Applications are now open for Tata Consultancy Services Collaborate Innovate Pro Bono Program

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Tata Consultancy Services is excited to announce that the Pro Bono technology program Collaborate Innovate is continuing in 2017/2018. Applications are now open for technology projects that will transform your organisation and the Australian or New Zealand communities.

At Tata we believe that technology has the potential to change the way the not-for-profit sector delivers services to the community and advocates for change. By empowering the not-for-profit sector and social enterprises with world leading technology solutions we believe Tata can assist to build the sector’s organisational capability and capacity to create greater social and environmental impact.

We would like to extend the invitation to apply to your organisation. The program partners Tata Consultancy Services’ world leading technology services with selected organisations on a pro bono basis. To find out more about the types of technology services we offer visit our website www.tcs.com

Whether your technology vision and needs are small or large, innovative or general enhancements to existing systems, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Selection criteria

We are committed to responding to needs of organisations and as such have kept our selection criteria minimal. We are looking to partner with organisations who:

Australian or New Zealand not-for-profit organisations or social enterprises

• Articulate the impact that the project will have on your organisation and/or the benefits for the Australian or New Zealand community
• Alignment of your organisation’s objectives to one or more of Tata’s Corporate Social Responsibility focus areas - health, education, environment, and Australia/NZ-India relations
• A commitment to delivering the technology project in partnership and to examine areas of collaboration beyond this project

Key dates:

Applications open - 13 June 2017
Information session (Register here) - 22 June 2017
Applications close - 14 July 2017
Announcement of 2017/2018 partnerships - 14-18 August 2017
Projects completed - 1 March 2018

You are welcome to send any additional documentation you feel will benefit your application to anz.csr@tcs.com with the subject: Pro Bono Program Supporting Documentation.

Should you need further information and assistance with the process, please write to our Corporate Social Responsibility team at anz.csr@tcs.com.

Inaugural partners

In 2015/16 we formed partnerships with six not-for-profit organisations to deliver technology expertise. Here’s a few examples of what we’ve partnered on:

Cystic Fibrosis New South Wales – Design and development of a mobile app to empower young people with Cystic Fibrosis to manage their own health – intended to improve health outcomes and life expectancy.

Heartkids Australia – Design and development of a medical registry for childhood congenital heart disease. This will enable medical practitioners to better gather and analyse data on the disease, intervene more effectively in patient care. Furthermore it will inform the design and management of medical research, treatment, workforce planning and allied health support services.

Hunter Medical Research Institute – Design and development of a new website to link the medical research community with the general public – empowering members of the public to participate in world leading research.

This article was originally sourced from Tata Consultancy Services.