Co-Creation Lab

Co-CreationLab is an organisation and a platform for the development of visionary youth leadership around the globe, founded by Indira Hasimbegovic and Rita Christina Biza in 2006. It is based on the idea that social change and tranformation in social, political, environmental, disciplinary or economic fields depends on the ability of the world today to recognise young people as resourceful, innovative and responsible creators of tomorrow´s world. It equaly depends on our responsibility and ability to create educational spaces that nurture, celebrate, promote and encourage the innovative youth spirit.

TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF YOUTH

It is central that we focus on developing, nurturing and enouraging the visionary spirit of the youth in the world.

It begins with n education based on the principles of responsibility, co-operation, tolerance, diversity, holsitic understanding of the world and sustainbaility.

In order to nurture the potential of the visions that the young people carry, we must help them to develop their ability to:

- take seriously their dreams and visions

- identify and navigate by their own unique values

- understand their life in relation to the whole

- recognise their pioneering potential

- think proactively, responsibly and visionary

- exercise responsibility for the whole in their actions

- work in co-operative and co-creative spirit

- carry the vision to concrete manifestation

- practice the change they wish to see manifest

- BELIEVE IN THE POSSIBILITIES!!!






Saturday, September 15, 2007

Projects: Dreamers Inc. - the mission


  • We wish to accomplish and to model a way of focusing on innovative human capacity,resources and potential, and to demonstrate that a road to novel and inventive solutions lies in contextual co-creation rather that programmatic and technical applications of former practices
  • We believe that the full potential of change lies in the dreams, visions and the creativity of Africa’s younger generation.
  • We see the children in Usa River Children’s Centre as a resource of the local community.
  • We are convinced that they would function as a catalyst towards change in their community, and thus affect wider change.

In the pilot project, one aim is to work with a selected number of young people in Usa River Children’s Home in Tanzania, to develop high level of visionary and innovative personal leadership within the group, as well as a mindset that is geared towards invention, exploration and co-creation. This includes proactively working with the dreams and visions, held by the individuals of the group, co-creating with them structures to facilitate social change for the local community, for the country of Tanzania and for the world.

The pilot project is called Dreamers Inc. The name was decided upon together with the young people from Usa River who participated in the workshop.

Moreover, the aim is to model the approach in this pilot project in Usa River Children’s Center, and to use this pilot to subsequently develop written material and a series of workshops/courses about such a co-innovative approach.

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