Kolba Lab is pleased to announce that 4^th Armenian Social Innovation Camp will take place in Dilijan, on the last weekend of March (March 27-29). This time camp participants will come together to develop technological solutions for addressing climate change challenge in Armenia.

Social innovation is all about solving social challenges in new ways – whether in health, education, the environment, climate change or something else. Social Innovation Camps (SICamp) help to build technical solutions to social challenges. Social Innovation Camps bring together ideas, people and digital tools to build web-based solutions to social problems – all in just one weekend. 

Globally there is an increased acceptance that if we cannot fully halt a rise in global temperatures, then we must give more attention to adaptation and early warning, as a way to mitigate the effects. Supporting the development of Early Warning Systems across Armenia will help responses in both short-term/rapid onset climatic hazards, as well as long-term/slow onset hazards.

An effective early detection and warning system for climate change would benefit both adaptation and preparedness. What would a severe climate change early warning system look like? How could the wider public be informed more effectively? How could authorities, business and civil society be better engaged in spreading the warning? How could climate change risks be mitigated by newly available technologies?

If you have relevant expertise in web development, mobile apps development, web design or climate change and environmental spheres, then let us know before March 22 by registering for Kolba Lab’s Social Innovation Camp (working language of camp is Armenian).