Movilizatorio
Movilizatorio is a citizen participation and social innovation laboratory founded in Colombia with offices in Bogotá, Santiago de Chile, and operations reaching Mexico, Spain, Madagascar, and South Africa. Its practice spans six capabilities — knowledge, leadership, experimentation, communication, social design, and mobilisation — treating the pipeline from research to action as a single integrated process rather than separate phases.
Flagship projects include DigiMENTE (media literacy for Latin American youth, reaching millions), Hagámonos Pazito (peacebuilding and reconciliation), and El Avispero (a digital mobilisation platform with 100,000+ participants). The organisation also published a "Manual for Authoritarian Times" — a practical guide for defending democratic space under pressure — reflecting the Latin American context where democratic innovation and democratic defence are the same work.
Movilizatorio won the Schwab Foundation Award at the World Economic Forum in 2026, recognition of its model of community-led social change at scale. The organisation reports 125+ policy victories, 25 million people reached globally, and 7,000+ people trained across Latin America.
Links
- Website: movilizatorio.org
See also
History
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2016-01-01
Founded in Bogotá as a citizen participation and social innovation laboratoryFounding of the organisation
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Movilizatorio was born in 2016 precisely as a response to the risks and possibilities to create better civic engagement and social innovation in a context of peace negotiations and peacebuilding.
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2026-01-20
Won the Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Award 2026 at Davos, the first Colombian organisation to do so in its categoryMajor international recognition
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Se trata de la organización Movilizatorio que recibió el Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Award 2026, uno de los reconocimientos más importantes del mundo en innovación y emprendimiento social, entregado en alianza con el Foro Económico Mundial durante su Reunión Anual en Davos, Suiza.
Translation: "This is the organisation Movilizatorio, which received the Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Award 2026, one of the world's most important recognitions in social innovation and entrepreneurship, presented in partnership with the World Economic Forum during its Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland." Corrects this page's earlier "2025" references (in the frontmatter summary and body prose) — multiple independent sources (El País Cali, El Tiempo, El Colombiano, Semana, Portafolio) confirm the award was presented 20-21 January 2026 during the WEF's 56th Annual Meeting, not 2025.
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