DEADLINE- March 13, 2012.
Countries/Region– Latin America, North America, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & North Africa, Asia-Pacific
The Cartier Women’s Initiative Award offers funding, coaching, networking opportunities and exposure. It is a unique opportunity for early-phase women entrepreneurs to take their companies to the next level. The Award is designed to maximize the learning experience for candidates, finalists and laureates. Of the 76 entrepreneurs supported so far, 84% are still developing their businesses.
Annual Global Meeting of the Women’s Forum in Deauville, France. The first to receive her Cartier trophy was Carolina Guerra, a young engineer from Colombia working to recycle highly toxic waste; followed by Benita Singh and Summer Rayne Oakes, two enterprising sustainable fashion advocates from North America; then Kresse Wesling, who recycles industrial waste into luxury accessories in Bournemouth, Europe; Lorna Rutto, who recycles plastic waste into durable fencing posts in Kenya; Rana El Chemaitelly, who runs a series of edutainment centres teaching children engineering skills in Lebanon; and finally Chunhong Chen, from China, whose company makes a breakthrough water-saving toilet.
How to apply:-
The Application Process in 3 steps
- Prepare the question
- Create your account
- Complete the form
Eligibility
The project to be considered for the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards must be an original for-profit business creation in the initial phase (1-3 years old) led by a woman.
- The “for-profit” requirement: the business submitted for the Award must be designed to generate revenues. We do not accept non-profit project proposals.
- The “originality” requirement: we want your project to be a new concept, conceived and imagined by the founder and her team and not a copy or subsidiary of an existing business.
- The “initial phase” requirement: the project you submit should be in the first stages of its development with one year of operations and sales to account for but no older than 3-4 years. The ‘age’ of the company will not be measured solely on the basis of the date of incorporation. The development and size of the company will also be taken into account.
- The main leadership position must be filled by a woman. A good command of English is required (both verbal and written) to take full advantage of the benefits the Award has to offer.
- All entrants must be aged 18 or the age of legal majority in their respective countries or states of citizenship, whichever is older, on the day of the application deadline.
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