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Innovation Generation

Innovation Generation Impact Through AVID

a Scope Global competition
Scope Global is leading innovation through the Australian
Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program
to ensure a future for innovation and entrepreneurship in
international development, thanks to the Innovation
Generation: Impact through AVID pilot program.

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Generation: Impact through AVID pilot program.

As part of the Innovation Generation program, we ran an
Innovation Competition and an Innovation Lab for
Australian volunteers in June 2015.
A call was sent out to all Scope Global AVID volunteers or
alumni members who have applied "outside-the-box"

Australian volunteer and Innovation Competition cowinner Stephanie Franet with a prototype of her IEC
game.

thinking to develop a new tool, product, service, system or

process leading to great impact whilst on their assignment or in-country as part of the competition, with the
winner taking out a one week Innovation Internship at Scope Global, and 'Brain Training' tools to support
innovation development.
The two returned volunteers with the most outstanding contributions were:
Paul Bourne, a returned volunteer from the Philippines, with his Modular Octagonal Bahay Kubo for Shelter
Relief design for survivors of natural disasters; and
Stephanie Franet, current Australian volunteer in Fiji, for her design of interactive information, education and
communication (IEC) games, which are tools to assist HIV, STI and non-communicable disease education and
prevention.

The Innovation Lab placed 13 keen Australian

volunteer alumni and three experienced young
social entrepreneurs whose AVID experience was a
catalyst for social enterprises in a room to explore
how Scope Global can support AVID volunteers in
their innovative endeavours.
The Lab was a three-hour workshop, which involved
Alumni sharing their experiences in developing
businesses and social enterprises, as well as a selfParticipants at the Innovation Lab, hearing from Bottle for Botol
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Chris Kemp (second from
right).

reflection session, and a short presentation and

discussion on key themes and lessons learned.

The Lab was a great start to future work supporting

AVID volunteers and Alumni who are keen to get inspired, active and connected to each other, and to create and
build businesses and enterprises.

Be inspired, see Australian volunteers in action

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