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Tecnológico de Monterrey and Universidad de los Andes, with the support of MIT Solve, launched a call for the TPrize 2020 Challenge, a competition that seeks to boost entrepreneurs who generate solutions for social and educational problems in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The call challenges potential entrepreneurs to propose ideas about how to create projects with people in disadvantaged communities to design and participate in learning opportunities throughout their lives that help them to create models of productive and prosperous lives in the 21st-century.
TPrize 2020 Challenge: How can disadvantaged communities design and participate in skills-based and lifelong learning opportunities to create productive and prosperous livelihoods in the 21st-century?
The initiative seeks innovators from around the world who are already working on these solutions that are applicable to challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. These ideas must follow the following criteria:
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The proposals must consist of new and alternative learning models that expand the trajectories of employment and teach entrepreneurial, technical, and linguistic soft skills.
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These proposals should provide equitable access to learning and training programs that include these models.
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Proposals should work through the particularities of location, investment, and connectivity of any corner of the chosen region.
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The proposals would also be about supporting and enhancing the capacity of formal and informal educators to better prepare Latin American students of all ages for the labor market through the use of data that helps them to understand the needs of employers to improve information policies, locate resources, and the skills required for the future.
“For TPrize, the role of the community in which the project is being developed is crucial,” said Sabrina Seltzer, the director of Open Innovation and EdTech, during the launch of the call. Seltzer explained that the initiative uses the collective intelligence of communities to obtain high-impact, educational solutions that work locally but can be scaled regionally.
The first phase of the TPrize 2020 Challenge consists of developing challenges for Latin America, then launching and promoting those challenges, summon the community, select the best solutions, make alliances to implement them, and then potentialize their impact.
The call is currently in the launch phase, and proposals will be received until May 31, 2020. On May 22, the finalists will be announced, and in June, the grand final will take place.
If you have an idea that meets the above criteria, apply today. For more information about the TPrize, click here. For questions or comments, please access the contact section.
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