The UOC is now posing a challenge to its community and to society at large: wecall it UOC&PLUGGED. Its goal is to give the individuals who rethink our everyday attitudes the knowledge they need to trigger or contribute to transformation in a collaborative, coordinated way. It has already begun on the Web and will inevitably spread into all spheres in society.
1 Challenge: Creativity against the crisis
17 weeks of competition, 8 categories, 32 judges
720 ideas submitted, 3,000 participants, 95,000 votes and much more.
The UOC launched a citizen challenge on 23 April with the aim of “rethinking our surroundings”. In only a few weeks, 724 ideas were received, demonstrating the talent and potential in our society.
Following 17 weeks of competition, we can finally publish the names of the 8 winners of UOC&PLUGGED.
The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC) is to launch an ideas competition open to everyone on Monday 23 April. It is to run for 17 weeks and is designed to catalyse creativity as an antidote to the crisis. The university is looking to support the values of talent and open collaboration in order to drive entrepreneurship and generate opportunities.
There are two types of people: those who could change things and those who do.