Vietnam Changemaker Challenge Program 2021

Vietnam Changemaker Challenge 2021

Vietnam Changemaker Challenge 2021 (VNCC) is a Startup Incubation and accelerator program for projects and social enterprises in Vietnam, organized by the social innovation startup training and incubation platform impactUP. The program is co-organized by the Vietnam Research Institute for Innovation and Development (VID) and the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NEU Center for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship). Fully funded by World University Service of Canada (WUSC-EUMC) and Impact Techfest Vietnam.

The program seeks ideas or businesses that make an impact on the 3 SDGs:

✅ SDG 5: Gender equality

✅ SDG 8: Employment and economic development

✅ SDG 13: Action for the environment

Incubation Team:

Subject:

✅ Young people under 35 years old (men and women in any situation, priority given to disadvantaged groups)

✅ Interested in starting a project for the social community, an impact startup project

✅ Desire to solve problems towards

Benefits:

⭐️ Incubated on social creative goals

⭐️ Connect with young people, social creators, social entrepreneurs with similar interests

⭐️ Connected with Mentor, a trainer with expertise in the field of business, start-up and social creation

⭐️ Acquire professional knowledge and skills related to Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

⭐️ Opportunity to participate in tutoring sessions, webinar with impactUP’s mentor team

⭐️ Participating in Pitching at the end of each stage to ensure knowledge and practical application

⭐️ Received a certificate of completion of impactUP’s Startup Incubation program

Acceleration Team:

Subject:

✅ Start-up groups or youth action groups for society (men and women in any situation, priority given to disadvantaged groups)

✅ Already have prototype / BMC / Action plan

✅ Desire to accelerate your ideas, projects, start-ups to make an impact

✅ Desire to solve problems towards

Benefits:

⭐️ Trained in expertise and skills related to Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

⭐️ Connect with young people, social creators, social entrepreneurs, businesses and start-up groups with similar interests

⭐️ Connected with Mentor, a trainer with expertise in the field of business, start-up and social creation

⭐️ Connect and meet with investors

⭐️ Opportunity to participate in tutoring sessions, webinar with impactUP’s mentor team

⭐️ Participating in Pitching at the end of each stage to ensure knowledge and practical application

⭐️ Received a certificate of completion of impactUP’s Startup Accelerator program

Main partners: CSIE, WISC, Techfest Vietnam 2021