SDG CHALLENGE 2019
Accelerating Innovations to Achieve the SDGs
We're looking for innovative solutions to support accessibity for Persons with Disabilities.
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RECAP OF THE CHALLENGE
FINALISTS OF 2019
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WHAT IS THE SDG CHALLENGE 2019?
Over 7 percent of the population in Viet Nam live with some form of disability - that is more than 6 million people. In addition, the country has a growing ageing population. One of the most pressing challenges for people with disabilities and older persons is accessibility. Accessibility is not only a right of persons with disabilities, but also a means of ensuring that they are able to exercise all their rights and are empowered to participate fully in society.
The Industrial Revolution 4.0 presents some major challenges for Viet Nam, but it also presents opportunities to use technological advances to reduce inequalities and ensure that no one is left behind in the transition to the IR4.0. UNDP and the National Start-up Support Center (NSSC) have therefore partnered together to launch the SDG Challenge 2019 to find and incubate impact start-ups which provide innovative solutions to support accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, and further advance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
This competition to promote inclusive innovation is part of the TechFest 2019 process and built on the previous initiatives that support a number of start-ups with and for people with disability, including Imagtor and SC Deaf - winners of the SDG Challenge 2017, and Vulcan Augmetics - top 10 of the 2018 TECHFEST competition.
The Industrial Revolution 4.0 presents some major challenges for Viet Nam, but it also presents opportunities to use technological advances to reduce inequalities and ensure that no one is left behind in the transition to the IR4.0. UNDP and the National Start-up Support Center (NSSC) have therefore partnered together to launch the SDG Challenge 2019 to find and incubate impact start-ups which provide innovative solutions to support accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, and further advance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
This competition to promote inclusive innovation is part of the TechFest 2019 process and built on the previous initiatives that support a number of start-ups with and for people with disability, including Imagtor and SC Deaf - winners of the SDG Challenge 2017, and Vulcan Augmetics - top 10 of the 2018 TECHFEST competition.
SDG Challenge at a Glance
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS (July - August) to support accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, and further advance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. |
ACCELERATION (August - September) Selected teams get training and mentoring from experts via impact acceleration programme, and will be connected with investors. |
POLICY DIALOGUE/ EXHIBITION (December) Policy makers, stakeholders and PWDs will discuss policy vision in supporting the disability. Selected teams will showcase their product/ service on accessibitlity for PWD. |
Understanding the
Sustainable Development Goals
On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at a historic UN Summit — officially came into force. Over the next fifteen years, with these new goals that universally apply to all, countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.
The private sector is recognized as a key stakeholder for the achievement of the ‘Global Goals’, and businesses expected to contribute to the realization of the new agenda.
At the global level, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets of the new agenda will be monitored and reviewed using a set of global indicators.
The private sector is recognized as a key stakeholder for the achievement of the ‘Global Goals’, and businesses expected to contribute to the realization of the new agenda.
At the global level, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets of the new agenda will be monitored and reviewed using a set of global indicators.
In 2015 at UN Headquarters in New York, President Truong Tan Sang announced Vietnam's commitment to implementing 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Since then, Vietnam has been implementing projects to reach closer to these goals.
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