Climate Change – Africa Opportunities (CCAO) Green Prize for Sustainable Africa 2020 | Up to $5,000:Climate Change – Africa Opportunities (CCAO) Calls for Applications from Candidates Around the World for the 2020 CCAO Green Prize for Sustainable Africa.
Deadline: 31st July, 2020, See Eligibility,
Requirements, Benefits, Prizes,
Application Guidelines and Procedures.
How could we collaborate to contribute to improving African
resilience to the challenges of climate change by supporting startups
and initiatives of young green entrepreneurs, women and indigenous
people from the perspective of environmental justice, protection of
environment, biodiversity and rational management of natural resources
in Africa?
Climate
Change – Africa Opportunities (CCAO) and its partners are looking for
approaches, startups and local initiatives from young green
entrepreneurs, women and indigenous communities carrying knowledge
(traditional and or modern), new ideas and offering initiatives and or
likely to offer innovative indigenous, or technological services,
solutions to improve African resilience to the challenges of climate
change and to this end contribute to the promotion and defense of
environmental justice and the reduction of poverty in a perspective of
environmental protection, biodiversity and rational management of
natural resources in Africa.
Thematic Areas.
Because climate change is a vast subject, the scope of the prize has been reduced to the 6 intervention themes below:
- Community Resilience:
Climate Change – Africa Opportunities (CCAO) identifies and supports
innovative, profitable and financially viable solutions (modern and
indigenous) that can be developed to reduce the impact of local climate
risks faced by local and indigenous communities in the areas of climate
change, livestock and renewable energy. - Urban Resilience:
Climate Change – Africa Opportunities (CCAO) identifies and supports
solutions using local ideas and knowledge and innovative technologies to
contribute to sustainable development and climate action in an urban
context. These can cover a variety of sectors, including transport,
buildings, energy, waste management, continuity of service delivery
against climatic shocks and bad weather conditions. - Water Pollution:
Climate Change – Africa Opportunities (CCAO) identifies and supports
innovative (modern and indigenous) ideas and knowledge for pragmatic and
cost-effective solutions to reduce pollution of water and wetlands
(including marine litter, urban wastewater, agricultural pollution and
river and lake transport). But also, solutions that make it possible to
better monitor and follow marine pollution and the destruction of
wetlands following climate change. - Communication and Environmental Education: Climate
Change – Africa Opportunities (CCAO) identifies and supports innovative
and effective communication and education methods (modern and
indigenous) and/or interdisciplinary programs that can be used to
collect and teach and popularize measures, techniques, approaches and
strategies to support adaptation and mitigation to climate change, to
protect biodiversity and the environment in general. - Environmental Justice:
Climate Change – Africa Opportunities (CCAO) identifies and supports
local initiatives that support women and girls to resist environmental
injustices and facilitate the implementation of alternative frameworks
that are environmentally fair, in order to live in an Africa
sustainable. They have groups for the defense of environmental justice
and their networking. They support lasting solutions to eliminate the
inequalities and injustices suffered by millions of African women and
girls and work with self-managed groups that traditionally come from
marginalized communities. - Conservation and Resilient Management of Natural Resources:
Climate Change – Africa Opportunities (CCAO) identifies and supports
innovative (modern and indigenous) initiatives and approaches to support
the conservation and resilient management of African biodiversity and
natural resources in the context of climate change.
Eligibility.
- Applicants should have the nationality of an African country at the time of their registration.
- Be over 18 years of age at the time of registration.
- To
have new ideas, stratups and initiatives offering and or likely to
offer services, indigenous and / or innovative technological solutions
to improve African resilience to the challenges of climate change. - Have been incorporated as a non-profit, for-profit or hybrid organization, or have a tax sponsor.
- Fluent in English and / or French (the winners may be involved in activities that require a good command of English or French).
Prizes and Benefits.
For all eligible participants:
- Obtain feedback on their initiatives from Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its partners;
- Obtain internal connection opportunities from Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its partners;
- Be
considered as potential candidates for acceleration and co-creation
opportunities of Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its
partners; - Participants’ projects can be integrated into Climate
Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its communication campaigns, with
the general public (after participant’s authorization), and will
therefore benefit from wide visibility.
Finalists (up to 20)
- Participate
in person in the awards ceremony (travel expenses covered) with
opportunities to establish links with Climate Change-Africa Opportunity
(CCAO) and its partners; - Access other online connection opportunities with Climate Change-Africa Opportunité (CCAO) and its partners;
- Be visible via the online communication tools of Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO);
- Be referenced on the Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) site when the finalists are announced;
- Present their initiatives to a jury during the final winner selection event;
- Have
their project also reviewed by a group of employees of Climate
Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its partners, who will vote to
choose their favorites (their votes will influence the judges during the
final deliberation).
The winners (up to 10) of the competition will
- Receive a prize ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 depending on the quality of the initiative presented;
- As
soon as the winners are announced, they will be highlighted on the
public networks of Climate Change-Africa Opportunité (CCAO) and its
partners; - The 10 winners will be invited to participate in an
accelerator raising their skills on systemic and collective impact with
Climate Change-Africa Opportunité (CCAO) and its partners.
Evaluation Criteria.
- Impact:
Initiatives must be able to demonstrate a positive social and / or
environmental impact in the face of climate change in at least one of
the five areas of interest of the competition. - Innovation:
The initiatives must present an original and creative approach which
consists of an innovation, an innovative way of approaching existing
solutions, or their applications to new contexts. - Financial and Operational Viability:
Participants should present realistic plans on how to generate
long-term impact, by mobilizing financial, human resources, partnerships
or support networks. - Stimulate change agents:
The strategy of the initiative must include an approach which supports
or multiplies the number of agents of change through inspiring stories,
mobilization and sharing of resources or any other approach which leads
to increasing the number of agents of change in the world. - Growth and Leadership Potential: The initiatives must be feasible on a large scale and / or replicable in other social, cultural or geographic contexts.
How to Apply.
Be
sure to read all the eligibility criteria, the scope of innovations and
more key information on the Climate change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO)
call. If you have any questions regarding the competition, please
contact the Climate change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) team at:
[email protected].
Deadline
31st July, 2020.
