Erasmus Entrepreneurship Awards 2012

Erasmus Entrepreneurship Awards 2012
The Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Support Office announces the launch of the contest for the
“Erasmus Entrepreneurship Awards 2012” and invites all eligible New and Host Entrepreneurs to
prepare and submit their entries according to the Award Categories that follow.
Winning entries will be presented and receive their awards during a special award ceremony that
will be organized by DG Enterprise & Industry and will take place in Brussels 11th October 2012.
Participation costs of winners to the ceremony will be covered by the European Commission (DG
Enterprise and Industry).
Category 1 (C1): Best Success Story Video
Under this category participants will submit a video outlining a successful EYE NE/HE relationship
with the aim to showcase the relationship and promote the EYE programme. Participants should
submit a video file of up to 3 minutes in duration in .avi or .wmv file formats. Videos of duration in
excess of 3 minutes will not be accepted.
Videos should be submitted electronically at [email protected] stating Erasmus
Entrepreneurship Awards 2012 C1 at the subject line and attaching the completed Participation
Form in the same email.
If video files are in excess of 80MB then the files should be sent on DVD or USB by courier or
registered mail to the Support Office at First Elements Euroconsultants Ltd., 10 Grigoriou
Xenopoulou st, Nicosia, CY1061, Cyprus. Entries should be submitted by 17 August 2012 (note
that in the instance of courier or registered mail entries these should have arrived at the Support
Office address by 17 August 2012, entries arriving at the Support Office address after 17 August
2012 will not be considered).
Entries will be uploaded on the EYE Facebook page1 and the public will be able to vote for the best
video in order for the best three to be selected for awards.
This is a joint NE/HE award category and thus entries should be submitted by a team of a New and
a Host Entrepreneur that have successfully completed (as evidenced by a “Completed” status on
the IT Management Tool) or that are currently participating in an ongoing relationship. Note that
NE/HE pairs that have already completed a relationship may potentially create separate parts of
the final video outlining their relationship and put them together at the end for preparing their
submission. This is to assist relationships that have already been completed. Prizes will be jointly
awarded to the NE/HE team and are as follows:
First Prize: €5000
Second Prize: €4000
Third Prize: €2000
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Category 2 (C2): Most Successful Post Relationship Cooperation
Under this category participants will submit a presentation of up to 10 slides outlining successful
post relationship cooperation (joint venture, new company, exports-imports etc.) with the aim to
showcase the potential for actual business development for NEs / HEs that can come from a
successful relationship. Presentations should outline the type and nature of the post relationship
cooperation, results achieved thus far, future expected developments, turnover generated, jobs
created (this would be really important to know as it is a key argument for the Erasmus
Programme) etc. Participants may use the Successful Post Relationship Cooperation Guidelines
as a support document in preparing their proposals. Presentations of more than 10 slides will not
be accepted.
Presentations in .ppt or .pptx formats should be submitted electronically at [email protected] stating Erasmus Entrepreneurship Awards 2012 C2 at the subject line and
attaching the completed Participation Form in the same email. Entries should be submitted by 13
August 2012. Please note that only email entries will be accepted in this category.
The Support Office will select the 10 best presentations and upload them on the EYE Members
Only section of the EYE website on 31 August 2012 where Intermediary Organizations will be able
to vote for the best presentations until 9 September 2012 in order for the best three to be selected
for awards.
This is a joint NE/HE award category and thus entries should be submitted by a team of a New and
a Host Entrepreneur that have successfully completed a relationship (as evidenced by a
relationship “Completed” status on the IT Management Tool) by the date of submission. Prizes will
be jointly awarded to the NE/HE team and are as follows:
First Prize: €5000
Second Prize: €4000
Third Prize: €2000
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c/o First Elements Euroconsultants Ltd
Category 3 (C3): Best Business Concept
Under this category participants will submit a text document of up to 5 pages (including any
potential annexes) outlining their business concept with the aim to showcase New Entrepreneur
business concepts and ideas. Business Concept entries will have to describe the business, the
market in which it will operate, its innovative and sustainable nature etc. Participants may use the
Business Concept Guidelines as a support document in preparing their proposals. Entries of more
than 5 pages will not be accepted.
Text documents in .doc or .docx formats should be submitted electronically at [email protected] stating Erasmus Entrepreneurship Awards 2012 C3 at the subject line and
attaching the completed Participation Form in the same email. Entries should be submitted by 13
August 2012. Please note that only email entries will be accepted in this category.
The Support Office will select the 10 best Business Concepts and upload them on the EYE
Members Only section of the EYE website on 31 August 2012 where Intermediary Organizations
will be able to vote for the best Business Concepts until 9 September 2012 in order for the best
three to be selected for awards.
This is a New Entrepreneur award category and thus entries should be submitted by a New
Entrepreneur registered in the programme (having an “Accepted” status by the date of
submission). The NE may have completed a relationship (as evidenced by a relationship
“Completed” status on the IT Management Tool), be currently in a relationship or not yet have
started a relationship. NEs may seek help from their respective HEs but prizes will be awarded to
NEs only. Prizes are as follows:
First Prize: €3000
Second Prize: €2000
Third Prize: €1000
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c/o First Elements Euroconsultants Ltd
Category 4 (C4): Best Host Entrepreneur
Under this category prizes will be awarded to the best Host Entrepreneurs as evidenced by the
number of relationships successfully completed (as evidenced by a relationship “Completed” status
on the IT Management Tool). In case there are more HEs that have completed the same number
of relationships, the total time spent in relationships will be used as a tie-breaker.
No entries are required for this category as the award winners will be automatically selected by the
Support Office through the EYE IT Management Tool based on the data available on 9 September
2012.
This is a Host Entrepreneur award category. Prizes will be awarded to the HEs and are as follows:
First Prize: €3000
Second Prize: €2000
Third Prize: €1000
Category 5 (C5): Best Performing Intermediary Organization
Under this category the best performing Intermediary Organization will receive an honorary award
for its successful service in the programme as evidenced by the number of relationships. In case
there are more IOs with the same number of completed relationships the number of accepted
entrepreneurs will be used as a tie-breaker.
As this is an honorary category, there will be no financial prize awarded.
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Support Office
c/o First Elements Euroconsultants Ltd