Deadline: 29-Aug-22
Do you have a working prototype or ready solution on how to mitigate the impact of climate change on people with disabilities or elderly people? Join the ICT4IC 2.0 India Edition and apply now!
Funding Information
- Mainstream Solution
- 1st placed team € 3.500 (Euros)
- 2nd placed team € 1,500 (Euros)
- Scaling Solution
- 1st placed team € 3.500 (Euros)
- 2nd placed team € 1,500 (Euros)
What they are looking for?
They wish to foster and scale digital and technical innovations that mitigate the impact of climate change and disaster related risks, and raise awareness about inclusive climate action for persons with disabilities and elderly people in the Indian context, as well as digital and technical innovations that improve disability inclusion and the inclusion of elderly people in the areas of climate change mitigation, adaptation and/or disaster risk reduction.
Eligibility Criteria
- Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Tech Start-up or Company Founders, Changemakers, Tech Geeks.
- Persons who are at least 18 years old.
- Permanent residents of India or non-residents teaming up with an Indian organization
- Please note that current or past employees of Atos or GIZ, as well as their immediate family members, are not eligible to take part in the challenge.
- To be accepted as an entry, the applicant must provide the organizers a prototype (see definition) of the solution proposed as a minimum. Products sold or applied on the market are eligible as well.
- To be eligible for the challenge, the proposed solution must be a digital/technological solution focusing on:
- disability inclusion or the inclusion of elderly people (>60) in the context of
- climate change adaptation, mitigation, or disaster risk reduction.
- focused on the geographical region of India.
Criteria
- Mainstreaming Solutions
- You are developing a digital device and/or application, that is energy efficient, reduces carbon emissions and can be made disability inclusive and/or universally accessible
- You are building upon an existing climate change mitigation and/or adaptation measure to create an accessibility solution for all in the context climate action.
- You are creating and implementing a program that raises awareness around technology-based inclusive climate action and inclusive disaster risk reduction.
- Scaling Solutions
- You are developing a digital assistive technology targeted at persons with disabilities or the elderly in the context of climate change related disasters.
- You are developing a digital assistive technology targeted towards inclusive disaster risk reduction with a focus on disability and/or age.
- You are creating a digital and/or technical solution for persons with disabilities or the elderly to make every day infrastructure more disability inclusive and/or universally accessible (buildings, transport systems, roads) .
For more information, visit https://ict4inclusionchallenge.org/