The theme of this competition is Green Products!
What is a green product?
A green product is a product designed to minimize its negative environmental impacts during its whole life-cycle and even after its life is ended.
Green products are those reducing waste, or maximizing resource efficiency, or safe for nature. They are manufactured using toxic-free ingredients and environmentally-friendly practices.
If you have an idea for a green product, you can apply to the competition and win a fully-covered 4-day educational trip to one of the EU countries! The trip will include a 2-day training workshop on Ecodesign!
We accept any green ideas for example for environment-friendly packaging materials, organic pesticides and fertilizers, green cleaning products, products made from recycled materials, electric cars and more and more!
Be creative, innovative, and ready to commercialize your idea!
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Who can participate? |
Students and fresh graduates (2 years after graduation) from any West Bank universities |
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Which ideas can participate? |
Designs for green products |
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What is expected from the participants in the first stage (the application stage): |
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What is expected from the participants in the second stage (after selecting the participants based on the green product description): |
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Prize for the winners |
A fully covered educational trip to Berlin/German and participation in a 2-day Ecodesign training workshop to be delivered by the Ecodesign Learning Factory (depending on the EU traveling regulations. If the regulations are restricted, the Competition management team keeps the right to cancel the trip) |
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Tentative Competition calendar |
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Planned dates for a trip to German |
August 20 – 25, 2021 (depending on the EU traveling regulations. If the regulations are restricted, the Competition management team keeps the right to cancel the trip) |
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Number of teams to be selected for the competition |
Up to 15 applicants (teams or individual applicants) |
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Number of teams/ individuals to be selected as a winner |
1 – 4 teams (up to 4 individuals in total) |
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How to apply: |
Through the link https://forms.gle/NMBuKXk5pyrek97E8 |
- B-Hub experts will assist each selected team to develop the green design!
- B-Hub will fully cover the cost of the lab work if required to develop the design!
- B-Hub will help the teams willing to start their own green business, in the business modeling, business planning, and connecting to the financiers!
Selection criteria for a winner:
- Environmental significance and seriousness of the environmental problem to be solved by the green product
- Originality and innovation of the product design
- Idea stage (more advanced stages such as readiness of prototypes for the green products will get additional scores)
- Availability of the market need/ market demand for the product
- The design is realistic (i.e., the green product can be manufactured by local enterprises)
- Easiness and efficiency of the production process to manufacture the green product
- The design will not have negative social impact (e.g., increasing of poverty or decreasing an income among marginalized people)
Selection criteria for a winner:
- Environmental significance and seriousness of the environmental problem to be solved by the green product
- Originality and innovation of the product design
- Idea stage (more advanced stages such as readiness of prototypes for the green products will get additional scores)
- Availability of the market need/ market demand for the product
- The design is realistic (i.e., the green product can be manufactured by local enterprises)
- Easiness and efficiency of the production process to manufacture the green product
- The design will not have negative social impact (e.g., increasing of poverty or decreasing an income among marginalized people)
