Winners announced
BeChangeMaker 2022
After three months of intensive learning, mentoring, coaching, and collaboration, the best teams of BeChangeMaker 2022 presented their ideas to show how they are tackling social challenges.
The top five teams plus the wild card were chosen from hundreds of applications from all over the world.
Happy Pads
Ethiopia
The winner of BeChangeMaker 2022 is a company who develops sustainable sanitary products for women and girls
COCAPAIR
Chinese Taipei
This team are working on sustainable manufacturing and consumption in the furniture industry
EcoLife
Hong Kong
The team promotes sustainable lifestyle through gamification
Thate Pan Institute
Myanmar
This team are working on improving Access to STEAM education
The Specials
Chinese Taipei
This team do skills training and employment for disadvantaged communities
Circular Innovation Hub
Kenya
This team are working on creating a circular supply chain for sustainable environment
To get in touch with the teams or if you have any questions about BeChangeMaker, please email Grace Lung (Senior Manager of Partnership Programmes) at grace.lung@worldskills.org
Live pitch finale
29 September 2022
The live pitch final took place on 29 September 2022. Check out the recording to see the teams in action.
Key dates
Application open
15 March 2022
Teams selected
6 June 2022
Programme kick-off
15 June 2022
Final Pitch
29 September 2022
Judges
BeChangeMaker 2022
Tommy Hellström
Honorary Member at WorldSkills International
Hanny Lavine
Senior Manager, Chief of Staff Office, Strategy & Incubation at HP
Christine Hofmann
Team Lead Skills for Social Inclusion at International Labour Organization
Organizing team
BeChangeMaker 2022
Grace Lung
Grace is the Senior Manager of Partnership Programmes at WorldSkills, which is the global hub for skills excellence and development. She works closely with the HP Foundation on the creation and implementation of BeChangeMaker to offer opportunities to youth for career building and transforming the way we think about social change and the use of skills.
Michal Jirasek
Michal is the CEO of Founderscope and the creator of the Gamified Startup Toolkit. He supports startups, social enterprises, and companies to innovate and optimize their businesses to create positive impact in the world. Michal was the coach for BeChangeMaker 2018.
Kim Tolbert
Kim is the Social Impact & Sustainability Network Manager for the HP Foundation. In this role, she works with the HP Foundation team to engage HP employees in its giving and volunteering programs, including HP LIFE. As Program Manager, Kim will partner with Worldskills to inspire HP employees to share their expertise as volunteer mentors for this year’s BeChangeMaker teams.
Ina Progonati
Ina is the HP LIFE Partnership Consultant for the HP Foundation, leading the HP LIFE programme that offers 30 free online courses in 7 languages to build key business competencies. Previous to HP LIFE Ina was a founding member of Global Citizen. With the great support from the HP Foundation, Ina works closely with WorldSkills on the creation and implementation of BeChangeMaker.
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BeChangeMaker 2022
The HP Foundation is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization that, with the help of HP employees, funds philanthropic programs for underserved communities where we live, work, and do business by supporting technology-related learning, charitable giving, volunteering, and disaster relief programs.
WorldSkills has built a movement that is changing the lives of young people through skills. More than 80 Member organizations which reach two-thirds of the world’s population and create measurable impact at every level. They build the confidence of millions of young people, empowering communities and fueling economies. WorldSkills is a movement of change.
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