2019 European Social Innovation Competition awards ceremony, Etterbeek - Main contents
| date | October 24, 2019 |
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| city | Etterbeek, Belgium |
| organisation | Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW) i |
Albert Hall, Chaussée de Wavre / Waversesteenweg 651, 1040 Etterbeek
The event will showcase the 10 finalists of the 2019 edition, as well as feature the announcement of this year’s 3 winners, who will each receive a €50,000 prize.
The theme for the 2019 European Social Innovation Competition is 'challenging plastic waste'. It launched in February 2019 in Ljubljana, Slovenia with the aim of supporting ideas and projects that reduce plastic waste and littering through changing and improving existing processes, or through introducing brand new products and initiatives. 30 semi-finalists were selected for a 3-day training academy held in Turin, Italy where they received individual tailored coaching.
The event will also feature the announcement of the 2019 'Impact Prize Winner', an award which goes to the semi-finalist from the 2018 edition of the competition that has achieved the most significant social impact over the past year.
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This directorate-general (DG) is responsible for policies concerning the internal market, industry and small and medium enterprises. The directorate-general is also involved in the Copernicus and Galileo space programmes of the EU.