Global Citizenship hands-on
Global Solvers Co-Lab
Launched in 2018, the Global Solvers Co-Lab is the vital in-person component of the Global Solvers Accelerator. It convenes emerging leaders from across sectors and geographies to learn, collaborate, and co-create meaningful solutions that advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) locally, while keeping the global context in mind.
Global Solvers Accelerator
The Global Solvers Accelerator is an eight-month program that engages emerging change agents from around the world in developing key competencies in global citizenship, sustainable development, and collective leadership. Through a blend of online learning modules, project-based assignments, peer exchange, and expert guidance, participants build capacity to amplify the impact of their social initiatives.
The Co-Lab is the vital in-person component of the Global Solvers Accelerator Program — a fully funded opportunity for actively engaged participants. It brings all participants together in one place to deepen relationships, exchange perspectives, and co-create solutions in real time. More than just a gathering, The Co-Lab strengthens the global community of solvers by creating space for shared learning, trust-building, and creative problem-solving, helping to turn individual passion into collective action. To learn more about the Global Solvers Accelerator, click here.
Global Solvers Co-Lab at a Glance
Global Solvers Co-Lab 2018, Aubervilliers, France
20 participants from 11 countries joined the call to action and participated in the Global Solvers Co-Lab: 489 UN-limited, held from 22-27 September 2018 in Aubervilliers (France). Co-organized by the Melton Foundation and the Ernst-Abbe-Stiftung, the #CoLab489 created space for emerging leaders from across sectors and geographies to learn, collaborate, and co- create meaningful solutions to advance sustainable development in their respective communities.
Global Solvers Co-Lab 2023, Gotha, Germany
The 2023 Global Solvers Co-Lab in Gotha, Germany, brought together young SDG practitioners for an immersive exchange of ideas, practices, and solutions. Organized by the Melton Foundation and Ernst-Abbe- Stiftung, this collaborative laboratory fostered peer learning, global collaboration, and concrete action for sustainable development empowering changemakers to translate their ideas into impactful solutions and co create meaningful ideas.
Global Solvers Co-Lab 2024, Accra, Ghana
The 2024 Global Solvers Co-Lab was a journey into the heart of collaboration, impact, and innovation, all set against the vibrant backdrop of Accra, Ghana. For five days in July, participants of our Global Solvers Accelerator, change-makers from around the globe converged in Ghana's bustling capital, ready to exchange ideas and dive deep into sustainable development solutions and forging long lasting bonds and co create meaningful solutions in their communities back home.
Global Solvers Co-Lab 2025, Gotha, Germany
This year's Global Solvers Co-Lab was a journey into the heart of collaboration, and innovation, all set against the historic and inspiring backdrop of Gotha, Germany. For five days in July, participants of our Global Solvers Accelerator young leaders and changemakers from around the globe, converged in Gotha’s vibrant setting, where they exchanged ideas, co-created meaningful solutions, dove into sustainable development challenges, and forged lasting bonds.
Globall Solvers Co-Lab 2026, Accra , Ghana
This year, the Global Solvers Co-Lab returned to Accra, Ghana, welcoming social impact practitioners from across the Global Solvers network for 6 days of shared learning, reflection, and action. The Co-Lab was run in collaboration with Future of Africa, giving participants the chance to hear directly from key partners across the continent, share their own projects, and dig into the conversations shaping the future of social impact work in Africa.
Partners and Collaborators
Ernst Abbe Stiftung
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy
Gotha Research Centre
Die Melton Stiftung
Melton Foundation Africa
ADA Contemporary Art Gallery
Global Communities Ghana
MEST Africa
Ashesi University
Ghana Climate Innovation Center
Future of Africa
Mehr Generationen Haus
WerkHaus
Wunderkammer
