Ideas for Action (I4A), a joint program of the World Bank and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School, is a youth competition centered around financing sustainable development. Every year, students and young professionals from around the world participate to design innovative ideas for financing and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. The first place winner of 2018 Ideas for Action is MINO Microbubble Technology developed by a team from Gadjah Mada University, which increases dissolved oxygen in water to improve fish farm yields. In 2019 Ideas for Action, Indonesian team (Komodo Water) and Indonesia/Korea (Damo/Go) have won as runner- ups, while another Indonesian team (Golden Banana Syrup) obtained an honorable mention.
Tanoto Foundation and the Wharton School are pleased to be launching the 2020 Ideas for Action Incubator Competition to invite Indonesian students and young professionals to develop and share their ideas for financing solutions to deliver the SDGs. Five winning teams will receive mentoring andguidance from Wharton School students, one of world’s premier institutions for instruction in businessmanagement. The mentoring will assist the winning teams to further improve their proposals for final submission in the Ideas for Action program. For more information about the program, please go to https://ideas4action.org/ or email at Fenny_Chandra@tanotofoundation.org
Selection Criteria
Eligibility for the 2020 I4A Incubator Competition is based on the following:
- Significance (25%): the proposal should be specific enough to go into some level of depth, but significant enough that it impacts a large number of people and/or businesses and nations, and specifically target one or more SDG goals.
- Originality and creativity (25%): solution should be original and creative
- Feasibility (35%): the proposal should be actionable and measurable; they should also be based in practicality rather than just theory. Proposals should be tied to particular region in Indonesia.
- Clarity (15%): the ideas should be presented in a clear or concise manner.
Registration and Submission
Eligibility: Youth between the ages 18 and 35 are invited to participate.
Team Composition: This is a team competition. Teams must consist of 2 to 6 members and may be formed across different courses, faculties, universities, institutions, and companies.
Registration: Please register your teams at http://bit.ly/2020I4ARegister prior to submitting your proposal. You will then receive access to resources and research materials that will help you develop your idea. In addition, you will receive all relevant updates and information on the competition and upcoming events.
Submission: After registering the teams, proposals must be submitted to
http://bit.ly/2020I4AIncubatorCompetition for the Incubator Competition
Timeline
Deadline for proposal submissions to I4A Incubator Competition http://bit.ly/2019I4AIncubatorCompetition by October 15, 2019
Announcement of Ideas for Action Incubator Competition: October 31, 2019
Introduction with and mentoring by Wharton School teams: November 2019-January 2020
Mentoring in Wharton School for two members of the first-place winner: February 2020
Submission of revised proposals for Ideas for Action Global: February 28, 2020
