IMPACT WEEK PHILIPPINES 2025
After three inspiring Impact Weeks, we’re thrilled to bring our program to a fresh location in the Philippines for the fourth time, continuing our valued partnership with De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde. Now, you can be part of this next chapter by joining as a Junior Design Thinking Coach.
As a Junior Coach, you’ll receive hands-on training, collaborate with local and international changemakers, and help guide young minds in creating innovative, community-driven solutions.
With its dynamic youth and strong spirit of collaboration, the Philippines offers a vibrant backdrop for building creative confidence and entrepreneurial thinking. At the same time, challenges like inequality, environmental threats, and economic uncertainty make it more important than ever to invest in local talent and ideas. This is your opportunity to grow as a coach, connect across cultures, and help shape a more inclusive and innovative future!
Key facts
Dates
IW Challenge: November 10-13
Location
Local Partner
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
Wanna Join?
Join us to create impact!
What to expect
With our two-module approach, we will train a new cohort of Junior Coaches by guiding them through a 3-day “Train-the-Coach” phase.
The international and local participants will then take their new role as Design Thinking Coaches and work together with students of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde to find innovative solutions for local challenges. This defines the “practical phase” and will give the new Coaches the unique opportunity to directly implement what they have just learned while being guided by experienced Senior Coaches along the journey.
The innovative and customer-focused orientation of the Design Thinking methodology helps all participants to challenge their way of tackling a problem. The unique spirit of the Impact Week experience will definitely inspire you to look at entrepreneurship and social innovation in a completely different light.
What are the benefits of joining an Impact Week?
- Upon completion of the program, you will be a trained Junior Design Thinking Coach, having already applied the methodology.
- You’ll gain key skills through Design Thinking, such as innovation, customer focus, and implementation orientation.
- The intercultural experience at Impact Week will also help you gain different perspectives on problem solving as well as build your international network, which will be key to boosting your resourcefulness at work as well as creating avenues for future collaborations.
- In addition, Impact Week promotes local entrepreneurship and social innovation. We enable our local partners to apply Design Thinking themselves and run their own Impact Weeks.
What are the focus areas for challenges?
Each participating team will work on one focus area. The students can choose their focus area in the application process and get matched accordingly. Then it is up to them to own the challenge and create an innovative idea to tackle it – always keeping the Design Thinking methodology at heart.
Our tracks and the coaching experts will be published soon.
Timeline
| 1 June | Registration opens for participation |
| 31 August | Registration closes |
| Oktober tbd | Virtual kick-off meeting for all participants |
| 2 / 3 November | Travel to Manila |
| 3 November | optional: Discover Manila |
| 4 November | Travel to Baguio |
| 5-7 November | Train-the-Coach: Our Junior Coaches get a professional Design Thinking training |
| 10-13 November | Impact Week Philippines – 4 days Design Thinking Challenge |
| 13 November | Pitch day and closing ceremony of Impact Week Philippines 2025 |
| 14 November | Travel to Manila for departures |
Participation
FEE
3500€ training fee + 750€ local costs
We are open to discussing special pricing if you represent a smaller or local company or if you are only interested in participating in the Train-the-Coach phase.
Due to the longstanding relationship with the Lufthansa Group for almost 9 years, participants from any Lufthansa Group company can participate at a reduced fee of 3.175 €.
What’s
included
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Double-room accommodation
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Airport transfers
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Meals
Not
Included
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International flights to/from the local Airport
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Visa and vaccination fees
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Recreational activities
Our Team for Baguio
Carolina Fonseca
Organizer
carolina.fonseca.tolosa@gmail.com
Andrea Quintero
Communications
andrea.quintero@impactweek.net
What our former participants say
“Great solutions happen when there is cross-pollination of multiple ideas from very diverse people — learning Design Thinking was amazing, and getting to apply it with the students to solve real-life challenges was even better.”
“The training and challenge allowed me to combine my passion for entrepreneurship, creative problem solving, and facilitation – I am truly grateful for everyone’s encouragement and guidance along the way.”