The goal of “Moving the Cities” is to look at regional challenges that cities face from an international perspective. The fourth edition of the Entrepreneurship Week “Moving the Cities” took place in Brazil and brought together 140 students from six countries with 30 coaches. As always, many innovative ideas and international friendships emerged.
The goal was for the students to develop solutions to the United Nations’ eleventh Sustainable Development Goal, “Sustainable Cities and Communities.” Cities and communities around the world are struggling with some of the same challenges, such as climate change, mobility or resource waste. “During the project week, participants tackle these challenges. They look at regional problems from different international perspectives. Different age groups come together as well as people from different cultures and regions – and that’s exactly what creates innovation as well as mutual understanding,” reports co-organizer Prof. Dr. Tatiana Rocha from the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) and UAS7 contact person for South America.
For the students themselves, the hybrid project week is both a very special experience and a challenge. In small groups, they develop an idea that they present to a jury at the final event – at SAP Labs Latin America. The presentation may only last three minutes. Six teams made it to the final round. The jury was won over by the team working on the “VER DE NOVO” project, a waste recycling solution for Brazil.
“Moving the Cities 2023” is already in the starting blocks and preparations are in full swing. After a virtual On-boarding week the sprint week will be hosted in person in Münster, Germany. The team from the FH Münster is already looking forward to welcoming many international guests to the university in October (16.-29.10.23). The challenge of 2023 is in the sign of international friendship and global partnerships and in the sign of the Peace of Westphalia, signed 375 years ago in Münster.