The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has launched applications for the 2020 Innovation Challenges.
The ITU Innovation challenges bring together policy-makers, ecosystem builders, innovators, and resource partners to co-create ideas and projects that nurture an inclusive digital world.
The ITU Innovation Challenges
1.) The Digital Change-maker Challenge covers a wide range of topics from cybersecurity and regulation, to digital inclusion and climate change, and calls for participants to provide innovative solutions to real-life problems faced by stakeholders in their communities, especially considering value chain competitiveness and global disruption due to COVID-19.
2.) The Ecosystem Best Practice Challenge looks for ecosystem builders to identify best practices that allow innovators to develop sustainable and resilient solutions to navigate technological change and bridge the digital divide.
3.) The Women in Tech Challenge, in cooperation with the EQUALS Global Partnership, invites tech innovators to help and empower women in various sectors, including agriculture, fashion, and health.
The winners will be announced in August 2020 and will be invited to a four-day immersive Global Innovation Forum in October 2020 where winners will participate in capacity-building workshops and pitch their proposals to a global audience of experts and network with decision-makers.
Exceptionally, this year, we are looking at this forum as an online event due to the changing situation of Covid-19 (details to come).
The application deadline is Friday, July 31, 2020. For more information about ITU innovation challenges, please visit here or send an
email to Mohamed.Ba@itu.int.
