SEED Awards for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development

Archived Active citizenship environment International issues organisational development Overseas aid and development social enterprise Social partnership Sustainable development Voluntary and community infrastructure World issues Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Europe and Russia Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain International Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales Small (up to £10,000)

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Overview

The SEED Awards for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development is an annual awards scheme designed to identify the most innovative and promising locally led start-up eco-inclusive enterprises in developing and emerging economies. Each year, multiple award categories are offered, ranging from country- or region-specific awards to SEED Low Carbon Award Winners and SEED Gender Equality Award Winners.

SEED Award Winners and Finalists are eligible for participation in their Accelerator and Catalyser programmes, respectively. Their Catalyser and Accelerator support high-achieving enterprises to scale up and optimise their eco-inclusive impacts.

Criteria

Demonstrate entrepreneurship and innovation
Have potential to scale-up and/or be replicated in other contexts
Have intention and potential to become financially stable
Are locally driven or locally led
Deliver economic, soical and environmental benefits
Are at early stages of implementation
Are a partnership between different stakeholder groups
Meet country-and/or sector specific requirements set out in call for applications

What do enterprises win?

Capacity Building: Participate in Business Planning Workshop and receive one-on-one Expert Advisory services on business and financial planning for scale up of eco-inclusive enterprise activities.
SEED Toolkit: Apply SEED Toolkit of collaborative and hands-on design thinking methods to identify enterprise development priorities for funding strategising, stakeholder mapping and impact measurement.
Global Profiling: Receive multiple opportunities for your enterprise to be profiled at a high-level Awards Ceremony, through global SEED communication networks and via your own SEED Enterprise Profile.
Network Building: Access SEED's extensive network of established eco-inclusive enterprises, funders, and policy-makers, including previous Award Winners and Ecosystem Building programme participants.

For details of previous winners, visit the website here

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