Acceptance of applications for those wishing to win Azerbaijan Innovation Award starts

Acceptance of applications for those wishing to win the Azerbaijan Innovation Award, established to support the players of the local ecosystem has begun. In general, the process is aimed at enabling the country to join the leading states in the global innovation ecosystem under the motto “Innovative Azerbaijan”.

The composition of the Organizing Committee of the Azerbaijan Innovation Award, functioning on a voluntary basis, held for the second time, has been approved by the central executive body – the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies, which implements state policy and regulation in this field.

The project takes into account each player in the ecosystem as a whole using the Quad-Helix approach, based on the principle of state – academy – business – society. Thus, successful initiatives implemented by players are assessed by independent jury members in a transparent, impartial manner, without commercial interest.

Within the framework of the project, the most enterprising, active companies, projects and individuals in the field of innovation during 2019-2020 will be awarded.

Two more nominations were added to the Azerbaijan Innovation Award held last year in five nominations. This year’s competition is held in the nominations “Startup of the Year”, “Influencer of the Year”, “Innovation Event of the Year”, “Innovation Project of the Year”, “Innovation Ecosystem Representative of the Year”, “Innovation Ecosystem Support of the Year” and “Leading Presenter for COVID-19 Solutions”.

To participate in the competition, one has to register at this link. Application deadline is September 20.

At the next stage, the jury will evaluate the participants for each nomination and determine the winners.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony Innovation Awards, which will take place as part of InnoWeek – Innovation Week.

It is to be recalled that the first Innovation Awards Gala, jointly organized by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies and Huawei, was held on October 23 last year at Heydar Aliyev Center. The winners in the nominations “Representative of the Innovation Ecosystem of the Year”, “Innovation Project of the Year”, “Innovation Event of the Year”, “Influencer of the Year” and “Startup of the Year” were announced at the ceremony.