Congratulations!
Warmest congratulations to GIM Founding Member Pradeep Kakkattil for being named Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2022!
Geneva Innovation Movement
The Geneva Innovation Movement (GIM) Association provides a cross-sector platform for knowledge creation, sharing and dissemination on the topic of innovation at the service of International Geneva.
Its vision is to shape actionable pathways to innovation for the international organizations and their ecosystem to enable impactful contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The GIM’s goal is to re-skill the International Organizations’ leaders to enable intra-organizational collaborations and intrapreneurship, to share knowledge both within and among organizations, and collaborate across both public and private sectors to open new ways of viewing traditional problems.
What we do
The SDGs are unlikely to be met by 2030 without rapid, all-encompassing innovation. There is demand in Geneva by International Organizations for a platform that connects International Organizations as well as (international) NGOs and the private sector to share innovation best practices in cross-sectoral convenings. Silos between sectors, between sister organizations, and within organizations require shattering.
The International Organizations are increasingly embracing innovation strategies and initiatives as a way to renew and remain relevant in today’s changing environment. Intrapreneurship is a critical driver of this innovation, but often organizations struggle to inspire such behavior and are lacking the structures to catalyze innovative ideas.To meet this demand for connections and facilitate the missing structures, GIM provides thought-leadership by pooling and curating the expertise of its members and collaborators.
The GIM offers three pillars of services:
Facilitating connections
by convening diverse partners around relevant creative initiatives by drawing on cross-sector expertise
Enabling systems
through interactive workshops, trainings, and customized interventions to facilitate mindset change that fosters an innovative culture
Uncovering applicable insights
for innovation by curating and publishing practice insights in the form of white paper studies to showcase change-making initiatives in the ecosystem
Upcoming events
The GIM is open to partnerships and co-hosting events with other entities. Please contact us if you are interested. Here are some of our upcoming activities:
Innovation Movement Training – Spring 2022
Date: 3 to 31 March 2022 - 8 sessions during a 4-week period
Location: Virtual
A hands-on experience, where you work in cross-functional and cross-organizational teams on innovation methodologies. The training engages leaders in innovation and provides processes and tools to assess the value-adding potential and the challenges of innovation-driven agencies and organizations.
Mapping the Humanitarian Transformation: Spotlight on Innovation in International NGOs
Date: 5 April 2022
Location: Campus Biotech - Geneva & Virtual
Presentation of the research paper “Mapping the Humanitarian Transformation: Spotlight on Innovation in International NGOs” (2021 – UNIGE, Center for Innovation & Partnerships and Geneva Innovation Movement).
The research paper presents a snapshot of innovation in International NGO’s today. It highlights key opportunities and challenges to fostering further innovation as we move into the post-pandemic world.
Teams Cultivating Inner Resilience to Change
Date: To be confirmed
Location: Virtual
A two-part, interactive seminar that fosters inner resilience within ourselves and among our teams to encourage a more harmonious, dynamic work environment, vital to a continuously productive and efficient organization that also faces personal and organizational adaptation to the Next Normal of the work environment.
Become a member
Members of the Geneva Innovation Movement benefit from preferential access to all events and trainings organized by the Association, as well as to the white paper studies that the GIM publishes, shares and/or promotes.
In addition, members inspire new ideas and collaborations, support each other, share insights and can join forces to promote further innovation in International Geneva: it is the network of like-minded individuals who are looking to enact change that facilitate the cross-organizational and cross-sectoral collaborations and learning in the International Geneva Ecosystem.
GIM members are innovators in their field, be it in an International Organization, at headquarters or in the field, at an (international) NGO or in the private sector
