International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Background Information
World Creativity and Innovation Week (WCIW), a United Nations recognized event, is celebrated between April 15, the birthday of Leonardo Da Vinci, and April 21, World Creativity and Innovation Day— a United Nations International Day of Observance focused on using creativity and innovation to achieve the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The theme of World Creativity and Innovation’s Week & Day in 2022 is Collaboration. IACP & its members have been invited to participate in 2022’s WCIW by hosting events that spread awareness of Collaborative Practice and how it relates to UN Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
WCIW’s Global Impact on Collaborative Practice
Together we can create an international public education movement to promote global awareness of Collaborative Practice and its unique benefits as a creative and innovative conflict resolution model, as well as its ability to foster the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. The result of these efforts will:
- Promote Collaborative Practice and its benefits as an option for families and couples in transition, both internationally and within your local communities.
- Ensure the sustainability and accessibility of Collaborative Practice in communities globally.
- Guarantee that participating Collaborative Professionals become prominent within their local communities.
Your Role in WCIW & Day
To create an international public education movement around Collaborative Practice, IACP needs YOU, the gateways into your local communities. YOU will host your own World Creativity & Innovation Week celebrations between April 15 – 21, 2022, and on World Creativity & Innovation Day on April 21, 2022. Celebrations vary but showcase creative and innovative ways of promoting Collaborative Practice and UN Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions.
Your celebration(s) can be any type of event, as creativity has no limits and can also be celebrated with anyone, including community members, local Bar Associations & other professional organizations, students, colleagues, religious communities, etc.
To plan and host your WCIW Week & Day event(s) you will follow this timeline
- Create: Create a celebration(s)! It can be a webinar, video, article… anything. Get inspired by these WCIW event types and then plan the logistics of your event. It may be helpful to create a WCIW Planning Committee to focus your efforts!
- Submit: Once you have planned your event, register your celebration(s) on the WCIW website to be featured by WCIW organizers.
- Share: Conduct outreach to spread awareness of your event by sharing celebrations on your personal or professional website, social media accounts, etc. Think of what audiences would benefit from your event and invite them personally using outreach letters, social media posts, a press release, and/or a proclamation.
- Celebrate: Celebrate your creativity and innovation with the world by hosting your event!
IACP’s Role in World Creativity and Innovation Week
IACP will assist you in planning your WCIW events by guiding you along your timeline and providing resources and templates for each step which can be easily adapted by IACP members around the world to help plan and host events that achieve the above goal.
IACP Resources for Step 1: Create
- Your World Creativity & Innovation Week & Day celebration(s) can be anything, as creativity has no limits. But we understand that might be too abstract, so IACP has collected a few resources and tips to help you in your journey to identify what event you want to host and what you need to do to get there. This includes WCIW materials and exclusive IACP public education videos. For resources to help you create, visit our resources page for more information.
IACP Resources for Step 2: Submit:
- Once you’ve planned your event, visit https://wciw.org/wcid/ and select the Register Your Celebration under the Celebrations tab on the website’s header, also shown on our resources page.
IACP Resources for Step 3: Share:
- Once you’ve planned your event(s), it’s time to share them! IACP collected relevant branding materials, exclusive IACP marketing resources, and created outreach materials for Collaborative Professionals and Collaborative groups to use and adapt to their needs. These outreach templates will all be available to download by January 2022 to help you promote and invite others to your event. Visit our resources page for more information.
