...
Boaz Paldi
Engagement Manager at the United Nations Development Programme. Responsible for organizing the Social Good Summit in conjunction with Mashable, 92Y and the United Nations Foundation, managing the +SocialGood partnership and UNDP’s communication partnerships. Strong roots in journalism and detailed knowledge of current and international affairs. Has worked in some of the most politically volatile and...
Felipe Escobar
Design Producer at the Digital Society School, interested in understanding how to use new methods into design research. Has been collaborating on the design and playlist of methods that will be shared with the locations that will be joining this year’s Global Goals Jam and is also a coach for the teams in the local...
Marian McLaughlin
For the past two years has been working for the Faculty of Digital Design & Creative Industries, building international relations, networking and setting up international cooperation projects with universities and companies – all with the goal of making our graduates capable and flexible global employees. Main areas of interest are: Intercultural Communication; Business Communication; mentoring...
Hana Omar
Joined UNDP to work on Digital Good, the first interactive platform enabling people worldwide to fund local and global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. She focuses on the engagement initiatives and creates avenues for youth to be part of the SDGs agenda. Her strong background in education helps strengthen the relationship with students...
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