【4th Yunus Prize】2019 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 📣APPLY NOW📣

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🌟This competition is conducted in English! 🌏 International Students in Taiwan are welcomed!

🌟It’s fun- Let’s pitch & PechaKucha 🗣

🌟Cooperate with 🇫🇷 French NGO organization makesense’ hotspot “makesense Taiwan” to provide international connection!


Are you ready for the challenge?

🔰 First Round Challenge: “Describe a Social Problem in Taiwan” 💭

【Orientation workshop】
🎙 Taichung – Taichung Social Innovation Unit (7F, Thought Kitchen)
▫Date: July 30th 12:00-15:00
▫Topic: Go global with social innovation
▫Speaker: Jessie Chang (PI, Taichung Social Innovation Unit)

🎙 Taoyuan- Youth Affairs Bureau, Taoyuan City Government (2F, PBL classroom)
▫Date: August 13th 18:00-21:00
▫Topic: Social Entrepreneur’s Night: Kaviiland
▫Speaker: Hung, I-Hung (Founder, Kaviiland)

🎙 Taipei – Social Innovation Lab (1F, A2 classroom)
▫Date:August 16th 10:00-13:00
▫Topic: What pain? So what? Now what? Social Impact Pitching
▫Speaker: David A. Hall (CEO, United States Business Consultancy Taiwan)

【Competition Information】
🌿 Who can attend the competition?
Yunus Prize is a team-based competition. Each team should be composed of 3 to 5 full time university students under age of 35. Each person could only attend one team. International students are welcomed.

🌿 Materials to be prepared
Please prepare a PowerPoint presentation describing a “social problem” you want to solve in Taiwan. There is no format or page limitation for the slides. (Attention: You can’t withdraw your PowerPoint presentation file once it is uploaded.) Please go to the following link to complete the application form and upload the presentation file: https://forms.gle/TQMwnZpDS2sxepoL7

🌿 Application Submission Link
Please go to the following link to complete the application form and upload the presentation file: https://forms.gle/TQMwnZpDS2sxepoL7

🌿 Submission Deadline: September 8th 23:59 (GMT+8)

🌿 Download the General Regulation here: https://pse.is/EABEN 

【Important Dates】
⚡ Sep. 08th: Application Deadline
⚡ Sep. 12th: Top 40 Teams Announcement (Rookies).
⚡ Sep. 21st: Pitch Contest (Semi-Final Round)
⚡ Oct. 19th: Social Business Colosseum (Final Round)

【Organizer】
Yunus Centre, Yunus Social Business Centre at National Central University

【Partners】
makesense Taiwan, Social Impact Institute of Taiwan, Taipei Social Innovation Lab, Taichung Social Innovation Unit, Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli Regional Branch of Workforce Development Agency.

🔔Latest News will be updated in the official site of 4th Yunus Prize
https://sbc.mgt.ncu.edu.tw/yunusprize

【Contact Us】 
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🌵Phone: +886-3-4227151 Ext. 26010 or 66621 
🌵Email: yunus.sbc@g.ncu.edu.tw
🌵Web: https://sbc.mgt.ncu.edu.tw/yunusprize