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Apply for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation this 2022.
The GSMA is a new member of the Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA); a global collaborative effort to increase investment and capacity for action-orientated research to support effective adaptation to climate change. It supports ARA’s best practice to find innovative as well as participative ways for incorporating the voice and views of local communities as it empowers them to participate as equal partners in adaptation processes.
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Eligibility
The GSMA is looking for start-ups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and social enterprises that leverage digital technology, particularly mobile, to deliver climate resilience and adaptation solutions to and with low-income and vulnerable populations.
Prize
Successful projects will receive an equity-free grant of between £100,000 and £250,000 to scale their innovation over a 15 to 18 month period.
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Benefits
In addition to the financial compensation, grantees will receive further support, including but not limited to:
- Learning exchange opportunities with other grantees as well as GSMA networks
- Facilitation of relationships with mobile operators and public sector organisations
- Also, profiling opportunities through GSMA publications, social media as well as industry-leading MWC events.
Climate resilience and adaptation solutions
Climate resilience and adaptation solutions are defined as those that help to build individual, community or institutional capacities to:
- Adapt to multiple, long-term and future climate change risks;
- Anticipate as well as reduce the impact of climate variability and extremes through preparedness and planning
- Also, Absorb (i.e. face and manage) adverse conditions, emergencies or disasters.
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Additional information
If you would like to know more about the GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation, find more details in the links below.
Specifications
| Type of Opportunity | Entrepreneurship Events |
|---|---|
| Deadline | 23 January,2023 |
| Open to | small and growing enterprises |
| Organizer | GSMA |
| Contact the organizer | [email protected] |