Deadline:
July 31, 2024
Location(s)
Online Worldwide
Overview
Become part of a global entrepreneurship community and change the world with your ideas.
We understand Entrepreneurship as a global movement that needs every single creative mind in the world to make the existing economic system more intelligent, sustainable and fair.
Details
The Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition (CEC) aims to empower entrepreneurs – especially young ones – to work for a more peaceful and sustainable world. Participants are invited to submit their ideas and projects with social impact and to make a concrete commitment to one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to implement them. The 17 goals for sustainable development address the most important social, economic, environmental and health challenges of our time. The submissions are divided into two categories: idea and project. Entrepreneurs from 13 years old are invited to submit their idea or project to participate in the CEC.
The competition takes place in three phases. In the first phase, entrepreneurs submit their idea/project with a short pitch. If their idea/project meets the competition criteria, they are invited to complete the courses and work on their Entrepreneurial Design. For this purpose, we have developed a special Entrepreneurial Design Canvas (EDC). After completing the courses, participants can submit their completed EDC for phase 2. In this phase all ideas and projects will be published and the participants can vote and collect votes. The 20 submissions with the most votes will move on to the third phase, where an expert jury will select the winners. The winners will be announced at the CEC award ceremony, which takes place in an online ceremony.
Our Entrepreneurship Campus now has over 50,000 members from 141 nations. All participants are encouraged to discuss with each other – globally networked via the Internet – and to support each other with ideas. We have hosted the Citien Entrepreneurship Competition annually since 2014.
Timeline
June 01, 2024
Start of the Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition.
From now on you can submit your idea/project as a pitch in the dashboard under "My idea/project".
July 31, 2024
Last day for submissions. Last day to complete both the Brains versus Capital & Sustainable Entrepreneurship courses and the Entrepreneurial Design Canvas (EDC).
Please keep in mind that we may not have enough time to review your pitch and you may lack time to meet the CEC requirements.
August 01, 2024
Start of Voting Phase.
All ideas/projects that have completed both courses and fully completed the EDC will automatically move into the Voting Phase and will be posted on our public website.
August 31, 2024
End of Voting Phase.
You still have the whole day to collect votes. At midnight the voting will be closed and it is no longer possible to vote. We will evaluate the collected votes and announce the finalists as soon as possible.
September 2024
Evaluation and announcement.
The 10 submissions with the most votes will go through to the final and in front of our judges. The jury awards points according to criteria such as entrepreneurial vision, feasibility, innovation, leadership, social impact and sustainability and selects the winners. The winners will then be announced on our blog.
Note: Pictures and videos (maximum 3 minutes long) are good ways to explain an idea/project clearly and can increase the chance of getting votes. Please make sure that you only use images and videos to which you have the copyright.
If you don't want to submit an idea or project, you can still register in the Entrepreneurship Campus to network, share and give feedback on ideas and projects.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Who Can Enter
Anyone who is 13 years old and over with an innovative idea for an enterprise which contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) and 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.
Please read the Privacy Statement attentively and thoroughly. By participating in the competition you confirm that you have read and understood the privacy statement and that you adhere to it.
Dates
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
Prizes and recognition
Entries will be posted on the competition website and are subject to online commenting and public voting. Ten finalists in Youth (idea & project) and Adult (idea & project) categories will be determined according to votes and the Personal Activity Indicator algorithm. Finalists are requested to submit a video of their idea/project if they have not done so yet. The video can be a maximum of 3 minutes long, longer videos cannot be considered!
From among the finalists, the judges will make the final selection of three winners (Grand Prize, 2nd Prize, and 3rd Prize) in each category. Entries will be evaluated based on their entrepreneurial vision, feasibility, innovation, leadership, social impact, and sustainability, among other factors. The People’s Choice is awarded to the participant with the most votes, across both categories. They are automatically among the finalists.
- 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 were made public at the virtual Announcement Ceremony in December 2023.
In addition to the certificate, the winners of the Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition 2023 also have the chance to receive input and feedback from our experts in a 60 to 90 minute webinar. This gives you the opportunity to clarify open questions, network, and promote your idea/project and maybe find supporters outside of the CEC community.
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