Do-It
DO-IT (2017-2020)
Horizon 2020
€ 2.479.422,50
€ 91.125
Fab Lab Barcelona
Entrepreneurial skills for young social innovators in an open digital world
Partners
Waag Society (NL), Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft (AT), Lappeenranta University of Technology (FI), Zentrum für Soziale Innovation (AT), Mediale Pfade – Verein für Medienbildung (DE), eduCentrum (BE), ZAVOD Kersnikova (SI), Polyhedra (RS), Capital of Children (LEGO Foundation, DK), University of Zagreb (HR), European Social Entrepreneurship and Innovative Studies Institute (LT), YouthProAktiv (BE), Fab Lab Barcelona / IAAC
The project
DO-IT is the European Initiative to empower Europe’s young innovators in an open digital world with the skills and tools they need from early on in life. The project empowers primary and secondary school pupils (6-16 years) alongside educators to apply open innovation methods, digital maker tools and collaboration skills to tackle societal problems.
The DO-IT initiative builds on innovative open educational approaches that favour concrete making, application and experiences. The programme is piloted and evaluated across 10 European countries, in schools, innovation labs, maker spaces and social enterprises. It offers intergenerational workshops and training events targeted at different learning needs and settings. DO-IT’s online Idea Competition, open to all children in Europe, will inspire them to pursue an entrepreneurial career path.
Our Contribution
Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC has provided a hub for the piloting of the DOIT toolkit and concept in a makerspace setting and also within schools. The expert makers at Fab Lab Barcelona have been sharing their extensive knowledge and practical skills to inspire the younger generation to begin to prototype and test models whilst growing in confidence in areas such as coding. The project has been featured at Makerfaire Barcelona through a series of hands-on workshops and educational events as well as in the OFFLlum 2020 light festival in an installation designed and made by local students using maker-skills learned at the Fab Lab.
Who is it for?
DOIT is hands-on learning for any young entrepreneurs wishing to develop skills in new fields.
Young Entrepreneurs
Young entrepreneurs who wish to develop their confidence in digital literacy and maker skills.
Schools
Schools interested in implementing contemporary educational models and encouraging learning-by-doing practices.
Makerspaces
Who wish to welcome the next generation of makers and disseminate knowledge.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 770063.
