Social Innovation Awards Focus Areas

This area of focus includes innovations in areas such as:

• physical well-being (for example: improvement of healthy habits; innovations in the diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of pathologies; prevention of unintended harm; safe mobility).
• Mental well-being (for example: promotion of healthy lifestyles; innovations in the diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of mental health conditions; prevention of the negative impact of new technologies).
• Financial well-being (for example: financial literacy and insurance education, financial technology solutions (Fintech) for financial inclusion and insurance accessibility).

Projects will be valued that include technological solutions such as, for example:

• Post-injury rehabilitation platform.
• Low-cost individual-use devices (wearables) for the early detection of chronic diseases in underserved areas.
• Peer-to-peer emotional support apps for groups based on age, gender, similar conditions, among other things.
• Initiatives to eliminate unwanted loneliness.
• Innovative approaches to help individuals or families with their current and/or future planning, whether related to micro-savings or other financial aspects.
• Anything that involves an improvement in the present and future quality of life of individuals in terms of physical, mental, and/or financial aspects.

This area of focus seeks projects in the following fields:

• Longevity (for example: intergenerationality, support for the senior population – housing, leisure, autonomy, etc.).
• Migrations (for example: sociocultural integration, prevention of forced migration due to food crises/droughts).
• Rural areas (for example: opportunities in rural environments, enhancement of natural assets).
• Urban concentration (for example:  humanization of urban spaces, adaptation to extreme temperatures).

Projects will be valued that include technological solutions such as, for example:

• Shared housing (co-housing) and/or shared services platforms, either for specific groups or with an intergenerational component.
• Innovative initiatives to support older adults in reducing the digital divide and promoting social and labor reintegration in response to the challenges of this new digital era.
• Integration of immigrants through skills development and employment opportunities.
• Specialized remote medicine platform for rural communities.
• Technological initiatives for rural economic development, incorporating circular economy and just transition principles.
• Any aimed at stabilizing populations in rural areas, integrating immigrants, enabling residents to access other types of employment, and/or promoting existing activities.

This area of focus includes topics such as:

• Access to employment (for example: solutions for identifying new employment niches).
• Access to training (for example: enhancement of skills for the unemployed, innovative pedagogical methodologies).
• Elimination of discrimination and exclusionary spaces (for example: innovative signage for people with disabilities).
• Inclusive mobility (for example: innovative solutions for removing mobility barriers).
• Combating vulnerability (for example: tools for predicting vulnerabilities in childhood).

Projects will be valued that include technological solutions such as, for example:

• Initiatives focused on digital skills for individuals at risk of social exclusion.
• Platforms for intergenerational exchange.
• On-demand, adaptable transport service for people with reduced mobility in outlying areas.
• Smart pedestrian navigation systems that prevent accidents and facilitate safe mobility.
• All projects aimed at reducing social disparities in an innovative and scalable way.