{"id":6818,"date":"2023-07-10T18:52:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T18:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/?p=6818"},"modified":"2023-07-10T18:54:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T18:54:50","slug":"6818","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/2023\/07\/10\/6818\/","title":{"rendered":"The\u00a0WATER FOR ALL Pitch Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0WATER FOR ALL Pitch Competition<\/i><\/b>, funded by the United States Agency for International Development\u2019s Eastern and Southern Caribbean\u2019s office, seeks\u00a0entrepreneurs<\/i><\/b>\u00a0located in the\u00a0Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC)<\/i><\/b>\u00a0to submit game-changing innovations that focus on the water sector (further described herein).\u00a0Eligible<\/i><\/b>\u00a0countries in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean are\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago<\/i><\/b>. The Competition is an extension of the WATER IS LIFE Conference that took place in Barbados June 7-8, 2023.

The competition aims to:\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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  1. Identify and fund promising innovators at the nexus of the climate and water sectors,\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/li>\n
  2. Understand the nature, progress, and scale of small and growing enterprises in the region, and<\/u><\/u><\/li>\n
  3. Connect water-tech entrepreneurs to global investors, mentors, and an ecosystem of business development support options for follow-on assistance that will support the scalability of their innovation.<\/u><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


    The Pitch competition will amplify the private sector\u2019s role in water solutions by showcasing promising innovations and practices and to strategically connect them to advanced support systems that will ultimately support the scaling up of their innovations for the benefit of all. It will serve to inspire anyone within the ESC region that meets the entrance criteria to pitch innovative solutions addressing an evolving and complex problem affecting the water sector. This would enable testing of ideas to identify what works, and catalyze follow-on investments for and bring attention to proven solutions for greater scale.

    The\u00a0submission portal<\/i><\/b>\u00a0to receive entries for the\u00a0WATER FOR ALL Pitch Competition<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is\u00a0now open<\/i><\/b>.\u00a0 Eligible entities are encouraged to submit entries on or before the\u00a0submission deadline<\/i><\/b>\u00a0of\u00a0July 14, 2023<\/i><\/b>.\u00a0 Click this\u00a0link to submit<\/i><\/b>\u00a0your entry:\u00a0https:\/\/www.challenge.gov\/?challenge=water-for-all<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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    Important Things to Note:<\/u><\/b><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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    1. Ensure that you read through the Pitch Competition guidelines carefully before making your submissions as incomplete entries will not be accepted.<\/u><\/u><\/li>\n
    2. Pay attention to the resources tab of the\u00a0challenge.gov<\/a>\u00a0portal and ensure that you complete\u00a0Annex C Entrance Requirements \u2013 Pitch Competition Questionnaire<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/u><\/li>\n
    3. Entries will not be accepted via email.\u00a0 Entries\u00a0will only be accepted<\/i><\/b>\u00a0through the Pitch Competition submission\u00a0portal\u00a0<\/i><\/b>located here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.challenge.gov\/?challenge=water-for-all<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/u><\/u><\/li>\n
    4. Competition finalists will be invited to the Water for All Pitch Room that will be hosted in Barbados in September 2023 to compete for a pool of USD 50,000 (travel related expenses to participate in the Pitch Room will be funded by USAID ESC).\u00a0 Cash prizes are broken down as follow:<\/u><\/u>\n
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      1. 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Place \u2013\u00a0USD 25,000<\/u><\/u><\/li>\n
      2. 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Place USD 15,000<\/u><\/u><\/li>\n
      3. 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0Place \u2013 USD 10,000<\/u><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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