The process design  and facilitator of the process, organized in the European Union and Turkey with the cooperation of non-governmental organizations and institutional stakeholders, who are experts in their fields, to create a complementary digital information provision platform with innovative educational materials for youth on Energy and Environment. In the Ideathon we held, students between the ages of 15-28 developed online education content in accordance with their level and the education system in Turkey, working with experts and educators on the axis of Environmental Protection, Economic Growth and Social Development, which are the three main components of Sustainability.

 

In the Ideathon process, where we adapted the Design Thinking method as a compact 24-hour process, which was carried out in order to offer new methods for the innovative work of young people, to increase their digital competencies and to enable them to develop solutions with a digital perspective on ecological issues; In the company of stakeholders, mentors, moderators and facilitators, they brought different solutions to the problem they defined within the scope of the project.

 

As a result of the team work, 52 participants from 3 different cities, 7 different high schools and 8 different universities, which were included in the Ideathon process, completed the project as 10 teams from different disciplines. Sudol Team, which won the 1st prize after the jury's evaluations, became Karşıyaka Collective Initiative shortly after Ideathon.