Lorem ipsum Fondation Botnar | Annual Report 2019 B Annual Report 2019 Editorial Fondation Botnar | Annual Report 2019 03 2019 at Contents Fostering the best possible a glance future for young people Total funding awarded CHF 2019 at a glance 02 Among the key developments for Fondation m Botnar in 2019 were the appointment to 42.29 Editorial 03 the Board of Florian Schweitzer, a wide- ly respected figure in tech finance and a Grants awarded Milestones 2019 04 champion of young tech entrepreneurs, and the establishment of an Expert Advi- Message from the CEO 08 sory Group consisting of members of our 51 Cities fit for young people Board, Management Office, and experts 10 from academia, business, and NGOs with AI and digital for the next 14 expertise in our focus areas. This group, Funding according to grant type which replaces Fondation Botnar’s former generation Scientific Commission, has provided sub- Meaningful youth participation stantial support in examining and advising 16 us on funding applications to ensure we Perspectives: health data 18 make high-impact investments to improve young people’s health. governance Thomas A. Gutzwiller In addition, this past year saw the Man- Governance 20 I am a firm believer in the combined poten- agement Office fully staffed by experi- tial of digital solutions and thriving local enced team players with the networks and One-off grants: 13% Foundation team 21 ecosystems to foster the best possible know-how that Fondation Botnar needs to Implementation grants: 61% Financial statements 2019 22 future for young people around the world. implement its strategy in the areas of city Research grants: 26% It has therefore been an honour to be ap- engagement, AI and digital innovation, and Grants awarded 24 pointed the Chair of the Fondation Botnar meaningful youth participation. Board as of September 2019. On behalf of Fondation Botnar and its partners, I would I look forward to presiding over Fondation like to thank Dr Peter Lenz for his 16 years Botnar’s next phase of development as it Fondation Botnar of Board leadership, which culminated in works to make the world’s growing cities Fondation Botnar is a Swiss foundation the completion of our organisational setup into healthier, more liveable places for based in Basel and established in 2003 at the end of 2019. young people to thrive in. to continue the philanthropic legacy of Marcela and Octav Botnar. The core purpose I have long been motivated by the ways in of the foundation is to improve the health which philanthropy can lead and contribute and wellbeing of children and young peo- to the transformation of local and global ple in fast-growing urban environments systems. In my first few months on the Fon- around the world. Fondation Botnar acts dation Botnar Board and working with the as a catalyst, connecting diverse partners Management Office, I have been energised and investing in scalable artificial intelli- by the vision and dedication of the people Thomas A. Gutzwiller gence (AI) and digital innovations. who have worked to establish our organi- Fondation Botnar sation, bringing external experts on board, Chair of the Board strengthening our governance and trans- parency, and taking a focused, sustainable approach to the investments we make and the partnerships we build. Marcela and Octav Botnar Milestones 2019 Milestones 2019 04 Fondation Botnar | Annual Report 2019 Fondation Botnar | Annual Report 2019 05 Our milestones HEALTH & Fondation Botnar reached important milestones in 2019, TECHNOLOGY entered into new partnerships, and participated in key events. Dialogue around health data governance WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY THINK Fondation Botnar hosts AUGUST 2019 sessions on health data governance at the Intel- Ada Health App in Swahili International Youth Day ligent Health Summit in and Romanian New Board member Partnership with Unisanté 2019 Basel and at the World Ada Health, a free health Florian Schweitzer joins Fondation Botnar an- To learn more about what Health Summit in Berlin. guidance app, launches the Board of Fondation nounces a partnership today’s young people New Board Chair in Swahili, a language Botnar as a business with Unisanté to support think about the intersec- Thomas A. Gutzwiller spoken by more than 100 specialist focused on the implementation of tion of technology with assumes office as Chair of million people across East startups. clinical algorithms to global health, Devex, Fondation Botnar. He suc- Africa. The implementa- improve the health of fe- working with Fondation ceeds Dr Peter Lenz who tion of the app in Swahili brile children and reduce Botnar and others, asks had helped establish and is funded by Fondation unnecessary antibiotic more than 1,500 young definitively shape Fonda- Botnar, along