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Winners and finalists of the sixth wave of the GCIP Ukraine innovative environmentally friendly projects competition have been determined

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (April, 2023)

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (March, 2023)

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (February, 2023)

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (December, 2022)

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (November, 2022)

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (October, 2022)

On October 11, 2022, training at the GCIP Ukraine business academy began for 12 semi-finalist projects of the fifth wave of Acceleration.

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (September, 2022)

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (August, 2022)

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (June, 2022)

The second wave of the GCIP Regional Accelerator Business Academy on the basis of the Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University started on June 20.

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (May, 2022)

We invite you to aplly for our cleantech innovation competition aimed at post-war economic recovery of Ukraine on the basis of sustainable development have started. In order to participate, you should fill “Application form“. 

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations (April, 2022)

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations. March 2022.

We call for an immediate ceasefire, which includes unhindered access so that people in need can access humanitarian assistance.

You have a cleantech project and want to take it to the next level. Perfect, we invite you to aplly for our cleantech innovation competition. Applications process for the 6th wave of GCIP Ukraine National Cleantech Competition will start on March 1.

Following the principles of sustainable development and maintaining the gender balance in business, the UNIDO / GEF Project “Global Clean Technology Innovation Program for Small and Medium Enterprises in Ukraine” has been holding an annual event to support women’s entrepreneurship for three year in a row.

On October 4, 2021, applications for participation in the second online competition of startup projects of the GCIP Regional Accelerator for innovations, technologies and startups in the Donetsk region will start.

The training of the participants of the first wave of the Business Academy lasted from August 26 to September 8. In the final, 8 teams presented their startup projects to the judging committee.

You have a cleantech project and want to take it to the next level. Perfect, we invite you to aplly for our cleantech innovation competition. In order to participate, you should fill “Application form“. Deadline is September 30, 2021.

On August 27, 2021, 5 startup projects-winners of the online competition of the first in the Donetsk region GCIP Regional Accelerator for innovations, technologies and startups were determined.

The largest innovation park in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, UNIT.City will host a large-scale international event U Tomorrow Summit on the 3rd and 4th of September.

UNIDO’s technical and financial capabilities will be used to implement joint projects in Ukraine

Applications for participation in the clean technology project started on July 1. Petro Mohyla National University became a center for future ideas.

On July 1, Kherson National Technical University officially opened the Regional Accelerator GCIP Ukraine.

Polish partners of the GCIP Ukraine project – THE MIT Enterprise Forum invite representatives of startup teams to participate in the competition of innovative projects.

The final of the third wave of the GCIP Ukraine competition of innovative environmentally friendly projects took place on June 3-4.

On June 3, 2021, the Final Judging for the first group of innovative projects within the GCIP Ukraine competition took place.The first 10 semi-finalist teams presented their projects to a jury.

Representatives of 30 projects selected for the semifinals of the third wave of the competition of innovative startups have started training within the Business Academy GCIP Ukraine.

Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine held this year’s competition for the defense of research papers among schoolchildren. It was attended by more than 1,100 students from all over Ukraine, who presented their projects in various sciences. In total, the contestants presented their projects in 65 scientific areas.

On May 11-13, 2021, a virtual conference of theU.S.-Ukraine Foundation “Ukraine in Washington and beyond Powering Partnerships Through Innovations & Start-Ups” will take place.

The annual Festival of School Startups “Class Idea-2021” was attended by 128 young inventors – students aged 6 to 18 years. Participants traditionally passed the two-week StartUP-school of the Festival and presented 100 interesting projects.

The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine has launched a YouTube project to promote Ukrainian startups. Startup Club is a 140 second pitch from Ukrainian startups, which is evaluated by the best experts and representatives of the IT community.

Ukrainian startups, despite the pandemic and the general economic downturn, attracted a record $ 571 million in investment last year.

We are glad to inform you that UNIDO’s article on the GCIP Ukraine has been included in the UNECE Annual Report on SDGs 2021.

Fast Company presented an annual ranking of the 50 most innovative companies. In the ranking of 2021, the first place was taken by the biotechnology company Moderna, which manufactures a vaccine against COVID-19, and the Shopify service overtook SpaceX.

Oleg Litvinov is the founder of Bilux and the winner of the rating of “50 bravest entrepreneurs of Kharkiv” . He was the first in Ukraine to launch the production of a new type of infrared heaters, which now heat not only houses but also factories across the country. And among the big clients of Bilux are Nova Poshta, Allo and Golden Age.

You have a cleantech project and want to take it to the next level. Perfect, we invite you to aplly for our cleantech innovation competition. In order to participate, you should fill “Application form“. Deadline is March 19, 2021.

BE SUSTAINABLE! Fashion Summit, the largest event dedicated to the development of sustainable fashion in Ukraine, took place online on February 7, 2021, during Ukrainian Fashion Week No Season 2021.

The Ukrainian Foundation of Startups named the first winners of pitching in 2021. Five projects will receive grants of $ 25,000.

The main task of the Fund will be the development of a special platform designed to streamline contacts between startup developers and potential investors.

The objective of the ENERGY GLOBE Award is to present successful sustainable projects to a global audience and to demonstrate that for most of our environmental problems feasible solutions are already available.

UNDP in Ukraine together with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine invites everyone to participate in an innovative competition to find creative IT solutions to strengthen and develop the communities of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

As part of a comprehensive program, 50 women from different regions of Ukraine will learn how to start and develop their own business.

On November 16, the final of the second wave of the competition of innovative environmentally friendly projects GCIP Ukraine took place. Startup teams competed for the title of National Winner 2020 and Special Nominations in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

On November 15, 2020, the Final Judging was held for the first group of innovative projects within the GCIP Ukraine competition.