Geneva Health Forum Open Village

Purpose
The GHF Open Village is a commons that aims to


 * federate communities that co-create freely reproducible health knowledge and technologies
 * enhance contributions and governance of health commons by sharing critical successes, challenges and ressources
 * empower people through critical thinking and political action to identify and tackle socio-economic barriers to health

Activities

 * GHF Open Village 2020
 * GHF Open Village 2022

Inception
The GHF Open Village was initiated by three people (Eric Comte, Thomas Maillard, Fabio Balli) and their respective organizations in October 2019, to value open innovation in medical care.

Patrons


 * Geneva Health Forum is a biennal medical congress organized by the Hospitals of the University of Geneva (HUG). Since 2006, it "brings together key actors to help find solutions to global health challenges [...notably] improving health and care access in the world." Usually held at CICG, it welcomes around 1600 medical professionals, NGO administrators, patients, and other interested people.
 * Open Geneva is an association that organizes a festival of hackathons to "promote open innovation in a spirit of sharing knowledge for the common good." Since 2017, it brings together about 1500 participants in 20-30 hackathons organized by actors from the civil society, with logisitical and communication support support from the association.

Organization

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 * Breathing Games is a global commons that "invites people to collectively create libre and open-source games and game controllers to foster mutual and self- care in respiratory and mental health." Since 2014, Breathing Games hosted over twenty game jams, including a yearly event in Geneva – 2016 and 2017 as part of the Lift Conference, 2018, 2019, 2020 as part of Open Geneva.