ITU Innovation Challenges 2020

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Association

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Deadline

31 Jul 2020

Study level

Undergraduate

Opportunity type

Miscellaneous

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

International Telecommunication Union calls application for ITU Innovation Challenges 2020. Rethinking the digital economy’s value chains during Covid-19.

The challenge is a global open competition platform for innovators and ecosystem builders to present their ideas and projects, empowering them to transform their communities into thriving digital societies.

Summary

The 2020 edition of the ITU Innovation Challenge will be taking place amid a global pandemic caused by Covid-19. This has resulted in stress on value chains and countries’ readiness for a digital economy, significantly affecting social conditions worldwide. Global supply, production, consumption, and delivery chains are disrupted. Traditional economies are struggling, as industries have not been digitalized and infrastructure is inadequate to cope with current stress levels.