Deadline: 1 June 2020
The Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía (CTA), a private foundation that since its creation has been promoting innovation, technology and knowledge transfer among the Andalusian business network with the support of the public sector, is launching the CTA Challenge ‘Tourism #PostCOVID19’. Aimed at innovators, it serves to support new initiatives based on science and technology that can help in the recovery of the tourism sector in Andalusia.
Objective
To support pilot projects for the implementation of innovative solutions based on science and technology, offering tools that can be applied by the Andalusian tourism sector and that can help with its economic recovery, transformation and adaptation to new demand patterns, and to increase its competitiveness in the #PostCOVID19 scenario.
CTA Challenge ‘Tourism #PostCOVID19’
Pilot implementation of innovative solutions based on scientific and technological knowledge, in the development or validation phase, which can provide a substantial competitive advantage to companies in the tourism sector of Andalusia by helping to transform them and increase their added value.
The design and execution of these pilot projects shall have a duration of less than 90 days.
Prize Information
- The prize for the winning project will consist, on the one hand, of a cash prize of 15,000 euros for the implementation of the pilot project, and on the other, public recognition and dissemination through CTA’s own communication channels.
- The amount of the prize will be subject to the applicable withholding according to the tax legislation in force.
General Requirements
The initiatives submitted for the challenge should meet the following general requirements:
- They must be pilot projects for the implementation of technological solutions that are at an advanced stage of definition, development or validation.
- The initiatives presented must be original. A plagiarised solution or project will result in the participant’s immediate disqualification from the selection process and the impossibility of reapplying in the future.
- The Challenge prize must be used to implement the pilot project which will be verified by CTA.
- A promoter must be identified as an applicant, who must be a legally constituted entity or natural person, of legal age, and who is duly authorised, in their own name or in the name of a legal person supporting the proposal.
- The promoter must not present incompatibilities of any kind in applying, or a conflict of interest in the area they work in. Nor may they be in a situation of financial, fiscal or labour irregularity of any kind.
- CTA reserves the right to exclude participation in the challenge and to refrain from awarding the prize in the event that any participant is not proven to have complied with the above.
Eligibility Criteria
- This CTA Challenge is aimed at individuals or companies that present an innovative solution to the challenge posed. The target audience for the #PostCOVID19 CTA Tourism Challenge includes the following types of applicants:
- Companies from any sector and of any size, including startups
- Technology centres
- Researchers
- Innovative individuals
- Each applicant (natural or legal person) may submit only one proposal.
- In the case that the project is developed or to be applied in an organisation and the applicant is a natural person, a scanned copy of the authorisation signed by a legal representative of the organisation where the project will be developed shall be provided, authorising the development of the project in said organisation.
- Applications must be submitted in Spanish or English.
For more information, visit https://www.corporaciontecnologica.com/es/agenda/calendario-de-eventos-y-convocatorias/Presenta-tu-proyecto-al-Reto-CTA-Turismo-PostCOVID19/