Applications are open for the DOW/YALI RLC Accra Design Challenge for Sustainable Waste Management 2021. The DOW/YALI RLC Accra Design Challenge targets YALI RLC Accra Alumni working in the environmental sustainability space to validate the assumptions and explore the opportunities that motivate the search for solutions for waste management in the region.
The challenge adopts techniques which communicate, interact, empathize and stimulate its participants, helping them to obtain an understanding of their needs, desires and experiences. It is a unique approach to problem solving; one that starts with the people you are designing for and ends with new solutions that are tailor-made to suit their needs. The process will also involve the adoption and utilization of inspiration, ideation and implementation in the problem-solving approach.
WORTH
- The winning group will receive $10,000 to implement their challenge project/ idea.
- The completion of the Design Challenge will pave way for the YALI Alumni Innovation Award, an online ceremony where participants will present their ideas and receive feedback from a panel of judges.
- The online session will also host and provide an instructive conversation with an online audience of Alumni of the Center. The highlight of the award ceremony will be the announcement of the winning Challenge group.
ELIGIBILITY
- Open to Alumni of the YALI RLC Accra.
- They must be working in the Circular Economy/Green/Sustainable waste management space, irrespective of the track.
DEADLINE: January 31, 2021.
To apply and for more information visit here
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