500+
JAMS TO DATE
~18k
PARTICIPANTS
250
CITIES COVERED
ABOUT
Rooted in strong bonds between Digital Society School and UNDP, now ready for a new era.
Conceived in 2016, the GGJ was created through a collaboration between the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Digital Society School (DSS) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
It was founded by Marco van Hout and Gijs Gootjes (DSS), together with Boaz Paldi, Simon van Woerden, and Hana Omar (UNDP), and later coordinated by Anneke van Woerden.
Marco, a designer-educator and co‑founder of DSS, has played a lead role in shaping the network and methods over the years. He will be leading the new era for GGJ as well, and his new organization Metodic.io will play an important role in supporting the event(s) and facilitators of jams.
