UNICEF Call for EOIs: Open Source Technology Solutions for Challenges faced by Children & Young People

Deadline: 1 January 2017

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking Expressions of Interests (EOI) to provide funding for early-stage, open source technology solutions that address the most pressing challenges faced by children and young people.

UNICEF will support companies registered in these markets in UNICEF’s  programme countries- with a small amount of money to move solutions to the stage where these are proven to be workable and can be implemented.

Funding Information

UNICEF will consider applications for funding of approximately up to US$90,000.

Eligibility Criteria

UNICEF is looking to provide investment-style funding to early-stage technology startups. Only entities that fulfill these mandatory requirements will be considered eligible:

Registered as a private company

A private company registered in a UNICEF programme country (mentioned below)

Working on open source technology solutions (or willing to be open source) under the following licenses or their equivalent:

For software, a BSD license,

For hardware, a CERN license

For design or content, a CC-BY license

An existing prototype of the open source solution with promising results from initial pilots

Solution has the potential to positively impact the lives of the most vulnerable children

Generating publicly exposed real-time data that is measurable

How to Apply

Interested applicants must submit their EOI via given website.

Eligible Countries

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Kosovo , Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of), Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Republic of, Mauritania, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Republic of Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivian Republic of), Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Source: fundsforngos.org