Applications are invited for the Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition (CEC) 2020. The Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition (CEC) was initiated to empower entrepreneurs all around the world to create innovative answers to global and/or community challenges and to engage in a more peaceful and sustainable world.
Applicants are invited to submit innovative ideas and projects with a societal impact, which champion and implement one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs and 169 related targets address the most important social, economic, environmental, health and governmental challenges of our time.
Eligibility
Applications are open to:
- Anyone who is 13 years old and over with an innovative idea for an enterprise which contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Everyone from 13 years up who is operating such an enterprise in the form of a business, a non-profit organization or an informal program. Anyone who is able to submit their entry in English.
- Depending on your age, you either take part in the Youth (13 – 29 years old) or the Adult (from 30 years up) category.
Categories
Applications are open for youths into three (3) categories:
- Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Category: For applicants between 13 and 29 years old
- Adult Citizen Entrepreneurship Category: For applicants who are 30 years and above
- Tourism Category: For ideas and projects that primarily specialize in sustainable tourism, and offer solutions on how tourism can be done more sustainably.
Applicants are to ensure that they submit their entries into the right category. Wrongly submitted entries cannot be included in the competition.
Prizes
- Grand Prize winners will receive a virtual Gold Badge and a Certificate.
- Second Prize winners will receive a virtual Silver Badge and a Certificate.
- Third Prize winners will receive a virtual Bronze Badge and a Certificate.
- People’s Choice Prize winners will receive a virtual Gold Badge and a Certificate.
- Finalists not chosen as prize winners will receive an Honorable Mention Badge.
- Grand Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize, and People’s Choice will be made public at a virtual Announcement Ceremony on 10 December 2020. All information about the process will follow.
- In addition to the certificate, the winners of the Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition 2020 also have the chance to receive input and feedback from CEC experts in a 90-minute webinar.
Step 1
Register online and create your account! You will receive a confirmation email. In order to activate your account, you must confirm by clicking on the link in the email. If you cannot find the email, please check your spam folder.
Step 2:
In order to participate in the competition, you must submit an idea and/or project in the Youth (13-29 years) or the Adult (from 30 years up) category.
Fill out and submit the preliminary entry form. Then wait for a response from the competition administrators: Entries are reviewed by the competition administrators of Stiftung Entrepreneurship and Digital Experts United.
Only those entries that meet a certain standard and pass the preliminary screening will be invited to provide more details about their idea/project in a second entry form.
The status of an entry can be checked in your profile menu under “My Ideas/Projects”. All saved and submitted entries are saved there and can be accessed again at any time.Please note: Rejected entries may be refined by the entrants and can be re-submitted up until the entries deadline.
Step 3:
Entries (ideas and projects) that have passed the preliminary screening will be posted on the competition website and will participate in the competition.
How to Apply
Application Deadline: September 30, 2020
