THREE €50,000 PRIZES FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR THE MOST INNOVATIVE PROJECTS TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE IN A CHANGING ECONOMY
Innovations that take place in a certain location and respond to specific local conditions, challenges and opportunities are often called ‘place-based’.
Why take a place-based approach? Well, all places are different and have different needs, challenges and opportunities. Solutions should respond to these specific local characteristics in order to be successful within that community.
WHAT IS THE COMPETITION LOOKING FOR?
Ideas could include, but are not limited to:
New tech
Initiatives that use new technologies and ways of working to provide opportunities for youth based on local specificities and needs.
entrepreneurship
Ideas that promote and enable youth entrepreneurship and innovation using local assets, particularly among young people who may not otherwise have become innovators.
SKILLS
Ideas responding to current or future requirements in the local community for skills and experience, or ideas developed from locally-available skills and experience.
JOB SECURITY
Solutions to improve the quality of life and financial or social security of young people in irregular work.
ADVICE
Innovations that provide information, advice and guidance to young people so they can navigate their options in the new economy.
LONG-TERM
Creative concepts that will provide young people with long-term projects, prospects and potential career opportunities.
HOW DOES THE COMPETITION WORK?
Application
You must enter your idea by Friday 27 April 2018, 12:00 (noon) Brussels time.
Judging
Our judging panel will choose 30 of the most promising applications as semi-finalists, who will receive business development support.
Academy
Semi-finalists will be matched with a mentor and invited to a three day academy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in July 2018 to progress their ideas.
mentoring
With the help of their mentors, the semi-finalists will submit a final detailed business plan to the judges by the end of August 2018. This factsheet contains further information on mentoring.
Awards
Ten finalists will be selected to pitch their projects at the Awards in Brussels in November 2018, where three winners will each be awarded prizes of €50,000 to develop their ideas.
Impact Prize
In 2019 the 30 semi-finalists will have another chance to win €50,000 through the Impact Prize, which is awarded to the project which has demonstrated greatest impact in the 12 months since submitting their detailed business plan.
How to enter
RE:THINK LOCAL
Apply with your innovative RE:THINK LOCAL idea by 27 April 2018 (12:00 noon Brussels time) for a chance to grow your idea and win one of three €50.000 prizes.
PREPARE
Read the Rules of Contest, check the Frequently Asked Questions, then use the template application form to prepare your answers.
Submit
Submit your idea using the online entry form on the Diogo Challenge platform. You will need to register first. Once you have logged in, select ‘RE:THINK LOCAL’ and fill in the form to apply.
Apply by 27 April
Don’t miss the deadline! Applications received after 12:00 (noon, Brussels time) on 27 April 2018 will not be considered.
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