The Future is Collective Advancing Collective Social Innovation to Address Societys Biggest Challenges 2025

ProjectTogether Creating a new “operating model” for social change ProjectTogether is based on the idea that society needs a new “operating model” to work collaboratively to solve society’s most pressing challenges. ProjectTogether started in 2015 as a grassroots social incubator, and, in 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ProjectTogether co-organized #WirVsVirus mobilizing citizens, business and government to develop solutions for challenges arising from the pandemic. This virtual hackathon brought together 28,361 citizens and generated 1,498 solutions in just 48 hours. ProjectTogether has since codified a new “operating model” for mobilizing cross-sector alliances, bringing together hundreds of actors to address significant social challenges. Today, ProjectTogether has applied this approach to 10 themes – including the shortage of skilled workers and green jobs, arrival processes for refugees and migrants, the circular economy, regenerative agriculture and food systems, and more – while mobilizing more than 100,000 citizens in 2,500 organizations. Shikshagraha is a nationwide movement in India ensuring that every child completes their education in a community- led, locally empowered public school system that values and enhances their potential. The collective promotes simple but powerful “micro-improvements” – ideas that build on what already exists in schools and classrooms through a process of continuous improvement. The movement began in the state of Punjab, where, in four years, micro-improvements led by schools themselves lifted Punjab’s state results from the lower half of all 28 states to now ranking first in the entire country. Encouraged by these results, two more statewide collectives were set up in 2022. Building on these efforts, Shikshagraha aims to reach 1 million public schools, impacting over 150 million school-age children in India.Year founded: Headquartered: Regions represented: Year founded: Headquartered: Regions represented: Groups assembled: Organizations involved: Constituents represented: Groups assembled: Organizations involved: Constituents represented: Shikshagraha Mobilizing a people’s education movement dedicated to improving 1 million public schools in India2015 Berlin, Germany Germany, as well as a pilot initiative in Switzerland10 thematic “missions” bring together stakeholders from government, public administration, corporates and civil society 3,000 organizations are involved in the ProjectTogether community ~100,000 people are or have been involved in one or more missions and the broader ProjectTogether community Mantra4Change was founded in 2013 and ShikshaLokam was founded in 2017. Collective action began through Punjab Education Collective in 2019 (a statewide collective), then Shikshagraha in 2023 (a nationwide collective) Bangalore, Karnataka, India India (nationwide)3 missions engaging system leaders, social entrepreneurs, young people and women leaders in communities (state, district and community-level sub-collectives) ~75 organizations are currently represented in the collectives 40 million children and 300,000 education leaders across 100 districts by 2027 The Future is Collective: Advancing Collective Social Innovation to Address Society’s Biggest Challenges 20