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Happy Cities Summit: Amaravati 2018 
http://www.happycitiessummit.org/PC2018/index.html

Countries: All

Deadline: 12 March 2018
Announcement of finalists: 21 March 2018
Pitch Competition & Announcement of Winners: 10-12 April 2018

PRIZE – Finalists will have the opportunity to:

• Receive funding to scale your ventures: Finalists can potentially secure seed funding, growth capital, or grants from leading investors and donors
• Sign MoUs with Government of Andhra Pradesh and city governments from around the world to pilot or roll-out solutions
• Pitch solutions to an eminent jury: Finalists will get a chance to share their solutions with leading thinkers, city administrators, and funders
• Showcase your solution to the global urban community
• Get global recognition through intensive media coverage

DESCRIPTION – Rapid urbanization is taking place, especially in the developing world. Many new cities are emerging and several existing cities are expanding rapidly. Case in point: Amaravati, the green field capital of Andhra Pradesh in India, is being developed with a planned population of 3.5 million!
While these cities aspire to become liveable, smart and sustainable, they face unique constraints such as competing pressures on land, limited budgets, and socio-economic diversity.

There is need for bold and disruptive thinking and this competition is looking for innovative solutions under the following themes:

1. Citizen-centric Governance – Making governance data-driven and participative across socio-economic classes 

• Smart governance – Harnessing data through technologies to improve decision making and service deliver
• City engagement – Engaging and incentivizing citizens to participate in city design and planning, financing, and governance

2. Liveable Communities: Creating safe, equitable and accessible neighbourhoods

• People-friendly mobility – Offering integrated transport and mobility solutions that are accessible and environment friendly, and promote good health
• Inclusive housing and public spaces – Housing and public spaces that are climate sensitive, inclusive, adaptive, and promote citizen interaction

3. Clean & Healthy Environment: Building an ecologically diverse and resilient urban ecosystem

• Blue-green spaces – Integrating nature-inspired water and green bodies in city design to improve biodiversity and environmental resilience
• Waste and pollution free ecosystems – Advancing healthy living through waste management and pollution mitigation solutions

UP TO FIVE (5) FINALISTS WILL BE SELECTED PER THEME

ELIGIBILITY – You are a start-up, city-preneur, design firm, social enterprise, or not-for-profit with an innovative, impactful and scalable solution to enhance ‘citizen happiness’ here is your chance to showcase it at a global platform. To be eligible to apply:

• The applicant must be a registered entity - i.e. it could be a company, partnership, limited liability partnership, sole proprietorship or not-for-profit organization
• The solution should map to at least one sub-theme
• The applicant should have at the minimum a prototype in place for the proposed solution

A panel of experts will assess applications on the following criteria:

• Impact and uniqueness of the solution
• Scalability and sustainability of the model
• Quality of the management team

APPLICATION FORM (English only): https://crda.ap.gov.in/apcrda/userinterface/pitchcompetition/PitchcompetitionWelcome.aspx

For more information: pitch@happycitiessummit.org