https://d-lab.mit.edu/creative-capacity-building
Creative Capacity Building (CCB) is at the core of D-Lab's approach to international development and is central to our work at MIT and in the field.
The goal of CCB is to train participants to create or adapt technologies that will improve their lives and strengthen their communities. By distilling key elements of the design process into a hands-on curriculum that is accessible at any educational level, CCB presents a framework through which anyone can become an active creator of technology, not just a recipient or user of technology.
Creative Capacity Building suggests that the underlying principles of co-creation and crowd-sourcing-- typically applied to computer software development, corporate management, or high-end product design --can also be relevant to technology innovations aimed at ending poverty. This is only possible when the conditions exist for full participation in the entire design process by the people for whom these technologies are intended, which means investing in strategies that increase local capacity and support local innovation. At present, there are three main approaches to D-Lab's implementation of Creative Capacity Building: Village-level training; Community Innovation Centers; and the International Development Design Summit.