Competition for Startups in Sustainable development goals from the World Tourism Organization UNWTO

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Récompense totale

0 $

Organisation à but non lucratif

UNWTO (The World Tourism Organization)

Date limite

20 sept. 2020

Niveau d'études

Enseignement professionnel

Type d'opportunité

Compétition

Financement d'opportunité

Financement complet

Pays éligibles

Algérie , Comores , Egypte , Jordanie , Liban , Mauritanie , Oman , Qatar , Soumalie , Syrie , Émirats arabes unis , bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Maroc , Palestine , Arabie Saoudite , Soudan , Tunisie , Yemen

Région éligible

Toutes les régions

The World Tourism Organization UNWTO is offering a competition for Startups. The proposed competition is an initiative inside the broader framework of the United Nations Decade of Action in order to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It makes it possible to promote stateof-the-art solutions to compelling challenges by giving the opportunity to startups from around the world to present their projects to the global innovation ecosystem.

Target Startups:

Startups from all walks of life, from all over the world and all economic sectors are invited to participate if meeting the following criteria:

Be innovative in nature providing value-added solutions
Be sustainability-driven
Be scalable: to have potential for international growth and potential to be applied in corporations and destinations (countries, regions)
Be an Early Stage or Series A startup
Have a tested pilot and business plan
Have a full-time team

All ways of innovation are welcome: new methods, processes, governance models, social impact initiatives, and technologies.

Competition Categories:

This Competition features 17 categories, each one representing a Sustainable Development Goal.
Each participating startup should select the SDG in which can generate the greatest impact.
You can see all categories as bellow:

No poverty
Zero hunger
Good health and well-being
Quality education
Gender equality
Clean water and sanitation
Affordable and clean energy
Decent work and economic growth
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Reduces inequalities
Sustainable cities and communities
Responsible consumption and production
Climate action
Life below water
Life on land
Peace, justice and strong institutions
Partnerships for the goals

Evaluation Criteria:

Participating startups will be assessed according to their:

Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
Ease of value capture via collaboration with the startup
Potential business impact
Maturity of the product/technology
Maturity of the team and the organization
Partnership readiness

Benefits:

Benefits for winning startups include but are not limited to:

Pitch at a UNWTO Demo Day
Curated mentorship programme including one-on-one and in-group sessions focused on Intellectual Property (IP), sustainability, business and leadership
Access to technological support
Connection to the UNWTO Innovation Network
Potential pilot project with private sector collaborators and institutions

Timeline

Launch:14 July, 2020
Deadline for candidatures: 20 September, 2020
Announcement of winning startups: November 2020
Pitching round for winners: November 2020

About UNWTO:

The World Tourism Organization UNWTO is the United Nations specialized agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.It is the leading international organization in the field of tourism, which promotes tourism as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability and offers leadership and support to the sector in advancing knowledge and tourism policies worldwide. It serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of tourism knowledge.

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