On 25th April 2022, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean launched the 2022 edition of its “Young Caribbean Water Entrepreneurs Shark Tank Competition” with partial funding from the Global Environment Facility-funded CReW+ project. Other partners supporting this activity are the Caribbean Climate Innovation Center (CCIC) and DIA (Democratizing Innovation in the Americas), which is a regional initiative of The Trust for the Americas and the Organization of American States (OAS).
The Young Caribbean Water Entrepreneurs Shark Tank Competition seeks to provide a unique opportunity for young persons from the Caribbean, aged 18 to 34 years, to pitch innovative and impactful water-related project ideas to support better water resources management in their community, country or the Caribbean region. For the first time in this year’s competition, there will be two (2) seed funding awards of US$4,000 each.
Category 1
Seed funding of US$4,000 will be awarded for the best project/idea under the following themes:
- Water and Agriculture
- Water and Climate
- Water and Health
- Water and Energy
- Water and Tourism
Category 2
Seed funding of US$4,000 will be awarded for the best project/idea under the theme:
- Integrated Water and Wastewater Management (IWWM)
The introduction of this theme and additional award has been made possible due to GWP-C’s collaboration with the GEF CReW+ project through the UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) and Cartagena Convention Secretariat, to build awareness and capacity in the area of IWWM in the Caribbean region.
Applicants submitting a project/idea under Category 2 (IWWM) specifically, must be a Caribbean national residing in any of the Caribbean GEF CReW+ countries, which are: Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
The deadline for the submission of applications/project proposals is 7th August 2022 at midnight Atlantic Standard Time (AST).
Entrants must complete and submit the competition’s online project proposal template by 7th August 2022. The template is available here: https://forms.gle/mTw1fTjQSUPqjshp9.
Please note: All project proposals must be submitted in English and a maximum of two (2) persons can apply together on a submission.
For more details, please visit https://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-Caribbean/WE-ACT/news-page/News-and-Activities/gwp-c-and-partners-launch-2022-young-caribbean-water-entrepreneurs-shark-tank-competition/
Contact:
Should you have any queries related to the competition, please e-mail the GWP-C Secretariat at info@gwp-caribbean.org. Please ensure that “2022 Shark Tank” is included in the title of your e-mail.
