$ 1 million Prize from BridgeBuilder Challenge for Organizations 2018

BridgeBuilder Challenge is now accepting submissions from registered organizations that address urgent global challenges at the intersections of peace, prosperity, and planet in radically new ways. Our world is facing great challenges: from conflict to inequality to natural disasters. These issues stretch beyond borders and across cultures, they demand our collective attention, collaboration and best thinking to overcome them. This innovation Challenge, conducted in collaboration with GHR Foundation, will support organizations design and innovate for the global good.

Eligibility Criteria:
[1] participants must be registered organizations
[2] the idea is action oriented. Not research.
[3] the idea touches on at least 2 or more of the topic areas (peace, prosperity, planet).
[4] the idea builds or repairs unique bridges between people, issues, and beliefs to promote meaningful engagement, greater social cohesion and sustainable community led change.
[5] the idea is appropriate for the context, cultures, knowledge, wisdom, needs and aspirations of partner communities.
[6] the idea collects feedback from end users in order to solve a real problem for the community.

Challenge Journey:

The challenge journey consists of 7 phases. The first phase; the ideation phase, had already started on May 1, 2018. In this phase, participants are asked to submit their ideas and suggested solutions to global challenges. The following 3 phases start on June 5. During these 3 phases, participants will get beneficiary and expert feedback and provide feedback to other participants. The Improve phase allows shortlisted teams to use feedback from previous phases to improve and finalize their idea within 2 weeks.

In the final evaluation phase, all shortlisted ideas will be reviewed by the GHR foundation, expert evaluators and the challenge team. Top ideas will be announced on October 1, 2018.

 Selected top ideas will: 

[1] Receive a share of $1 million in seed funding from GHR Foundation.
[2] Join a BridgeBuilder cohort of innovative organizations working to address urgent needs.
[3] Take part in a kick-off workshop, during which they will meet other social innovators and further design and build their approaches with tools and expertise from GHR Foundation and OpenIDEO.
[4] Receive ongoing partnership support from GHR Foundation, potential connection to other funder networks, and media exposure.

About OpenIDEO:
OpenIDEO is an open innovation platform where people from all corners of the world collaboratively tackle some of the toughest global issues through launching Challenges, programs, and other tailored experiences. Over the years, the OpenIDEO community has engaged hundreds of thousands of people in 202 countries and territories, generating more than 16,000 ideas for good.