RECAP OF THE CHALLENGE

WINNING TEAMS OF 2017

Imagtor

Providing video and photography editing service with majority of the staff are People with Disabilities (PwDs). The company started to generate profit after four months of operation with 100% customers from oversea, and a monthly sale growth is 36%.

Triip.me/Save the Ocean

Setting up an affordable smart water refill network in order to reduce plastic usage. The project received 300 locations registered for refill network within 48 hours after official announcement and 1,000 locations up to date.

Sign language interpreting service company

Providing sign language translation between deaf and hearing people via video telephones and similar technologies. The project idea was started in September 2017 with focus on fund raising in parallel with introduction of the service to HAD and its member’s network to acquire early adopters.

1516 Green Architecture

Providing low-cost systems of wind turbines and solar panels to generate electricity for the poor in remote areas. There are almost 100 wind turbines and solar systems installed within 2017 for poor households in the northern area of Vietnam.

WHAT IS THE SDG CHALLENGE 2017?

 Since the 1990s, Vietnam GDP has grown significantly at around 6% annually, making it the second fastest growing country in the world, right after China (Vietnam 2035, 2017). However, accompanying significant economic growth are certain social problems, including economic inequality, environmental sustainability, climate change adaptation, and delivery of essential services such as education and healthcare. 

With the adoption of Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, Vietnam has made a commitment to create a more inclusive society and make development more sustainable.

Therefore, UNDP Viet Nam and HATCH! VENTURES created the SDG Challenge 2017, a competition and acceleration program to find business ideas and innovations that help achieve the SDGs. Participating teams get training,  support and expert mentorship for their project's implementation. 

The final round will be held at the international entrepreneurship conference and startup exhibition HATCH! FAIR the Fifth, in Ho Chi Minh City in October 27–28, during Saigon Innovation Week. 
 
Winning teams will receive equity-free seed-funding to implement projects, with direct support from HATCH! VENTURES, UNDP Viet Nam and donor partners.

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SDG Challenge 2017 at a Glance

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
with significant SDG impact that can tackle various social and environmental issues with the potential scale-up globally.

GRANT FUNDING
Selected projects get support with equity-free seed-funding to develop the projects further. 

ACCELERATION
Hands-on training and mentoring from experts will be provided via impact acceleration program. 

WORKSHOPS
Join our workshop on what the SDGs mean for business. We also have networking events with top investors from around the world. 

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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.

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Reduce inequality within and among countries

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts*

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

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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