Calling Ylvp15

https://eng.si.se/areas-of-operation/leadership-programmes-and-cultural-exchange/young-leaders-visitors-programme/
The application process for YLVP 2015 is open! For more information on how to apply, please see Application procedure.

The application process for YLVP 2015 is now open! Deadline for applications is December 12, 2014.

Who can apply to YLVP?

• Be an engaged leader within the spheres of society, culture, politics or media (for example project managers, youth leaders, journalists, bloggers, activists, youth politicians, cultural workers, civil servants, lawyers and pedagogues).

• Work actively for democracy and human rights.

• Be between 20-32 years old (at the time of the start of the programme).

• Have a good working knowledge of both written and spoken English.

• A citizen of Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Palestine*, Yemen or Sweden

How do we select our participants?

• The relevance and quality of personal motivation and commitment, and the applicant’s answers to the YLVP application form.

• An assessment of the CV.

• The general qualifications of the applicant.

How to apply?

• A completed YLVP Application Form 2015 in English,  including your contact details and the contact details of two reference persons.

• An updated CV in English

• A photo (not compulsory)

Important dates

• Deadline for applications: December 12, 2014

• Google Hangout interviews: 26 January-6 February

• Accepted applicants will be informed by: 26 February

• YLVP module 1 in Sweden: May 17-June 5, 2015

• YLVP follow up in the MENA region (location to be confirmed): November 21-27, 2015

Want to check us out on social media? See Young Leaders Visitors Programme (YLVP)

To apply to Young Leaders Visitors Programme you have to:

* Palestinian ID holders, including Jerusalem ID

Please note that we will not be able to make any exceptions to the eligibility requirements.

The Swedish Institute will appoint a selection committee consisting of staff from the Swedish Institute as well as representatives from partner organisations and field experts. The applications will be evaluated according to the following selection criteria:

Out of all applicants, a number of shortlisted candidates will be called for interviews as a second step in the selection process. The interviews will be conducted through Google Hangout.

The Swedish Institute will then contact 30 selected applicants by email by February 16, 2015, and offer them a place in the Young Leaders Visitors Programme. The Swedish Institute will also compose a list of reserve candidates in case a second selection round would be needed. Reserves who have been offered a place in the Young Leaders Visitors programme will be notified by February 26, 2015. As far as possible, the Swedish Institute will ensure that there is an even distribution of candidates from the different countries.

Please note that the Young Leaders Visitors Programme is an intensive programme with a full day schedule and many evening activities. All selected participants will have to commit to participate in all activities of both module 1 and 2.

You are welcome to apply to the Young Leaders Visitors Programme 2015 starting from November 11, 2014.

Apply by filling out the YLVP Application Form 2015 and submit it through our Application portal together with your CV in English. Please note that we do not accept applications submitted by email. Deadline for applications is December 12, 2014. Only applicants who have submitted a complete application will be considered for the programme.

Please note that the reference persons should be someone who knows your work in the areas of democracy and human rights. We may contact the reference persons of the applicants who are selected for an interview. We only need the contact details of the references (name, job title, telephone number and email), i.e. no letters of recommendation. We accept references who speak English, Arabic or French.

If you have any questions regarding the application form, please contact ylvp(a)si.se.

Due to the large number of applications that we receive, we are unfortunately not able to send personal replies to all applicants. Hence, if you have not heard from us by February 26, 2015, you have not been accepted to the Young Leaders Visitors Programme. However, you are more than welcome to apply again for next year’s programme.

Want to know more about the YLVP? See About the Programme

Extreme by Design

Extreme by Design - Trailer from Kikim Media on Vimeo.
EXTREME BY DESIGN, airing in primetime nationally on PBS in 2013, follows a band of college students who design and build products to solve seemingly intractable problems for the world’s poor. One student’s team must create a breathing device to keep babies in Bangladesh from dying of pneumonia. Another seeks a way to store drinking water for Indonesian villagers.

This hour-long documentary film begins on the first day of a Stanford University course called Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability and ends a year later after one group of students returns to Asia to test their device in the field amid plans to launch a startup.

For more information please contact:

Ralph King (Producer/Co-Director) – rking@kikim.com, 650-380-2918

http://www.extremebydesignmovie.com/

Good Ideas

Where Good Ideas Come From > Steven Johnson

more on DT

Tim Brown on #DESIGN_THINKING

Tales of Creativity & Play

Uploaded on Nov 10, 2008

http://www.ted.com At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play -- with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn't).

Designers Think Big

Uploaded on Sep 30, 2009

http://www.ted.com Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects -- even as pressing questions like clean water access show it has a bigger role to play. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory "design thinking."

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

From Design to Design Thinking

Tim Brown is the CEO of IDEO. Among the 20 most innovative companies in the world, IDEO is a design consultancy that contributed to such innovations as the first Apple mouse and the Palm V. IDEO's work also addresses sustainability, the design of communities, health and wellness, and enterprise for people in the world's lower income groups. An industrial designer by training, Brown's own work has earned him numerous awards and been exhibited internationally. 
With support from the College of Engineering, the Design Science Program, and U-M's IDSA Student Chapter.

 

The Future of Design Thinking On 60min . CBS

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50138337n

Design Thinking with Yves Béhar and Tim Brown

Yves Béhar, CEO/Founder, fuseproject; COO, Jawbone
Tim Brown, President and CEO, IDEO
Peter Schwartz, Co-founder, Global Business Network; Senior Vice President, Salesforce - Moderator
Design is not just for house interiors or a tech gadget's user interface. Design has come to infiltrate how great leaders think, collaborate and tackle the world's smallest and greatest problems. The idea of design thinking, often credited to IDEO CEO Tim Brown, has transformed analytical thinking into creative yet practical problem solving. It is thinking outside the box come to life. Yves Béhar has leveraged his design ethos with a dedication to quality and a positive consumer-product relationship, and has led a number of diverse design projects like One Laptop Per Child and the NYC Condom, for that city's Department of Health. Join us as the wizards of design thinking Brown and Béhar dissect the formula for harmonizing industry, beauty, brand and meaning.

http://fora.tv/2013/03/21/Design_Thinking_with_Yves_Behar_and_IDEOs_Tim_Brown/Behar__Brown_How_Design_is_Changing_Life_as_We_Know_It 

 
Redesign DT


In a world of increasing complexity, our problems just seem to get worse and worse. While the activity we call "design" began at the dawn of civilization, “design thinking” has recently been proposed as a means to solve these “wicked problems”—as well as all but guarantee a path to innovation for organizations of all stripes.

But what is "design thinking"? And is it the panacea proposed?

In an unblinking assessment of where design is and where it could take us, Paul Pangaro offers a critique of design thinking grounded in a cybernetic perspective. He argues that conversations are the heart and substance of all design practice, and shows how a cadence of designed conversations is an effective means for us to comprehend, and perhaps even begin to tame, our wicked problems.

Slides that complement the presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/picnicfestival/redesign-5449841

Redesign from PICNIC Festival