The sudden shift in learning and working environments, caused by the pandemic, forced us to adapt the way we organize and run our annual event. As an international organization, we wanted to make sure all our global partners were able to participate, no matter the circumstances. Therefore we presented three event scenarios: In-person, Online and a Hybrid. We have also introduced a
challenge component prior to the GCD day itself:

• Stage 1 | Design-a-thon challenge: Children follow the first four steps of the Design-a-thon process: Inspire & Research, Ideate, Sketch. This stage took part in the months of November and December.

• Stage 2 | Final event: Chosen finalists were invited to build prototypes and present them during the finals, to a panel of experts, their parents and an audience. On the 23rd January.

  

In total, 18 global hosts in 15 countries took part from which 10 of them did the challenge. With over 1.300 participating children.

This video of the GCD gives a very good overview of the entire event and its impact.