Since the Stockholm Challenge began in 1995 it has won a world-wide reputation for finding and connecting innovative information and communication technology based projects in health, education, government, culture, business and environment.
During our 10 years on the Internet, we have met many good friends who have done their utmost to ensure that their local communities and projects participate in, and gain the most from, the Challenge and in the process they have also helped the Challenge gain access to the widest possible range of projects. We call these people Challenge Champions and they range from individuals to organisations large and small.
For our current event we are looking for even more such organisations and people, those who can see that our event not only offers its direct participants many benefits, but that clusters of participants can also offer extra benefits back to the wider community by raising awareness of the value that ICT brings to the community, making projects more aware of their colleagues working in the community and making funding bodies and Governments more aware of the value being generated by ICTs in a given region.
Read more about the Challenge below or contact us now to begin the discussions that could lead to you, or your organisation becoming a Challenge Champion.
In its ten years the Challenge has received over 3.000 applications, out of which some 500 projects have been identified by the international expert jury as finalists and winners.
The Challenge projects illustrate how skills and efforts in applying ICTs - to create new and better services and products - can counteract the digital divide and solve previously intractable problems.
By stimulating contacts between participants and partners of different expertise, the Challenge has created a lively interaction among a large number of people and organisations to build networks of some of the best ICT groups and cross competence teams in the world.
To enter a project in the Stockholm Challenge Award is not only to participate in a prestigious international ICT competition - it is also a way to join networks of some of the best ICT entrepreneurs and pioneers in the world. Testimonials from many of the participating projects say that it is the inspiration, the new ideas, contacts and partners that are the greatest rewards for a Challenger.
The Stockholm Challenge offers excellent marketing opportunities through exposure to media, and to private and public organizations that are involved in ICT work and implementations. It gives promotional opportunities for entrepreneurs, universities, cities, cities and regions. The Stockholm Challenge Final Events include a Best Practice Exhibition and a Conference. It is a meeting place for some the world's most successful IT entrepreneurs.
Winners and finalists of the Stockholm Challenge are global role models for cities, companies, organisations, schools and others who are involved in adapting and spreading the use of ICT.
With the recent shift of operational activities from the Economic development unit of the City of Stockholm to the IT University, a joint initiative of KTH and Stockholm University, based in the Kista Technology park, the Challenge also offers a more concentrated focus on academic and practical research into strategies, technologies and applications for successful ICT-based development programmes world-wide.
Stockholm Challenge Contact Details
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Ulla Skidén - Project Manager
ulla.skiden@stockholmchallenge.se
Earl Mardle - Project Support
earl.mardle@stockholmchallenge.se