The results of an ambitious project implemented in a multicultural environment: challenges and lessons learned from the pilgreens project.

Abstract

The Pilgreens are a group of three students, including myself, who have united their interests and practical management knowledge to thoroughly plan a four-month ecological travel within an electric-powered vehicle. The success of this venture partly relied on the collection of about a EUR 60,000 budget and the promotion of electric mobility. In this regard, we have set up an official French-based NPO to better account for our activities. The organization is built on the foundation of an environmentally-friendly vision: “To be a global driver of electric mobility through the promotion of sustainable projects in developing countries“. This document will provide you with information regarding the Pilgreens’ business development, and an analysis that will help you understand how the team has been dealing with the difficulties encountered. Indeed, while most of the project plan requirements were fulfilled and allowed the three students to depart from Bangkok at the beginning of August 2015, the two-month delay that occurred in implementing the project was due to some specific factors, sometimes unforeseen. In this paper these factors will be analyzed in detail.