Originally published: August 28, 2008
Source: microLINKS
USAID has launched the Innovations in Financing Value Chains competition to identify successful and pioneering project activities, products and models that contribute to the increased competitiveness of value chains. The contest seeks to capture proven or promising strategies and provide a venue for their dissemination. There will be a forum to award finalists with prizes and allow practitioners to network and share lessons learned.
Two winners will be selected for Excellence in Achievement and Pioneering/Ground Breaking categories. The winners will receive:
- A US$2,500 honorarium;
- Publication of winning applications on USAID’s microLINKS website;
- Field-based case study and possibility of being featured at a USAID policy briefing;
- An all-expense paid trip to the forum for the winning individual or a representative of the winning organization to receive the award and make a presentation to an audience of policymakers, donors, leading academics, and practitioners;
- Recognition on USAID’s microLINKS website and in the microLINKS Connections e-newsletter.