Presentation - Rural Youth Innovation Award in Latin American and the Carribbean

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THE AWARD

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1.1 INTRODUCTION The Rural Youth Innovation Award in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the first initiatives of the South-South Knowledge and Cooperation Center of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), cofinanced by the Government of China.

The Award seeks to identify, reward and disseminate innovative and sustainable youth initiatives in the region. It also encourages the application and scalability of practices and/or technologies that contribute to rural development and rural poverty reduction.

The applying initiatives should be examples of effective good practices and technologies already applied and implemented in solving rural challenges, especially towards rural smallholders.

INTRODUCTION

YOUTHLED INNOVATI ON

ALL LAC COUNTRI ES

200 – 250

APPLICATIO NS

10

AWARDE ES

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GOALS

1.2 GOALS

KNOWLEDGE-SHARING PLATFORM CREATION To share disruptive and creative initiatives led by young people in rural areas. It will also encourage their replicability in the region.

AWARD HOSTING To bring companies, academia and other organizations together to invest and recognize the activities of innovative rural youth.

DISSEMINATION AND SCALABILITY SUPPORT Regional exchanges with other United Nations agencies and organizations towards solutions’ implementation in ongoing or future projects. Meeting with companies looking for mentoring and/or financing.

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OUTCOMES

1.3 OUTCOMES The Award, with its innovative and aggregative character, will bring results in four dimensions:

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TO THE BENEFICIARIES It will provide resources and visibility for the most innovative ones, facilitating their connections with partners and investors.

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TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR

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TO THE GOVERNMENTS It will encourage support for innovation generation, scalability and

It will establish a channel to engage and connect rural youth to the private sector, fostering new products and services.

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IN THE REGION It will disseminate rural innovation practices throughout the region and will

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ELIGIBILITY

1.4 ELEGIBILITY YOUTH FROM

18 35

YEARS OLD

NATIONALS AND RESIDENTS IN LAC

To include diverse realities, in addition to different definitions of youth used by LAC countries and the UN, young people between the ages of 18 and 35 are eligible to join the Award.

They must be nationals and residents of the countries in the region. It is also possible to submit group proposals – as long as at least 80% of the participants are youth.

The projects must necessarily develop solutions applicable to rural areas. And it needs to be an innovative initiative already tested and validated in such areas.

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1.5 WHY INVEST IN RURAL YOUTH IN LAC COUNTRIES Today's youth generation is the largest in history.

In rural areas, young people are two to three times more likely to be unemployed than adults, and are also more likely to be poor.

Thus, youth are more likely to leave their homes in search for work.

Unless we invest in rural areas and develop strong rural economies with attractive prospects for young people, they will be forced to migrate.

Investment in innovation can bring more opportunities to the regional level and high impact solutions developed by the beneficiaries themselves.

INVESTING IN RURAL YOUTH

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CATEGORIES AND EVALUATION

CATEGORIES AND EVALUATION

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CATEGORIES

2.1 CATEGORIES

TECHNICAL CATEGORIES: • • • • • • • •

Conservation Sustainability Climate change Communications & technology Financial inclusion Education Food security Income generation

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FEATURED CATEGORY

Inclusion of minorities/ vulnerable groups

To ensure an innovative and inclusive future, the Award will accept projects in key areas for sustainable rural development. Currently, each category will have its own prize.

Participants will have the opportunity to choose the main category in which they wish to participate.

In addition, according to the UN 2030 Agenda, they can also indicate to which Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) their projects contribute.

Projects promoting the inclusion of women, indigenous people or other vulnerable groups will have a Featured Award.

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2.2 EVALUATION The projects assessment will follow the evaluation defined by the Award organizers.

It is important to note that the promotion of diversity and inclusion of minorities is common to all categories.

EVALUATION

EVALUATION CRITERIA

RELEVANC E

Innovation level

3

Scale up / replication potential in the LAC region

3

Results and generated impact

2

Positive impact generated for vulnerable groups

2

Business model and value proposition

1

Market knowledge

1

Initiative led by young people from 18 to 25 years

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NGO’S INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

UN AGENCIES

EVALUATING COMMITTEE

2.3 EVALUATING COMMITTEE COMPANIES

The Evaluating Committee will be composed of technical evaluators, members of the United Nations Agencies involved in the Award (IFAD, FAO, WFP and others); experts representing the private sector or other partner organizations / co-funders of the Award (Government of China, NGOs of LAC and others).

The appointment of evaluators for each initiative will be carried out by IFAD's project team and will take into account the evaluator’s training and experience, which must be aligned with the characteristics of each initiative.

The Award will seek to balance the composition of the Evaluating Committee in terms of gender and seek to encourage the participation of young people.

Each initiative participating in the Award will be evaluated (at least) by three members of the Committee.

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PARTNERS

PARTNERS: BENEFITS AND COMMITMENTS

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PARTNERS

3.1 BENEFITS By supporting rural youth innovation, partners invest in research and development of new bottom-up solutions.

The relationship with a project led and organized by a United Nations agency, offers the opportunity to: • Brand promotion on the Award’s website, social media and printed materials; •Evaluation of the winning projects as part of the Evaluating Committee; •Possibility solutions;

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scaling

up

innovative

VISIBILITY IN THE AWARD’S MEDIAS

PROJECT LED BY UNITED NATIONS

PROMOTION ON A REGIONAL LEVEL

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PARTNERS

3.2 COMMITMENTS

COOPERATION ON DEFINING EVALUATION METHODS

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In addition to joining the Evaluating Committee, the partners commit to sponsor the prizes and also participate in different stages of the project to be agreed between the parties.

EVALUATING COMMITTEE FORMATION

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SPONSORING AWARDS

The partners collaborate in the evaluation phase, forming a multidisciplinary and high quality committee. In addition, other award phases, such as the definition of evaluation methods and the exchanges of winners, are open to the partners contribution and participation.

Prizes may be awarded in the following ways: • Monetary resources • Coaching • Training • Loan Resources

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SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE

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3.1 SCHEDULE The Award is an IFAD two-year project and its implementation follows the following dates: JANUARY/2020: Award’s launch and applications opening JANUARY – MARCH/2020: Applications’ submissions APRIL – MAY/2020: Initiatives’ evaluation MAY/2020: Finalists’ disclosure MAY – JUNE/2020: Award ceremony JUNHO – DEZEMBRO/2020: Dissemination and showcase of award-winning initiatives

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CONTACT: E-MAIL: PREMIORURAL@IFAD.ORG PHONE: +55 61 3038 9293 PROGRAMME MANAGER: Denise de Freitas Carvalho EXPERT IN COMMUNICATIONS & WEB: Juliana Grangeiro

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