Call for Innovations

Ideathon Marathon Challenge on Climate Change, Energy and Environment

ARE YOU AN INNOVATOR BASED IN LESOTHO? DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS A GAME CHANGER IN THE 21ST CENTURY? IF YES, UNDP IS LOOKING FOR YOU

1. Call for Innovations

As part of the commemoration of the Innovation and Creativity Day (21 April), UNDP through its Accelerator Lab is soliciting innovative solutions from interested entrepreneurs/innovators. These innovations must be consistent and in acceleration to achieve requirements of NSDP II and SDGs. Innovative solutions (Digital and Non-Digital) that are not exclusive to the following areas:

• Establishment/strengthening of farmer networking information sharing platforms
• Branding and tracking solutions for product packaging, look and traceability
• Improvement of access to finance and appropriate technologies for smallholder farmers

• Food production, processing, and conservation technologies and access to markets
• Green energy supply, consumption and demand
• Land, Water sources and ecosystem protection
• Climate change resilience
• Digital technologies on farm management and natural resources management 

Successful innovators will be awarded a grant of US$6,000.00 for experimentation of their ideas.

Detailed terms of requirements are available on this link:

Deadline for submissions: 6 May 2022

PROPOSALS MAY BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO:

RFP: Ideathon Marathon  

Resident Representative

United Nations Development Program

United Nations Road

3rd Floor, United Nations House

Maseru 100

e-mail: [email protected]

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