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?

 Since the 1990s, Vietnam GDP has grown significantly at around 6% annually, making it the one of fastest growing countries in the world. However, with fast growth comes social problems, including economic inequality, environmental issues like climate change adaptation, and delivery of essential services like education and healthcare. 

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

UNDP Viet Nam and HATCH! VENTURES are excited to announce SDG Challenge 2017, to find innovations to help achieve the SDGs. Participating teams get training,  support, and expert mentorship. 

The final round will be held at a major international event, to be announced soon. 
 
Winning teams receive funding to implement projects, with support from programme donor partners.

SDG Challenge at a Glance

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
SDG impact-tackling social and environmental solutions that can scale-up globally.
GRANT FUNDING
Selected projects get support with equity-free seed-funding to develop projects further. 
ACCELERATION
Training and mentoring from experts is provided through an acceleration program. 
WORKSHOPS
Discover what the SDGs mean for business and network with global investors. 
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.

Understanding the
​Sustainable Development Goals

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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