Games For Change: International Chapters
Games for Change has gone global with several chapters hosted in different regions around the world.
In France, the Chamber of Commerce in Valenciennes supported the establishment of Games for Change Europe. Seeing an opportunity to link games with economic development, the government launched the first European Games for Change Festival in May 2011.
A newly-formed Latin America chapter, headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, is moving quickly to forge strategic partnerships, including ones with the Brazilian Association of the Game Industry and the Brazilian Computer Science Society.
The South Korean chapter of Games for Change has been going strong ever since its formation in 2007. The chapter has worked with the South Korean government to sponsor multi-million dollar game projects and hold annual game-making summer camps for youth.
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