Deadline: 6 May 2020
The DLT4EU Open Call is an opportunity to be involved in an impact-driven accelerator programme to provide practical solutions to urgent challenges in the fields of the circular economy and digital citizenship, two critical areas of great impact for a socially equitable and environmentally responsible European economy.
The programme is based in a peer-to-peer collaborative structure where venture teams and challenge owners will work together in a 6-month accelerator agenda to create Proof-of-Concepts/real solutions.
Challenge Topics
Challenges are open-ended questions defined by challenge owners and will address topics related to:
- Circular economy
- The circular economy is a new economic model for addressing human needs; an economy that fairly distributes resources without undermining the functioning of the biosphere or crossing any planetary boundaries. The challenges will be focused on the areas of: supply chain and reverse supply chain traceability, ownership transfers in secondary markets, end of life compliance, and the management of urban green space and public infrastructure.
- Digital Citizenship
- Digital Citizenship can be broadly defined as the application of digital technologies to better facilitate and engage citizens in public decision-making, service improvement, and social impact initiatives. This can be at a local council / municipal, city or national-level. The DLT4EU challenges will be focused on: digital inclusion and accountability of aid, civic innovation, financial inclusion, personal data management, and community currency models.
What are the Challenges?
- Collaborative e-waste management to reduce disposal and foster circular consumption
- A Smart Commons Platform: New investment models for community-led urban development
- The Trees as Infrastructure Project
- Enabling a Citizen-Powered Circular Textiles Sector
- Enabling Data Sovereignty for all Citizens
- Digital Impact Coins
- Track and Trace: Supply Chain Transparency
- Enabling Better Digital Inclusion for Italy
- Enabling Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Energy Solutions
- The Digital Social Market – engaging communities to encourage behaviour change
- Shared E-Mobility
- Sustainable Energy Management Systems (SEMS)
- Charitable Aid Accountability for Humanitarian Agencies
Why should you Apply?
The DLT4EU accelerator is a unique opportunity to work closely with lead beneficiaries, across an intensive six-month process. Participating venture teams will benefit from:
- Experimentation forum with lead beneficiaries and user groups in Europe.
- Access to a network of expert mentors across the topics of social innovation, DLT technical, open source licensing, legal and regulatory issues… to name a few.
- Access to and guidance from subject matter experts in the fields of the circular economy and digital citizenship.
- Brand and business exposure across the European innovation and DLT ecosystem.
- Demo Day opportunity: a Final Event at the European Commission in February 2021
- Financial support in the form of:
- A participation fund of between €8,000- €14,000, which covers direct costs of working in the accelerator (i.e. technical costs, people’s time).
- All travel and accommodation costs will be covered separately for participating in the Bootcamps.
- Additional opportunity for follow-on award funding of between €8,000-€14,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Challenge is looking for ambitious teams, leading innovators, and developers who want to help solve key challenges common to the public sector by applying Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs).
- Incorporated entities With less than 1,000 employees Based in Europe.
- Have an existing DLT solution at least at an proof-of-concept stage (Technology Readiness Level 3)
- Research teams with at least three people with prior working experience will also be considered.
For more information, visit https://www.dlt4.eu/open-call