WeMed Mediterranean Sustainability Award 2022

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Deadline: 16-Oct-22

Nominations are now open for WeMed Mediterranean Sustainability Award, a Flagship Initiative of the Mediterranean strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD), a strategic guiding document adopted by the Contracting Parties of the Barcelona Convention, for all stakeholders to translate the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the regional, sub-regional and national levels of the Mediterranean region.

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This edition is funded by the ENI CBC Med Programme in the framework of the STAND Up! project – Sustainable Textile Action for Networking and Development of circular economy business ventures in the Mediterranean. The project aims at enhancing scalable, replicable and inclusive circular economy ventures in the Mediterranean by developing an ecosystem of business support, innovation, and technology transfer that will lead to sustainable job creation for youth and women. It is jointly implemented in Egypt, Italy, Lebanon, Spain and Tunisia by MedWaves, Texfor, Berytech Foundation, Sekem Development Foundation, Tunisian Textile Technical Centre, Prato Textile Museum Foundation and the Tunis International Centre for Environmental Technologies.

Aims

The aim of the current edition is to:

Recognize successful cases of start-ups with sustainable business models within green and circular economy in the textile, fashion and clothing sector in the Mediterranean region, led by women (no age limit) and/or youth (up to 35 years old).
Inspire other start-ups/entrepreneurs within the textile, fashion and clothing sector from the Mediterranean region into integrating environmental and social innovations within their business models.

Award Categories

Category Northern Mediterranean countries: The individual or the entity must be established and/or legally constituted in the eligible regions of a Northern Mediterranean country.
Category Southern Mediterranean countries: The individual or the entity must be established and/or legally constituted in the eligible regions of a Southern Mediterranean country

Benefits

Northern Mediterranean countries (Europe)
- 1st Prize – Golden Acceleration Services: 20,000 € given in the form of “vouchers” including coaching services and technical assistance
- 2nd Prize – Silver Acceleration Services: 10,000 € given in the form of “vouchers” including coaching services and technical assistance
Southern Mediterranean countries (Maghreb & Mashrek)
- 1st Prize – Golden Acceleration Services: 20,000 € given in the form of “vouchers” including coaching services and technical assistance
- 2nd Prize – Silver Acceleration Services: 10,000 € given in the form of “vouchers” including coaching services and technical assistance

Eligibility Criteria

In this edition, the WeMed Award is targeting early and growth stage scalable eco-innovative or sustainable ventures in the textile, fashion and clothing sectors established in one of the Mediterranean eligible regions within the ENI CBC MED Program and that are led by women (no age limit) and/or youth (up to 35 years old).
Be a circular or sustainable start-up of the textile, clothing and fashion sector. A sustainable business is the one taking into account the inter-dependence between the environment, society and the economy, a sustainable business provides viable, innovative products and services that create environmental value (by responding to environmental challenges and reducing environmental impacts) and social value (by responding to social needs) by implementing formulas based on eco-innovation, improving the life cycle of the product or service, and eco-design.
A textile business is one whose core business model is linked to at least one of the textile value chain stages: production of fibers and raw materials, textile manufacturing, retailing and transport, consumer use and end-of-life of text.
To have women (no age limit) and/or youth (up to 35 years) in their leadership team.
Be a corporate or cooperative entity, or a self-employed natural person, with a maximum of 250 employees or members. The joint participation of self-employed workers will also be accepted.
Start-ups in the initial or growth stage: be operational and have started the business a maximum of 2 years ago and less than 10 years wsince their establishment. In the event of a change of business model to a sustainable one, those with more than 10 years of existence will be also accepted.
Be legally established and/or constituted in one of the eligible regions of ENI CBC MED.

For more information, visit https://www.wemedaward.org/#application-guide