Apply for Social Innovation Challenge 2019! A Chance to win up to 40,000 Euro

Applicants are invited to apply for the Social Innovation Challenge 2019 to realise their idea against hunger and social injustice.

The Social Innovation Challenge is a collective effort of Civil Society Academy,Welthungerhilfe and Impact Hub. Through the Challenge, the aim is developing ground-breaking innovations to tackle hunger and social injustice over the next 18 months. The process includes application of innovators on two specific challenges, a design thinking process, development of prototypes as well as piloting of the most promising solutions.

Challenge Areas

• Challenge 1: How might we support rural women and their families to access public services that truly help them escape hunger and injustice?​
  • Solutions that…
    • Support vulnerable women improving their awareness, access and quality of services and help ensuring their rights at the local level
    • Improve the efficiency, effectiveness,and accountability of state services
    • Provide radical alternatives to current models of service delivery
• Challenge 2: How might we support social activists and concerned citizens to become more powerful in combating hunger and injustice?
  • Solutions that…
    • Magnify the voice of concerned citizens, social activists and their constituency to influence state policies at all levels
    • Provide radical and effective alternatives to existing advocacy or campaign methods
    • Support the international community in developing and enforcing global standards related to hunger and injustice

Award Information

Applicants can receive up to Euro 40,000 to develop, refine and test their ideas in the field.

Criteria

• Creative people that have a passion for Zero Hunger and Social Justice
• Doers, that can take ideas forward
• Visionaries with different skills and from different backgrounds – from smaller and larger Civil Society organisations, from Businesses and State actors
• Innovators with great ideas relevant to the challenge in Africa and Asia

How to Apply

Deadline: 25 January 2019

Applicants can apply online via given website.

For more information, please visit https://www.civilsocietyacademy.org/social-innovation