chapter project
Designing Kenya’s First Bike-Share Program
In an effort to create more accessible and affordable public transit alternatives, the OpenIDEO Nairobi Chapter is launching the country’s first bike-share program.
Attend events and uncover new opportunities to connect and collaborate with leaders in your city.
Partner with local problem solvers to advance innovative solutions for OpenIDEO Challenges.
Help design new pathways to resources, services, and systems that positively impact your community.
OpenIDEO Chapters are active in more than thirty cities around the world. Get involved by attending the next event in your city.
We bet you have them—and we’ve got you covered.
OpenIDEO Chapters regularly convene community builders, innovators, experts and funders in cities worldwide to take local action on global OpenIDEO initiatives. This local action takes many different forms; such as events, workshops, panel discussions, research, social meetups, networking, dinners, etc. The power of OpenIDEO Chapters is the local action in connection with a global community that enables collective action.
Usually around four weeks. This can vary depending on the speed of your team to deliver the requested materials throughout the recruitment process, and the capacity of the OpenIDEO Team.
No. When recruiting, we are looking for a group of individuals that can dedicate a portion of their free time to drive impact in their local community. This is a grassroots effort. The Chapter can not be created or represented by an existing organization.
We have learned that impact is best achieved when OpenIDEO Chapters across the globe collectively focus on driving impact on the same topics. That said, we believe flexibility is important and empower Chapters to contextualize our efforts to be relevant to their local communities.
Yes! We encourage you to map the different local stakeholders in your city that can support the Chapter in any way. We will provide guidance and support to build such partnerships.
We have built an intentional, supportive process for building to a Chapter so that those interested in starting them can feel out if the commitment and opportunity is right for them. It involves two steps: forming a team and launching an OpenIDEO Outpost. To learn more visit our pre-application resources.
Today’s societal issues are too complex to tackle alone. Through OpenIDEO, people worldwide come together to build on each other’s skills and ideas for good. Check out what our community has been up to.
Don’t see a Chapter in your city? Form a team to start a Chapter wherever you are. It’s a two year journey that takes time, guts and commitment—but we’ve seen this work can change lives and transform communities.
