Oxfam in Pakistan is organizing Social Innovation Challenge 2019 (SIC-2019) to seek innovative solutions from university students to the development challenges faced by Pakistan. SIC-2019 is a unique opportunity for young people studying in different universities of Pakistan to think and incubate ideas that are innovative and effective.
The Social Innovation Challenge will be a one-day event hosted at The National Incubation Center [NIC], Islamabad in which graduating students from the universities in Pakistan will present their ideas and solutions to given problem statements. The problem statements could be derived from:
Students will be asked to come up with solutions in groups and give presentations to a group of panelists. The panel will be comprised of academics, Oxfam staff/technical experts, and other civil society and private sector representatives.
Top 3 selected ideas will be given prizes/awards. After piloting the top three ideas for 6-12 months, Oxfam will reach out to institutional donors, foundations, and corporations for funding and for scale-up.
University students who are enrolled in any public or private university in Pakistan.
There are four problem statements/themes on which the participants will be presenting innovative ideas on any one of the following:
The participants will be asked to submit their proposals based on the above themes while clearly explaining the big idea which should be documented in not more than 5 pages. The Proposal Format (Point VII) is also provided for guidance along with their respective marks on each section. The initial selection will be made on the basis of most marks attained and most innovative idea. Top 10 teams succeeding from the initial scrutiny will then be invited to present their ideas in front of the Jury members. After selection of the top three ideas, winners will be announced.
The proposal in the soft copy should reach to Oxfam in Pakistan no later than 3rd March 2019 at info@sic-2019.com. For more information, the details are also provided at the reception counter of each university while the students can also look at Oxfam’s FB page for recent updates.
The selection will be done in three Tiers. In the first tier, the scrutiny will be done by the technical team of Oxfam and the shortlisted teams will be announced. In the second tier, the shortlisted teams’ ideas will be examined by the Mentors who will further shortlist the most interesting and innovative ideas. Top 10 OR 20 teams shortlisted by the Mentors will be finally reviewed by the Jury Members. The top 10 OR 20 teams will be presenting their ideas in front of the Jury Members at the main event explaining the concept in detail. The total time allotted to every team will be 5 minutes. Any explanation given after 5 minutes will be considered unless the Jury wants to know more and allot extra time. After the final selection, the top three teams will be announced as winners of the Innovation Challenge.
VII. Proposal Format:
S. No |
Scope of Activity |
Description |
Marks |
a |
Problem Statement |
Description of the need for technology and Innovation. Why there is a need? |
10 |
b |
Concept |
Description of the Big Idea |
20 |
c |
Innovation |
How the proposed idea is innovative in addressing the problem that it seeks to resolve |
20 |
d |
Potential Impact |
Describe how you expect this project to create an impact |
20 |
e |
Scalability |
What is the potential for the idea to grow bigger? What is the potential scale? |
20 |
f |
Relevance |
What is the relevance of the project to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Government policies for the above stated problem statements. |
10 |
Questions and Answers
Any additional information or questions can be asked and sent to info@sic-2019.com no later than 28th February, 2019. The questions asked in written form will be entertained.
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When Result will be announce of this competition?