The Mediterranean business idea competition: Don't think twice, get on board!

Are you a young researcher from Egypt, Jordan, Palestine or Tunisia? Do you have an innovative idea to develop a new business in the fields of agro-food, renewable energy, biotechnology, cultural heritage or public services?

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Take part in a competition organised by the EU-funded NETKITE project (Cross-border Network to foster Knowledge-intensive business Incubation and Technology transfer), and win the opportunity to receive expert advice as well as practical support to transform your business idea into a success story.

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The competition is open to postgraduate students with a documented research experience, PhD students, junior researchers, research organization staff or researchers at industrial labs. Everyone who participates must be a citizen of one of the 4 NETKITE Mediterranean Partner countries, namely Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, within the ENPI CBCMED eligible territories.

The deadline for applications is 30 October 2014.

A final competition among the 24 selected participants will take place in Italy in November 2015 in order to select the winner. As a final output of the project and of the competition, 8 original ideas, 2 per Mediterranean Partners Countries will be supported to form spin-off companies.

NETKITE Call is a Mediterranean business idea competition. Its objective is to unlock Mediterranean entrepreneurial potential. The challenge is to transform their knowledge into innovative products and services, ready to satisfy real market needs.

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The NETKITE project is funded under the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme with a budget of €1.8 million with the aim of fostering innovation transfer from research labs to the industrial sector promoting at the same time closer relations between start-ups and mature companies. The project, inspired by the Open Innovation philosophy and Living Labs approach, targets young Mediterranean entrepreneurs who seek to turn innovative ideas into successful businesses. The ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme 2007/2013 is a multilateral cross-border cooperation programme funded by the European Union under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument. It aims at reinforcing cooperation between the EU and partner countries' regions located along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. (EU Neighbourhood Info) 

NETKITE factsheet and website

ENPI CBCMED – website

Cross-border cooperation – fiche