EOIs for Healthy Oceans Technology Innovation Challenge

Deadline: 27-Nov-20

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) invites for technology providers to submit EOIs for its Healthy Oceans Technology Innovation Challenge (TIC) which is designed to propose and conduct a pilot on high-level technology solution addressing one of the two development challenges namely – prevent plastic waste; and restore and protect coral reefs.

The purpose of the TIC grant is to introduce new solutions in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs) and thereby support ADB’s mandate in assisting DMC’s to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. Through TIC, DMCs will learn about new technology solutions to address various development challenges, and technology providers’ risks related to market entry may be reduced by showcasing their technologies.

Expected Outcomes

Prevent Plastic Waste:
- Technologies that facilitate the remanufacturing of plastics, e.g. a particular feature in the plastic packaging design which facilitates its disassembly and/or refurbishment for reutilization for other purposes.
- Technologies that enable the public sector, especially municipalities, to pilot and implement new and innovative systems that leads to the reduction of single-use plastic packaging and items in the municipal waste stream.
- Technologies that use data, IT systems, internet of things (IOT) or artificial intelligence to help the industry, business, commerce and retailers to implement circular business models that reduce plastic waste by eliminating it or putting in place reuse-models.
- Technologies that enable, incentivize, improve or gamify the process of reusing plastic packaging and items.
- Technologies that facilitate reuse models, such as small mobile units capable of sanitizing packaging or items, or small-scale collection vehicles mobile units for refilling options or collection of packaging and items for the purpose of reuse.
- Technologies that promote consumer behaviour change and incentivize re-use as opposed to single-use plastic packaging or items.
- Technologies that aim at reducing single-use plastics in a specific sector, which are especially problematic e.g. within the tourism sector.
Restore and Protect Coral Reefs:
- Technologies for seeding reefs with corals those are more resilient to heat to help coral reefs to evolve and adapt to the changing environment.
- Technologies to physically stabilize damaged reefs, after cyclone and bleaching events, to facilitate faster recovery.
- Technologies to create artificial coral reefs, such as biorock, 3D printing or any other technology or material.
- Technologies for coral larval restoration.
- Technologies to protect coral reefs from heatwaves to prevent bleaching.
- Technologies to monitor protect and/or replant corals reefs.

Expected Outputs

Independent verification of the results.
Publication of lessons learned by all parties.
Reference site and report for ADB and development member countries.
Recommendations for next steps to scale-up the proposed solution, including for future ADB-funded projects.

Eligibility Criteria

Project must be implemented in one of the countries listed below:
- Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, and Viet Nam.
Applicant(s) provide at least 10% of the total project cost in co-financing.
Applicant(s) registered as one of following entities:
- Company;
- Not-for-profit organization;
- Civil society organization;
- Research institution;
- Government-owned enterprise (must be legally and financially autonomous of the government in the implementation country);
Applicant(s) legally incorporated or registered in an ADB member country.
Applicant(s) have the Intellectual Property Rights, through ownership or licenses, to use the technology solution.