Innovoter hackathon, 2019

UNDP Moldova is launching a funding competition to encourage Moldovan IT vibrant private sector to generate innovative solutions for the digitalization of administrative and social services. The call for proposals is organized in partnership with the Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises Sector Development (ODIMM), Moldovan Association of ICT Companies (ATIC), Moldova IT Park and Green City Lab.

This competition aims to provide support to and engage with private sector companies in accelerated achievement of the nationalized Sustainable Development Goals. Thanks to direct and matching cash, so as mentoring, innovative products, services, or solutions will be tested and scaled up. All these will contribute to the acceleration of digital transformation in public and private sectors in the Republic of Moldova.

Single awards will cover maximum $40,000, but not mare than50% of the total project amount for pre-commercial innovation pilots, be it new or improved products, services, processes, or business solutions. In case of collaborative groups of companies, such contributions will be equally divided between the companies involved or depending on the specific requirements of the respective proposal.

The total number of financed projects will be within the available budget of $100,000 for the current competition.

Eligible applicants for the Digital Transformation: Innovation Challenge Awards are legal private sector entities from ICT sector, registered (or in process to be registered) under the applicable Moldovan Entrepreneurship and Enterprises Law:

• Moldovan privately owned IT companies, registered and operating in Moldova;
• Start-ups and groups of initiative in the process to register the IT company under Moldovan legislation (registration shall take place before contract signature).

The awarding will be conducted through an open selection procedure in two stages (pre-application and full Application). The selection process is designed according to the principles of merit, transparency, equality, and rational use of funds, by launching at least two calls, one each year.

The deadline is 20 June, 12:00 for the pre-application, and 25 July, 12:00, for the full application. More details are available here.

UNDP is leading this competition, in the framework of its “Accelerating Digital Transformation in Public Sector in the Republic of Moldova” project.