The deadline for applying to the Blue Economy Training is extended till February 10.
This training is designed for entrepreneurs or project leaders who want to start Blue Economy initiatives or are willing to integrate Blue Economy principles in their projects or businesses.
This training is specially designed for:
• Entrepreneurs who are willing to apply the Blue Economy business model to concrete projects that already exist or not
• « Blue Economy Promoters » who want to promote the Blue Economy principles either as facilitators of the Blue Economy process (Scan – Screen – Implement) or through entrepreneurial projects
During the Blue Economy training, you will:
• Get inspiration and tools to help develop your entrepreneurial skills in the style of the Blue Economy
• Deepen your understanding of the Blue Economy concepts, principles and “scan-screen-implement” process and develop a shared understanding with all participants
• Learn from local and international experience
• Get a better grasp of Systemic Design, one of the cornerstones of the Blue Economy approach
• Apply the Blue Economy and Systemic Design principles to concrete cases taking place in urban-Brussels
• Join and strengthen the Blue Economy network in Brussels
• Participate to a learning journey based on co-creation and co-production
What’s next ?
• Get participants ready to introduce Blue Economy approach in their existing projects or existing projects they know
• Generate a pipe of Blue Economy ideas to be applied on the Brussels territory
People who might join the training
• Entrepreneurs and project leaders who already have a business and are ready to reconsider / challenge their business and/or projects in the light of Blue Economy
• People who will promote BE by accompanying projects
Join us for this unique transforming experience by clicking here
Note: Training material will be in English, however interactions can be held in English and French.
Sign up now! Don’t do tomorrow what you can do today!
Sunday 23/02
11:30 – 12:00 Checking in point at the entrance of the Cave of the Abattoir
12:00 – 13:30 Site visit and lunch on spot
13:30 – 14:00 Cave visit with the Abattoir people and gathering to move on to Mundo-b (walk to Gare du Midi – metro to porte Namur)
14:30 – 15:00 Intro
15:00 – 15:30 Part 1 : Blue Economy : a better understanding
The context : why Blue economy? The Blue Economy basic principles
Charles van der Haegen
16:00 – 16:15 Introduction to the 6 thinking hats of Bono dynamic (Philippe)
http://www.debonogroup.com/six_thinking_hats.php
http://www.debonoforschools.com/asp/six_hats.asp
16:15 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 18:30 Part 2 : How to identify Blue Economy opportunities
Building the case for change: key differentiation factors (competitive advantage) of Blue Economy versus current solutions. How to launch autopoïetic development. The role of mental frames, the role of leadership, the role of entrepreneurship, the role of technology
Objective of this session: bring people to a same level of understanding and perception about what Blue Economy is and what makes it so specific. Strengthen our argumentations about BE.
Closure session :
– How do you feel about it
– What will happen tomorrow
– Logistics for dinner
Lisa
Dinner
Monday 24/02
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome coffee
9:00 – 9:30 Warm up
Camila
9:30 – 12:30 Part 3 : Framework to develop Blue Economy initiatives
The pillars of Systemic design and Blue Economy business model (multiple cash-flows, agility, locality, diversity, collaboration, and adaptability)
13:30 – 18:30 Part 4.1 Blue Economy Business Model – the set up (based on case studies)
– What are the key requisites to start an initiative
– Identify pain points
– How to use Systemic design
– Implement “Scan”
18:30 Closing session – Feelings & back to parking lot
Tuesday 25/02
9:00 – 13:00 Part 4.2 Blue Economy Business Model – drawing the solutions (continuation on case studies)
– Implement “Screen” and “Implement” steps
– Back to Systemic Design
– Summary of potential solutions found
14:00 – 16:30 Part 5 : The soft side of Blue Economy
Sharing ethics, leading for change, governance and organisation, intellectual property …
14 :00 Introduction
– 4 workshops
– Open Space principles
– Expected deliverables
1/Sharing ethics & Intellectual property : Groupe One ou Village Partenaire (+ témoin d’une Interface universitaire)
2/Governance & organization : Groupe One/Ecores: la coopérative (status et philosophie- témoin Ozfair, Ruche qui dit oui)
3/Principes d’Intelligence Collective (sociocratie, holacratie,…)
4/Leading for change : Panel
14 :30 Subgroups
Warm regards,
THE BRUSSELS BLUE ECONOMY GROUP