Training 'Organization of Maker Faire Festivals

Published at: November 29th 2021

The largest family festival of invention, creativity, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurship in the world - Maker Faire represents a gathering of technology enthusiasts of all ages and skills, such as craftsmen, hobbyists, members of the scientific community, engineers, science clubs, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors.

The aim of Maker Faire is interactive education and entertainment, public awareness, presentation of interesting projects, as well as connecting the maker community with academia and industry, providing a unique opportunity for public involvement in practical experiments.

Maker Faire originated in 2006 in the San Francisco area as a project of the editors of Make: magazine. Since then, it has grown into a significant global network of both leading and independent events. Representatives of the Czech organization Make More, which has been systematically supporting the Maker movement in the Czech Republic for several years, held a training session on the topic 'Organization of Maker Faire Festivals' on November 23rd for partner organizations in the project 'Maker Movement Establishing in BiH and Strengthening in the Visegrad Region, 2021–2022,' supported by the Visegrad Foundation.

Considering that FabLab BiH is in the process of strategically planning the organization of the first Maker Faire in BiH, this training was of exceptional importance for the quality preparation of the event. 'Organizing a Maker Faire festival is by no means an easy process, but it's definitely worth the effort.' Vojtěch Kolařík, program manager of Make More.