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BrightSpots is a collaboration to collect positive initiatives from around the world, to open our minds to new and future possibilities.

Innovative response

BrightSpots is a non-profit project supported by internationally renowned organisations and developed by a crack-team of educators, futurists and designers from around the world. Brightspots has three stages:

1- In this first phase, people are invited to share BrightSpots you see in your communities or find online.

2-In this second phase they invite people to get involved in the development of future scenarios where some of our BrightSpots become more luminous.

3-The third phase will be focused on helping our global community explore the many scenarios developed and work together to create a shared vision of a better future.

Specific issues addressed and anticipated impact

Covid-19 has made many of us feel like we’ve been plunged into a real life disaster movie. However, among all these dystopian headlines there are bright spots; pockets of positivity, new projects, community initiatives, or technologies that have emerged from this crisis.

This solution will allow people to submit examples of positive initiatives generated in the COVID-19 crisis. It also designed so that these initiatives can eventually be scaled up into actions to help prepare the global community better for the future.

Organisations/institutions involved

Brightspots; Diocesan School for Girls; We Create Futures; Centre for Complex Systems in Transition; Education-Unleashed; Teach the Future.

Level(s) of government:
  • Private Sector
  • Non-Profit/Civil Society

Issues being addressed:

  • Real-time data collection, sharing, and analysis
  • Crowdsourcing solutions

Date Submitted:

30 March 2020