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UNESCO TechCul Ideathon – Winners Announced

UNESCO TechCul Ideathon – Winners Announced

BANGKOK, 20 January 2021 – Teams from around the Asia-Pacific region were recognized by UNESCO during its first TechCul Ideathon for proposing cutting-edge digital solutions to overcome challenges in the culture and creative sector. A total of 443 participants from 34 countries signed up for the Ideathon Online Event on 6 December 2020 organized by UNESCO and FOSSASIA, a non-profit focused on…

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UNESCO TechCul - Digital Solutions for the Culture and Creative sector in the Asia-Pacific

UNESCO is launching the TechCul Initiative to bring together tech and culture leaders with startups and entrepreneurs to develop innovative digital solutions and win-win business models to address challenges faced by the culture and creative sector. The global pandemic has created major disruptions with the closure of cultural institutions, collapse of existing businesses, skyrocketing unemployment, loss of income and restricted access to events and services. As a short-term coping strategy, many arts and cultural organizations have sped up the adoption of technology and online modalities, with varying degrees of success.In reality, the crisis has worsened pre-existing structural problems and revealed the fragility of practitioners and institutions in this sector. Innovative tech and entrepreneurial solutions are needed to tap into the power of digital transformation in order to rebound and pivot to new opportunities in the long term, through:

❒ more diversified and resilient business models ❒ improved platforms for arts and cultural products and services ❒ better networking and exchanges, and ❒ a more sustainable ecology for the culture and creative sector

Application deadline: December 5, 2020

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