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1.
Brief description
The ECA Contest of Innovative Ideas – Y2I is aimed to create a favourable
environment
designed to attract young persons to become actors in innovation. The
target is
to organise a regional selection of innovative projects under 3
sections:
•
Business
Innovation
•
Technology
Innovation
•
Commercialisation
of Technology.
The
applications in the ICT area are considered general priorities, the ICT
been
the main sector of the infoDev initiative.
The
“reward” for the winners will be 3 invitations (full sponsored by
infoDev
initiative of the World Bank), one for each section, to join the Global
Forum
of BICs (tentative date is November 2008). The project staff and the
Global
Forum staff will organise a workshop named “Young and Innovation”
designed to promote the selected initiative and to put together young innovators and
stakeholders.
The
winners will have the opportunity to valorise their initiatives into a
challenging
environment created during the Global Forum of BICs.
All
participants in the Y2I Contest, from all participant countries, will
be
oriented to the Business Incubators,
2.
Aim and specific objectives of the project
Project Y2I
aim:
To create the environment aimed to attract young persons to become actors in innovation
Long term objectives:
To
create a favourable
environment for young experts
designed to support the innovative
ideas, and to improve the link among
the structured
organisation and the potential entrepreneurs. This issue will generate
a continuous
“inward energy” in the area of Incubation and Innovation, as condition
for long
term sustainability.
Short term objectives:
To select 3 applications from the region in the fields of: Business Innovation, Technology Innovation, Commercialisation of Technology
To organise a WS during the Global Forum of BICs (2008) aimed to join the winners from the Y2I contest and potential donors
To disseminate the results and experience gained during the Y2I project
To improve the link among young entrepreneurs and the Business Incubators and Technological Parks
3.
Eligibility criteria
Eligibility
of applicants:
3.1. The
contest Y2I is open for people aged: minimum 18 years old / maximum 30
years
old at 30 May 2008 (last day of proposal submission).
3.2. The
participants can act individual or in groups. In case of groups of
participants
all members have to fulfil the rule of age (3.1).
Eligibility
of countries:
3.3. The
participants must have the residence in one of the ECA Member states:
Eligibility
of applications:
3.4. The
applications must be presented only in English, using the annexed
format (Annex
1: Application form).
3.5. The
person designate to represent the proposal at the Global Forum of
Incubators
has to have communication skills in English (English is the official
language
of the Global Forum).
3.6. The
applications have to be addressed to one of the 3 priorities:
•
Business
Innovation
•
Technology
Innovation
•
Commercialisation
of Technology.
Important
note: The ICT applications are encouraged as the general priority of
the
infoDev initiative.
3.7. One
participant/group of participants can submit a single application,
selecting
one priority.