Deadline: 9 November 2014
Hivos is accepting submissions for its
first round of Social Innovation Awards that provide grants to
individuals, organizations and companies from Asia, Africa
and Latin America to share their most innovative ideas and best
practices that contribute to more open, democratic and green societies.
Addressing the major challenges to the
future of people and the planet requires new ideas. In the face of
persistent inequality, an unsustainable economic system and threats to
freedom and dignity, Hivos is continuously looking for new ways, new
practices and new alliances that will contribute to systemic change.
This year, Hivos is launching its first
Social Innovation Award. The award is meant to encourage new solutions
for social change by supporting innovative ideas and practices which
expand and defend freedom or create productive ecosystems that sustain
human progress.
The Hivos Social Innovation Award has two categories:
- A prize for a promising innovative idea that needs support to develop into a prototype.
- A prize for a proven innovative approach that needs support to scale up and increase impact.
Both awards entail a €15,000 prize which
must be invested in further developing the concept. The first category
award consists of a € 5,000 prize and a coaching trajectory worth €
10,000 to develop the idea into a prototype. The second category prize
is intended as an investment in scaling proven approaches within the
next two years.
The semi-finalists are selected online
by the public together with Hivos. They are then offered an interactive
learning trajectory that will enable them to elaborate their proposal.
After a jury determines who the top 3 finalists per category are, they
will get the opportunity to pitch their proposals in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The deadline for the first round of submissions is 9 November 2014. The Award Ceremony will be on 5 February 2015.
For more information, visit this link.
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