A WIPO BLUE ECONOMY INITIATIVE

Cultivating an Ecosystem of Innovation In The CARICOM Region Together.

Through strategic empathy, immersive co-creation, storytelling & design thinking.

WIPO PRESENTS:

Intellectual Property (IP), Innovation and Sustainable Development for Small Island Developing States (SIDS):  A look at innovation and leveraging IP in the Blue Economy.

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Workshop 1

Empathic Insights

(COMPLETE)
Primary Objective: 

Create a culture of safety, belonging and stakeholder buy in, while starting the ideation process of building the ecosystem. 

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Workshop 2

Concept Creation

(COMPLETE)
Primary Objective: 

Co-create concepts around 3 topics essential to developing a culturally and socially relevant ecosystem of innovation. 

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Workshop 3

Test and Prototype

Date: December 8th-9th
Primary Objective: 

Take the concepts created, integrate solutions designed to fill gaps in the ecosystem, develop minimum viable product prototypes and start testing them in real time. 

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Barbados Fourm

Iterate and Network

Date: 22-24 March, 2022 
Primary Objective: 

Apply insights gathered from prototyped ecosystem and iterate on the process for improved acceptance while solidifying a network of leaders passionate about the Blue Economy. 

Blue Economy Defenition

an economic activity that directly or indirectly uses ocean or river resources as an input, and that contributes or does not negatively affect the health and sustainability of ocean and river ecosystems. It emphasises conservation and sustainable management based on the idea that healthy ocean ecosystems are more productive and are fundamental to sustainable, ocean-based economies. Sustainable management implies that economic activity is in balance with the long-term capacity of ocean ecosystems to support such activity..”

 (Compete Caribbean 2021)

Made Possible By

About the initiative:

International organizations, donor agencies, business support organizations, non-governmental and governmental organizations along with commercial entities, startups, nonprofits who are looking to collaborate, grow and benefit from the Blue Economy in the CARICOM region.

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 Enable all projects related to the Blue Economy to: 
1) Become investment or grant ready,
2) Get training on leveraging IP & innovation tools,
3) Get access to key resources, business model development, partners, 
4) Join a community of inspiring leaders who are serious about establishing the Blue Economy, 
5) Creatively collaborate with projects in other industries.

By the end of the initiative we will have a self-sustaining and culturally relevant innovation hub co-designed by practitioners actively working in the CARICOM region to achieve the desired outcomes as stated above.

  1. Blue Economy community is fragmented.
  2. Finding the right people and organizations to collaborate with. 
  3. Uncovering the right cultural and societal structure to make the hub accessible and self sustaining.

We will be using design thinking methodologies of empathy, ideation, consolidation, testing and prototyping to develop the societal and cultural structure for the hub while cultivating a culture of innovation and connecting the community to the endless possibilities the region has to offer.

Join Us On The Journey

Interested in collaborating or want more information? 
Let us know by sending a message.