There are two categories for the Fonds SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT Initiatives - Institut de France Awards, depending on the type of candidature:
- The Access to Essential Services Award is a prize of €50,000 (fifty thousand Euros) rewarding an innovative project developed by a non-profit organisation.
Its aim is to establish a link between applied research and operational development projects in order to disseminate innovations as widely as possible so that they can be used by development professionals working in the water, wastewater treatment and waste management sectors in developing countries. The practical innovations developed can be of a technical, organisational, financial or social nature, or alternatively related to tools for disseminating know-how.
- The Social Entrepreneurship Award is a prize of €50,000 (fifty thousand Euros) rewarding an initiative implemented by a social entrepreneur.
Its aim is to promote initiatives developed by social entrepreneurs in developing countries in order to promote the development of economic activity, often a source of job creation with significant social impact, especially on poor or vulnerable segments of society.
For further details, see Article 3 of the competition rules.
