With this award, the city of Madrid seeks to form a society stimulated by economic growth and the well-being of citizens, through the promotion of social, innovative and job-generating business projects. This initiative reinforces the city's commitment to comply with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Agenda 2030.
The #MadridImpacta award is one of the initiatives with which the Madrid City Council recognizes the work of social entrepreneurs. The project is carried out in collaboration with Impact Hub Madrid and NTT Data Foundation.
Winners of the Madrid Impacta Award 2021:
More information about the award ceremony Recircular, Hera Technology and Fossa winning companies of the Madrid Impacta Award 2021.
If you have not been able to see the direct broadcast of the event, you can see it at this link. See all the photos of the event at this link.
Evaluation criteria of the candidatures
The evaluation criteria that the jury will use to select the five finalist projects will be:
- Social value created and the project's capacity to provide real solutions to complex situations and/or situations of special social and economic vulnerability. Such as those caused by the current global pandemic. Up to a maximum of 20 points may be awarded.
- Origin of the idea, evolution and actions carried out by the promoters to implement the project in such a way that it contributes to solving the problems detected at the origin. Up to a maximum of 10 points may be awarded.
- Ethical principles that govern the actions promoted by promoters aimed at creating social awareness in their networks. Up to a maximum of 10 points may be awarded.
- Future growth strategy. Elements of the project that favor its reproduction on a larger scale. Up to a maximum of 10 points may be awarded.
Endowment of the Madrid Impacta Award 2021
The City of Madrid financially endows this award with an amount of 8,000 euros for each of the 3 winning projects, in total €24,000, it will also give visibility and dissemination of the five finalist projects on www.madridemprende.es and on social networks.
By Impact Hub Madrid will receive 6 months of free flex membership in Impact Hub Prosperidad for two people from each of the three winning companies.
By NTT Data Foundation They will receive specialized mentoring for social entrepreneurship projects with a technological component valued at 8,000 euros.
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