Submit Applications for Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition

Participants are invited to submit their ideas with social impact and to make a concrete commitment to one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to implement them. The 17 goals for sustainable development address the most important social, economic, environmental and health challenges of their time. Entrepreneurs from 13 years old are invited to submit their idea to participate in the CEC.

The competition takes place in three phases. In the first phase, entrepreneurs submit their idea with a short pitch. If their idea meets the competition criteria, they are invited to complete the courses and work on their Entrepreneurial Design. For this purpose, they have developed a special Entrepreneurial Design Canvas (EDC). After completing the courses, participants can submit their completed EDC for phase 2. In this phase all ideas will be published and the participants can vote and collect votes. The 10 submissions with the most votes will move on to the third phase, where an expert jury will select the winners. The winners will be announced at the CEC award ceremony, which takes place in an online ceremony.

Eligibility Criteria

• Idea
  • All entries must include an innovative solution or proposal for a business that addresses the Sustainable Development Goals. It may be in the conception, planning, or start-up phase, but must not yet have resulted in a start-up.

How to participate?

• To participate in the CEC, you must submit an idea that addresses one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). You can create your idea in your dashboard under „My Ideas/Projects.”
• Submit Your Idea
  • First, create a short pitch and submit it through the dashboard under „My Idea/Project.” Make sure to submit an idea as an „Idea” and not as a „Project” as submissions classified as projects cannot be considered.
• Voting Phase
  • To participate in the Voting Phase, you must:
    • Complete the two courses: „Brains versus Capital” & „Sustainable Entrepreneurship.”
    • Fully complete the Entrepreneurial Design Canvas (EDC).
    • Submit your idea for voting.

For more information, visit Stiftung Entrepreneurship.