Youth Innovation Summer Program
Program Overview
The one-of-a-kind youth innovation program is in partnership with Touch Lebanon and will span ten weekdays from July 17 till 28 and will be hosted in Touch LAB in Downtown Beirut.
Participants 15+ will be exposed to social entrepreneurship in a project-based and hands-on manner where they will be developing a mobile application to solve a real social problem related to one of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The program aspires to transform the youth into social innovators and make them believe that they can create change and make the world a better place by using technology and entrepreneurship.
The program is under the Summer of Innovation initiative of PM Saad Hariri. It is also in collaboration with Edgemakers Inc. as training partner, a US-based leader in innovation and creativity education, Go-fit as well-being partner, Careem as transportation partner, and Bamboo Geeks as coding partner.
The participants of the program will be equipped with innovation and creativity skills, technical skills, entrepreneurship skills, and soft skills (life coaching, storytelling, breathing and meditation, team building, communication skills, presentation skills) to solve a real social problem they face in their communities all through fun and engaging exercises with several guest speakers and a field visit. The teams will present their work at the end of the program to a panel of esteemed jury from the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Lebanon and the winning team will receive valuable prizes from Touch Lebanon.
Program summary
Program Agenda
Description of activities | Start and End time | |
Week One | ||
Day 1 | What is Social Entrepreneurship
Ice-breaking and Networking exercises |
10 am – 3 pm |
Day 2 | Yoga
Breathing and meditation for entrepreneurs Introduction to challenge Guest speaker |
9:30 am – 4 pm |
Day 3 | Design Thinking
Group formation |
10 am – 3 pm |
Day 4 | Mobile app design
Characteristics of a good app |
10 am – 4 pm |
Day 5 | Technology for good
Example of renewable energy and guest speakers Life coaching How to be a change maker |
10 am – 2 pm |
Week Two | ||
Day 6 | Stages of a startup
Guest speaker |
10 am – 3 pm |
Day 7 | Yoga
Breathing and meditation for entrepreneurs Mobile app coding basics Android app development basics and implementation |
9:30 am – 4 pm |
Day 8 | Inspirations on solutions
Guest speakers |
10 am – 3 pm |
Day 9 | Mentoring and pitching
Mentoring by coaches from the entrepreneurship ecosystem |
10 am – 4 pm |
Day 10 | Storytelling and Pitch rehearsal Presentations in front of judging panel | 10 am – 2 pm |
Optional Day TBD: Certificates and Ceremony with media presence |