Innovation Challenge Mexico: green recovery
Supporting digital innovations and solutions that contribute to green recovery.
The Innovation Challenge in Mexico is an opportunity for early-stage innovators who develop digital innovations to contribute to green recovery in Mexican communities. Winning teams will receive access to the three month digital launcher program from Innovation Factory to refine their ideas and prototypes to the generation of a viable business plan to launch their digital innovation for sustainability.
How your contribution to development cooperation works?
The Innovation Factory offers support formats for the identification and scaling of innovative digital concepts that provide solutions to urgent social challenges in the field of sustainability. The current Innovation Challenge is running in Indonesia, Ghana and Mexico. All our activities focus on human-centered design and design-thinking approaches, as well as the consideration of the digital principles for development. Simultaneously, the project will establish and strengthen global networks between (digital) innovators. At Innovation Factory, we promote this through the exchange and mutual learning of entrepreneurs from different partner countries.
Thematical focus
The global pandemic has exacerbated inequalities and thwarted our progress towards achieving the SDGs; at the same time, climate change threats also continue to advance, causing communities to face more and more unprecedented challenges. One thing is clear, that we cannot return to business-as-usual. Green recovery pushes us to rethink how communities urgently need to rebuild in ways that are environmentally sustainable, resilient and inclusive.
The Innovation Challenge for Mexico seeks to support digital innovations, delivering social & environmental impact for green recovery. These refer to digital innovations that provide solutions to improve livelihoods and take climate action – social impact such as empowering marginalized groups to find secure employment, or environmental impact such as enabling biodiversity conservation and promoting sustainable consumption – ultimately contributing to green recovery in Mexican communities.
Our offering
Digital launcher program
- Customized coaching & mentoring: Receive professional support from experienced social entrepreneurship experts
- Peer learning: Be part of a cohort and exchange with peers who similarly strive to create social and environmental impacts
- Sustainable business plan development: Access hands-on tools to help you launch your sustainable business idea
- Access to professional network: Connect with local and international experts to build your network
Documents
IF_Innovation Challenge CfA_Mexico_sp (pdf, 1.85 MB)
Thematic Challenge_Innovation Challenge Mexico_sp (image, 913.34 KB)
Overview
| Organizer | GIZ |
| Website | Visit website |
| Targets | Mexico |
| Sectors | Agribusiness, Agritech, Clean technology, Clean technology and energy, Green transportation and electric motors, Waste management and recycling |
| SDG (4) | 1. No Poverty, 4. Quality Education, 5. Gender Equality, 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth |
