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Social Good Brazil (NGO) is a program to promote the use of technology, new media and innovative thinking to solve the world´s greatest challenges. Since 2012 Social Good Brazil holds an annually summit to debate and discuss different topics referring to Social Good with international experts, entrepreneurs and opinion makers. Besides that SGB performs a lab program to encourage and empower great ideas solving social issues by using the power of technology and new media.

History
The Social Good Brazil Program started from a partnership established between two Brazilian organizations located in Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. IVA (The Volunteer Center of the State of Santa Catarina), which manages the largest online volunteer platform in the country (called VOL); and ICom – The Community Foundation for Greater Florianópolis. Observing the changes in the scenario of the third sector and the importance of technology and social media in shaping the future of nonprofits, philanthropists and free agents, the two organizations hosted a seminar in 2010 gathering international speakers and local experts to discuss the role of technology in promoting social change. In 2011, IVA and ICom participated in the Social Good Summit in New York, an event that gathers leaders, entrepreneurs and opinion makers from all over the world to promote the use of technology, new media and innovative thinking to solve the world’s greatest challenges. Inspired by the Social Good Summit, IVA and ICom launched the Social Good Brazil Program in 2012, with the support of the UN Foundation.

Objectives
SGBs operational areas must contribute to solve one (or more) of the following issues.

The Environment and Renewable Energy: Initiatives of environmental protection and sustainable use of natural reserves; use and development of renewable energy

Local Economy, finances and entrepreneurship: To promote initiatives to include underprivileged groups in the labor market, sustainable tourism, networks of local production, development of cooperatives, access to credit and to banking system.

Culture & Entertainment: Development of cultural spaces and initiatives to promote the production of local culture and/or educational games.

Conscious & Fair Consumption: To promote responsible (minimum waste)and fair (inclusive) consumption.

Health: Raise awareness in the population to increase the general knowledge about the importance and about the accessibility of adequate sanitary conditions

Cities & Urban Mobility: Dealing with problems in the cities and urban zones, promoting more rational use of cars and encourage the use of public and/or sustainable transportation.

Citizenship & Social Engagement: Promote civic engagement in political issues, for the public good and interest, volunteering.

Housing: Promote access to the public housing system, facilitate improvements and reforms.

Education: Initiatives in elementary and high school, access and quality of education.

Social Good Brazil Summit
Since 2012, the Social Good Brazil Program annually holds a summit to debate and promote the use of technology and new media for social change. During the event, experts, entrepreneurs, opinion makers and great names of social innovation in Brazil and worldwide gather to discuss Social Good. The summit counts on the partnership of +Social Good, a global community formed by innovative people from more than 120 countries.

The SGB Summit is inspired by the Social Good Summit held annually during the United Nations Week, in New York.

Lab Program
The SGB laboratory is made to design and prototype Social Good initiatives. The laboratory methodology involves a program of 10 weeks, where participant entrepreneurs have 12 virtual sessions and 06 face-to-face meetings to design, prototype and test their ideas.

The Social Good Brazil Lab is a laboratory to help put into practice ideas that use technology to build a better world. The Lab offers opportunities to test, prototype and validate ideas that aim to solve problems in areas such as health, education, urban mobility, conscious consumption, local economy and culture. The Social Good Brazil Lab was developed by the program when an abyss was identified between people with amazing ideas, and incubators, accelerators and social investors. On one side there is a new and creative generation, the users of modern technology, who are full of ideas to promote social change. On the other side there are several incubators, accelerators and investors that are looking for ideas to invest in, but are looking for ideas that are more elaborated, tested and prototyped in order to have higher chances of thriving. The SGB Lab enables the ideas to be prepared so they become accessible to the investors. In 2013, the Social Good Brazil Lab lasted for 12 weeks and used methods and tools such as Design thinking, Lean Start-up and Canvas Business Model. The Lab counted on the participation of mentors and specialists.

Social Innovation Blog
The intention of Social Good Brazil is to form an online environment to favor links among people interested in social good. To provide useful content and valueble informations for the brazilian crowd, SGB launched 2014 the first Social Innovation Blog in portuguese. The SGB Social Innovation Job is supported by many partners who make their content available. These include Rappler, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Intellecap, egomonk, Beth Kanter and the good men project.

Partner
Sponsors
 * Telefónica
 * Itaú Unibanco
 * natura

Institutions
 * United Nations Foundation
 * PlusSocialGood Community
 * techsoup
 * Inter-American Foundation