Deadline: 16-Feb-22
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the OPTIM Project and E-Governance Agency (EGA), through the Accelerating Digital Transformation Project in Moldova, has announced an Expression of Interest for selecting innovative digital ideas under Innovation Challenge Scheme 3 contest for innovation projects with impact on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Digital Transformation in Public and Private Sectors.
The project will focus on encouraging the private sector to have an active role in the Digital Transformation of Moldova.
Objectives
- Support transformative changes in the organizational and innovation culture in the public and private sectors and align all participants for the accelerated achievement of the Sustainable Development Agenda and national targets;
- Contribute towards streamlining innovation through engaging with the ongoing and prospective projects and seeking ways to maximize and to measure their social impact;
- Support the Digitalization of Moldova that will contribute to improved governance by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of government processes, increasing transparency and public access to governmental information – and therefore promoting accountability and public participation, and improving an innovative delivery of public services, as well as impact evaluation and strategic support to scaling-up of the successful solutions.
Priority Areas
The main objectives and areas of support of the 3rd Innovation Challenge Scheme are:
- Engage with the private sector for testing and up-scaling of innovative products, services or solutions aligned to SDGs, aiming to support digitization in public and private sectors, and with a measurable and positive impact on the inclusion of vulnerable people and overall well-being of people, in the following prioritized areas (non-exhaustive list):
- Improved access to health, health practices and well-being;
- Education and digital literacy;
- Improved practices in agricultural and food industries;
- Energy, green economy, circular economy and clean environment;
- Improved practices in manufacturing industries and product quality;
- Logistics automation;
- Tourism digitalization;
- Access to markets (information, logistics, business management, skills);
- Introduction of competitiveness-enhancing practices (such as digitalized inventory management);
- Digital Certification;
- e-commerce and improved supply chains;
- Cyber security and fintech;
- Financial inclusion (such as agricultural insurance);
- Other areas related to SDGs;
- Develop public service support solutions underpinned by the ICT sector in the following prioritized areas:
- Development of the mobile version of the citizen and entrepreneur portal MCabinet, including the notification module;
- Development of a mobile wallet for entrepreneurs, where all the documents issued on a certain entity would be stored – certificates, licenses/authorizations, extracts, court decisions, etc.;
Funding Information
- A single award will cover maximum 40,000 USD (co-funded by UNDP) or maximum fifty percent (50%) of the total project amount (what is lower) for innovation pilots, be it new or improved products, services, processes, or business solutions.
- The project and the project budget must be designed so to be completed within 6-8 months. However, the project may be extended for maximum of additional six (6) months under exceptional circumstances, upon prior notification and approval from UNDP Moldova.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants to the Innovation Challenge Scheme are:
- The main Applicants are legal private sector entities from ICT sector, registered (or in process to be registered) under the applicable Moldovan Entrepreneurship Law:
- Moldovan privately owned IT companies, registered and operating in Moldova;
- Start-ups and groups of initiative in the process to register the IT company under Moldovan legislation (registration shall take place before contract signature);
- In case the application is submitted by CGC:
- The main applicant is a Moldovan privately owned IT company;
- Co-applicants from private sector are operating in any industry sector except: catering services providing only alcoholic beverages; casinos, gambling and similar activities; construction/purchase of residential and commercial space for housing/sales; gas stations; production and distribution of tobacco products; sales and service of cars.
- Co-applicants can also be an Associations, Governmental Agencies, LPAs, schools, hospitals, Universities or other research institutions, other institutions representing public, private and/or associative sectors.
- The entities forming the CGC have no shared economic and financial interest; one company/institution is not owning shares or other interest in the other company/institution in the same CGC, and this applies for the entire CGC independently from the number of participating companies/institutions;
- The Applicants (and co-applicants) must not possess outstanding debts in terms of public contributions.
- The Applicants (and co-applicants) must not have accumulated losses above the equity value.
- The Applicants and individual owners have not been convicted for crimes connected to business operations.
- Priority will be given to women led CGC/enterprises/solutions.
For more information, visit https://sc.undp.md/tnddetails2_1/2426/