In September 2015, the sustainable development goals were adopted by the UN, defining a set of goals to be achieved by 2030 through the collaboration of all countries around the world (http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/). Each goal has specific targets regarding ending poverty, protecting the planet and ensuring prosperity for all. As part of the Technology and Innovation class in the Masters in Management at IE Business School, my workgroup developed a technology-based solution to support one of the targets in the Sustainable Development Goal #4: “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”. With the refugee crisis being a major current topic around the world, and in Europe especially, we developed an application to support refugee children in getting primary education. The application is based on a mentoring system, through which tutors around the world can teach children in refugee camps.
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2. SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
GOAL #4
Ensure inclusive and equitable
quality education and promote
lifelong learning opportunities
for all
A presentation for Technology & Innovation class
IE Business School
2017 Master in Management
3. Agenda
1 Existing ICT-based solutions
2 Theory of Change Model
3 Community Builder’s Approach
4 Development of Pathway of Change
5 Application Interface
6 Assumptions
7 Future Impacts
Sustainable Development Goal #4
5. Theory of Change
The general idea of how and why a certain
action works.
“
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Vision VisualizationAccountability
Preconditions Communication
Sustainable Development Goal #4
6. Underlay any change project
with theory of change model,
especially when targeting
development goals.
Vision VisualizationAccountability Preconditions Communication
Recommendation
Sustainable Development Goal #4
7. ”I think you
should be
more
explicit
here in step two.”
Sustainable Development Goal #4
8. The pathway of change illustrates
relationships between
preconditions of the long-term goal
Specifically defined indicators
measure success
Interventions bring about each
precondition on the pathway
This academic paper uses the
Community Builder’s Approach to
Theory of Change (Anderson, 2017)
Assumptions explain why the
whole theory makes sense
Sustainable Development Goal #4
9. 21 million
registered refugees
51% are
children
Primary Education is the bottom of the pyramid
Essential as it lays foundation for future learning
Average displacement time of 20 years
Sustainable Development Goal #4
10. LONG-TERM OUTCOME
Making quality primary education available to all children in refugee camps
Connection
Between the teachers around the world
and students in refugee camps
Infrastructure
Infrastructure needs to be available in
all refugee camps
Facilitator
Necessary for students that completely
lack primary education
Content
Video-lessons provided by users for the
students
Volunteers
People around the world that “donate”
time and skills
App
App can be used on available smart-
phones
Pathway of Change
Sustainable Development Goal #4
13. LONG-TERM OUTCOME
Making quality primary education available to all children in refugee camps
Connection
Between the teachers around the world
and students in refugee camps
Infrastructure
Infrastructure needs to be available in
all refugee camps
Facilitator
Necessary for students that completely
lack primary education
Content
Video-lessons provided by users for the
students
Volunteers
People around the world that “donate”
time and skills
App Iducate
App can be used on available smart-
phones
Donations & Partnerships
Founds for capital investment and
human capital from volunteering entities
Pathway of Change
Sustainable Development Goal #4
14. Mobile phone adoption rate is
sufficient to ensure efficiency of
Iducate
Volunteer-labor market is able to
fulfill the demand
Solution is sustainable, replicable and
scalable
This academic paper uses the
Community Builder’s Approach to
Theory of Change (Anderson, 2017)
End of conflicts source of
displacements within 10 years
Assumptions
Sustainable Development Goal #4
15. Short term
5 years
Damage-control measure to
impede interruption of
education
Medium term
10 years
Long term
15 years
Re-integrate into society and
translate acquired skills into
opportunities and legacy
Make primary education
universal
Impacts
Sustainable Development Goal #4
16. Iducate is an ICT- based solution with the
potential to provide quality education to
children in refugee camps all over the
world
Conclusion
Sustainable Development Goal #4
Notas do Editor
comparison: worldwide 80% of children have access to primary education
comparison: worldwide 80% of children have access to primary education
comparison: worldwide 80% of children have access to primary education
comparison: worldwide 80% of children have access to primary education
comparison: worldwide 80% of children have access to primary education
comparison: worldwide 80% of children have access to primary education
comparison: worldwide 80% of children have access to primary education
comparison: worldwide 80% of children have access to primary education
comparison: worldwide 80% of children have access to primary education
comparison: worldwide 80% of children have access to primary education
