Challenge SIED – Innovative Solutions for Digital Education

August 24, 2023
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SIED is a programme of NTT DATA FOUNDATION and Botín Foundation designed to enhance initiatives that contribute to reducing the digital divide. It is aimed at non-profit foundations or associations.

The aim is to jointly design and implement solutions that develop digital skills, prevent school desertification, provide tools to improve the employability of vulnerable groups, and boost the use of information technologies to improve the quality of life.

What is it?

It is a 100 % online programme where participants will create synergies and uniforms to generate more viable, more sustainable and more socially impactful projects. They will receive workshops and mentoring from social innovation experts, led by NTT DATA FOUNDATION and Botín Foundation, through collaborative and lean start up methodologies for the design of their projects.

The programme includes:

Team of trainers who are experts in social innovation methodologies and mentors to provide personalised support for projects emerging in the process.
Access to a work ecosystem and network of contacts.
Online webinars in Assembly format for follow-up, questions and questions.
Visibility of the entity and the project.
Training in pill format for participants to acquire methodology tools (social innovation, collaborative innovation and lean start up).

The selected projects will receive EUR 8,000 of seed capital and continuous support from a team of multidisciplinary experts for the implementation of the project.

What is being sought?

Innovative initiatives by non-profit organisations promoting the use of technologies in education, to reduce the digital divide and boost growth in Latin America. Initiatives aimed at:

Bridging the digital divide: Propose new ways to give digital tools to all sectors of society.

Reducing early school leaving: Motivate young people to continue studying, through more participatory and flexible models based on interaction, autonomy and the development of practical digital skills.

Fostering innovation in education: Propose new educational methodologies, involving the family, educational institutions and the community.

Promoting digital training for teachers: These include ways to involve teachers, so that they are the first to steer digitalisation. Integrate new ways of teaching that really motivate.

What kind of initiatives do we look for?

They can be sustainable in the medium/long term.
They are innovative, in terms of having different elements to address and solve the challenge.
They generate a relevant social impact. We are looking for projects that achieve a positive impact on society.
These can be replicable models in different territories.
To enhance collaborative environments, and to consider collaboration with other organisations in their design and/or implementation.

What is the challenge?

Bring together organisations with the best initiatives to promote the use of technologies in education and reduce the digital divide.

Additional support for best initiatives

At the end of the programme, the participating entities will present their projects to an Evaluation Committee, which will decide which ones receive additional support to implement their project.

Projects selected by the committee will receive: a maximum of EUR 8,000 of seed capital, legal support to determine the framework for collaboration and support in the advisory and technological development of projects.

Who can participate?

Foundations, associations or non-profit making from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain (with presence in LATAM), Mexico or Peru.

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URL

https://www.desafiosied.org/
Link Type

Organization url
Target audience

Digital skills for all
Digital technology / specialisation

Digital skills
Digital skill level

Basic
Geographic Scope - Country

Spain
Industry - Field of Education and Training

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) not further defined
Target language
Type of initiative

National initiative
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Type of Funding

Public
Organization
Austrian Industry Association 4.0