Europe Social Innovation Competition

Deadline: 21 December, 2012
Open to:  ideas and proposals from all sources and sectors and all types of organisations including for-profit, non-for-profit, or private companies legally established or resident in the EU member states  – or in those countries that established an agreement to participate in the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme
Prizes: the amount of each of the 3 prizes is 20 000 euros

The European Social Innovation Competition is launched by the European Commission in memory of Diogo Vasconcelos. The Competition aims at raising awareness of social innovation’s potential to foster growth, entrepreneurship and provide solutions for today’s challenges. It will engage businesses (including start-ups), social economy and citizens in Europe in a huge range of sectors, thereby creating new connections and job opportunities. It will also include a strong mentoring component that will benefit not only the winners but also the contestants having submitted the best ideas. The award ceremony of the 2013 edition is expected to take place in May 2013.

Eligibility

  • The competition is open to everyone legally established or resident in the EU member states – or in those countries that established an agreement to participate in the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme – including individuals, organisations or unconstituted groups.
  • The competition is open to ideas and proposals from all sources and sectors and all types of organisations including for-profit, non-for-profit, or private companies.

Criteria

  • Degree of innovation (new approaches, or ideas combined or implemented in new ways);
  • Potential for systemic change in terms of impact (potential measurable impact on helping your target group moving towards/into work) or scale (potential of being inspirational or being transferred to another EU Member State at least);
  • Potential for sustainability (ideas that can be sustained and continue to have significant positive impacts on helping the target groups moving towards work or into new types of work).

Prizes

The Commission plans to award a maximum of 3 prizes to the best ideas according to the judgement criteria set out below. The amount of each of the 3 prizes is 20 000 euros. There will not be any ranking among the winners.

How to apply?

  1. Read the FAQs and Terms and Conditions
  2. Complete the online Entry Form. Please note that you have to fill in the online Entry Form in one session. It is not possible to partly save it and return to it later.
  3. Submit the form by 11:59:59 Central European Time (noon) on 21 December 2012.

The Official Website

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