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Timeline

08 June 2023

EPPIC Call for Innovations in Lao PDR and Cambodia

23 July 2023

EPPIC 2023: Applications Close

11 August 2023

Announcement of 17 Winners of EPPIC 2023

15 August - 15 November 2023

3-month EPPIC Incubation Programme

24 November 2023

EPPIC 2023 Final Pitching Competition

04 December 2023 - 04 August 2024

Impact Acceleration Programme

Requirements

Click here to view the EPPIC 2021 Terms and Conditions (T&C for 2023 is updating).

All individuals and organisations are welcome to enter the competition, including businesses, non-profit organisations, and academic and public institutions.

 

 

In order to apply, participants must abide by all of the following rules and minimum requirements:

1

At least one member of your team must be a citizen of an ASEAN country.

2

At least one member of your team must be able to communicate clearly and give presentations in English.

3

You do not need to be a legal entity at the time of application. If you are selected as a winner in the EPPIC Final Pitching Competition in September 2021 however, your organisation must register as a legal entity in one of the ASEAN member states in order to receive the incubation training and seed funding.

Furthermore, if your team is selected as a semi-finalist for the initial 3-month incubation period (in June 2021):

1

At least one senior member of your team should be available for the incubation activities delivered by EPPIC (e.g. training, coaching, mentoring, and consulting). Most of these will be delivered online, but some may also take place in person.

2

At least the founder or co-founder should be available in person for (1) Field visit to Mandalika or Samal Island from June to August 2021, (2) EPPIC Final Pitching in September 2021, and (3) the Demo Day at the end of the programme.

Please note that the format and dates of the training may evolve, depending on travel restrictions related to COVID-19.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be evaluated by a panel composed of experts from different disciplines (see Judges section on the website for details).

Entries will be selected based on four critical factors (viability and local potential, innovativeness, sustainability and scalability, and impact), as well as the composition of their teams.

The Solution

Viability and local potential

35%

• Demonstrate success in reducing plastic pollution
• Tailored to solve plastic issues in focus locality

Innovativeness

20%

Bringing new ideas to solve the growing challenge of plastic waste

Sustainability and scalability

20%

• Having operational and financial stability
• Being able to scale and be replicated in other contexts

Impact

10%

Demonstrate potential social and environmental impacts SDG 1 (No Poverty),
SDG 5 (Gender Equality), and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities)

The Team

Diversity and skills complementarity of the Team

15%

• Diversity of team
• Other operational and technical skills from the team members that could balance each other