MILLENNIUM ALLIANCE: An Innovation Partnership for Global Development ABOUT THE PROGRAM: The MA is an inclusive platform to leverage Indian creativity, expertise and resources to identify, support and scale innovative solutions being developed and tested in India to address development challenges that will benefit base of the pyramid (BoP) populations across India and developing countries. OBJECTIVES: o Identify game changing innovations: The Alliance intends to identify breakthrough innovations that achieve development outcomes for BoP populations more effectively, more cheaply, more broadly (that reach more beneficiaries) and in a shorter period of time o Rigorously test, share and appropriately adapt promising solutions: The Alliance encourages innovators to rigorously test and evaluate their innovative solutions to confirm that they are achieving a concrete development outcome in the most effective manner. The Alliance will support solutions that are based on effective and sustainable business models. o Scale innovations that work: The Alliance aims to support innovations that exhibit the potential to be replicated or scaled broadly to maximize their impact. FOCUS SECTORS: · Basic Education (with priority on innovations in early grade reading/early literacy) · Water and Sanitation · Health (with a priority on innovations in service delivery and commodities technology in Family Planning, · Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health and Communicable diseases sub-sectors) · Agriculture/Food Security (with focus on production, access and uptake, storage and processing services and innovative agri-technologies) · Clean Energy/Climate Change (Pro-poor mitigation and adaptation projects, access to markets and finance) Note: For innovations from a sector not included in the above list, to be considered under the MA, it must either benefit BoP populations directly or indirectly by creating or improving the environment that supports improvements in the lives of BoP populations The MA solicits applications that fall under any of the below-mentioned development stages: Stage 1: To further develop an established proof of concept for real world viability through small pilots At the Stage 1 level, MA funding will typically support 1-3 years of activities. The projects should be beyond the idea stage and should have already established a proof of concept. Stage 1 funding is typically expected to be in the range of $10,000 to $100,000. Stage 2: Tests innovations through demonstration projects and impact evaluation. At the Stage 2 level, MA funding will typically support 2-3 year pilot or demonstration projects to test innovations at scale, along with evaluations to assess the development impact of the innovations. Stage 2 funding is typically expected to be in the range of $100,000 to $500,000. Stage 3: Transitions successful (based on rigorous evaluation through evidence of impact by an external agency) innovations to widespread adoption. FOCUS GEOGRAPHY: The MA shall provide support to innovators who wish to take their projects to the “Developing Countries”, either on country-specific basis or in a hybrid of India and developing countries. TIMELINES: Call for LOI Nov 25 to Jan 15 Review of LOI Jan 16 to Jan 31 Capacity Building workshop for shortlisted applicants Feb 10 to Feb 24 Call for full Application Feb 25 to Mar 25 Formulation of sector specific review committees Feb 25 to Mar 25 Online Review of Full Application Forms by Sectoral Committees + Brainstorming Meetings of Sectoral Committees to select top projects in each sector April 1 to May 10 Due Diligence Visits shortlisted projects May 20 to June 30 Submission of Fact Finding Reports by FICCI June 2015 MA Strategic Advisory Committee Meeting (innovators to be invited to make a presentations) Last week of July 2015 MA Awards Ceremony Aug 2015 The last date of submission of your application is 15 Jan 2015.
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