Deadline: 25 January 2019
Applicants are invited to apply for the Social Innovation Challenge 2019 to realise their idea against hunger and social injustice.
The Social Innovation Challenge is a collective effort of Civil Society Academy,Welthungerhilfe and Impact Hub. Through the Challenge, the aim is developing ground-breaking innovations to tackle hunger and social injustice over the next 18 months. The process includes application of innovators on two specific challenges, a design thinking process, development of prototypes as well as piloting of the most promising solutions.
Challenge Areas
- Challenge 1: How might we support rural women and their families to access public services that truly help them escape hunger and injustice?
- Solutions that…
- Support vulnerable women improving their awareness, access and quality of services and help ensuring their rights at the local level
- Improve the efficiency, effectiveness,and accountability of state services
- Provide radical alternatives to current models of service delivery
- Solutions that…
- Challenge 2: How might we support social activists and concerned citizens to become more powerful in combating hunger and injustice?
- Solutions that…
- Magnify the voice of concerned citizens, social activists and their constituency to influence state policies at all levels
- Provide radical and effective alternatives to existing advocacy or campaign methods
- Support the international community in developing and enforcing global standards related to hunger and injustice
- Solutions that…
Award Information
Applicants can receive up to Euro 40,000 to develop, refine and test their ideas in the field.
Criteria
- Creative people that have a passion for Zero Hunger and Social Justice
- Doers, that can take ideas forward
- Visionaries with different skills and from different backgrounds – from smaller and larger Civil Society organisations, from Businesses and State actors
- Innovators with great ideas relevant to the challenge in Africa and Asia
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.civilsocietyacademy.org/social-innovation