With the participation of five members of the community of Zipacoa (Bolívar), this Friday at the Center for Spanish Cooperation, in Cartagena, the presentation of innovation and entrepreneurship projects, developed as a result of the course of “Design and Narratives for peace.
This initiative, led by the Victims Unit and Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, seeks to know the actions implemented for the collective reparation of the communities affected by armed conflict and foster their leadership.
The socialization and learning exercise takes place within the framework of the Impact Week week, in which national and international social leaders, students and teachers explore and create alternatives to advance in the construction of a lasting peace from the community process.
The event, which is promoted in Colombia by SAP-Germany (German company dedicated to the design of computer products for business management), seeks to motivate attendees to participate in an experimental scenario with design methodologies, which facilitate the development of creativity, analysis, argumentation and collective creation of solutions that fit the needs of actors and social environments.
The projects on Communication and citizen participation; Historical memory and political capacity; and Social and community fabric for Equity, seek to consolidate national and international alliances, as well as attract the attention of investors and altruists in the region, for its implementation.
The Technological University of Bolívar, the University of Cartagena and Jorge Tadeo Lozano University of Bogotá and sectional of the Caribbean participate in the Impact Week.
The thematic axes are led by experts in peace processes, integral reparation, communication such as Arturo Zea Solano, regional coordinator of the Truth Commission; Manuel Zúñiga, artist, researcher and curator; Santiago Jiménez Mojica of the Collective Repair sub-department of the Victims Unit; Ricardo Corredor Cure, director of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, section of the Caribbean; Saia Vergara, professor at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University; Guineth Dayana Roa of the strengthening and knowledge management team of the Directorate of Repair.
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