with the prescriptions in Tanzania. people for their views. tion Botnar since 2003. Romanian version. January February March April May June July August September October November December Specialists for Expert Commission Partnership with Women Deliver Afya-Tek announced Dialogue on mental health Fondation Botnar appoints five Fondation Botnar announces a Fondation Botnar, Fondation Botnar, Vitol Foundation, external specialists to its Expert partnership with Women Deliver, a Apotheker Consultancy, and the Belgian Embassy host a Commission: Ramesh Raskar (AI & global advocacy organisation that D-tree International, and dialogue event in London, bringing Digital Health), Max Price (Global champions the health and rights of partners set up “Afya- global innovators together to share Research and Solutions), Kelechi girls and women, to promote mean- Tek”, a proof of concept experiences of digital solutions to Vera Olawoyin (Changemakers & ingful youth participation. At the for the integration of improve adolescent mental health. Capacity Building), Alice Gugelev Women Deliver Conference 2019 digital technologies (Entrepreneurship & Innovative in Vancouver, Fondation Botnar into a new responsive, Healthy Cities for Financing), and Michele Acuto organises sessions and workshops people-centred health Adolescents program (Cities). on youth leadership to harness dig- initiative in the Kibaha Fondation Botnar an- Dialogue on AI in low- and middle- ital innovation for universal health district in Tanzania. Briefing during UNGA nounces its “Healthy income countries coverage by 2030. Fondation Botnar organ- Cities for Adolescents” Together with partners, Fondation ises a high-level briefing program, an initiative to Botnar cohosts a dialogue event during UNGA, New York, foster multi-stakeholder, on Next-generation public health: on the upcoming joint The community-led consortia AI and big data. More than 80 prac- Lancet & Financial Times to address the health titioners, academics, and policy- Commission “Governing and wellbeing of young makers contribute to the insightful Health Futures 2030”. The people in cities around discussion in London. briefing is cohosted with the world. the permanent missions to the United Nations of Ramesh Raskar Switzerland, Germany, Alice Gugelev and India. Max Price Michele Acuto Kelechi Vera Olawoyin (left to right and top- down) Lorem ipsum Lorem ipsum A Fondation Botnar | Annual Report 2019 Fondation Botnar | Annual Report 2019 B Making cities more liveable In 2050 nearly 70 per cent of the world’s population will be urban dwellers. Amongst young people the share will be even higher. For them especially, Fondation Botnar aims to make cities more liveable and lovable places to grow and flourish in. We promote the wellbeing of young people by championing the use of artificial intelligence and digital technologies. Message from the CEO Message from the CEO 08 Fondation Botnar | Annual Report 2019 Fondation Botnar | Annual Report 2019 09 Expanding partnerships and programs 2019 saw Fondation Botnar step up its support of inter- disciplinary collaboration and youth-centred design. easing access to health education, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as for the worse, by contributing to such ills as cyberbullying, social isolation, and erosion of privacy. Fondation Botnar brings together diverse partners to leverage collective efforts. From left to right during the joint Lancet As digital natives, these young people are and FT Commission Governing Health Futures 2030: Prof. Ilona Kickbusch, Co-Chair of the commission (left), and Dr Stefan ideally suited to cocreating solutions that Germann (third from left) meeting Swiss delegates. will effectively tap into the opportunities and address the risks that such technologies joint The Lancet & Financial Times Com- technologies that improve global public present. Their readiness to do so was on mission to discover ways in which digital health, and to formulate Fondation Botnar’s impressive display at several youth-centred health, AI, and other frontier technologies position on data governance with a focus on events we supported in 2019, including can benefit the health of young people. young people’s interests. workshops at the Africa Health Agenda Inter- The other – the Botnar Research Centre for national Conference Youth Pre-conference Child Health (BRCCH) – aspires to be the Another key milestone was the further devel- in Rwanda and the Women Deliver Confer- ” leading institution in research on digital opment of activities in our first two selected ence in Vancouver, where their input and and next-generation solutions that show cities – Tanga, Tanzania, and Cluj-Napoca, perspectives guided our youth engagement potential to improve the health and wellbe-