Social entrepreneurship competition

To identify, reward and support innovative ideas with a social impact that have the potential to be implemented in the Viseu Dão Lafões region, by incubating and training the proponents.

• Young entrepreneurs, students, professionals, citizens or organizations from the region or with an interest in intervening in CIM Viseu Dão Lafões.
• Teams or individual applicants with social innovation ideas/projects in the ideation or prototype phase.

1.Applications (June 2025)

• Disclosure of regulations.
• Online submission: form describing the idea, social problem, proposed solution and expected impact.

2.Pre-selection and Pitch (1 week)

• Selection of the 10 best applications by a technical jury.
• Pitch Day session (5 minutes of presentation + 5 minutes of questions).

3. Training Bootcamp (2 intensive days)

• Design Thinking for social impact.
• Social business models (Business Model Canvas).
• Impact and metrics.
• Communication and presentation.

4. Acceleration and Mentoring (4 to 6 weeks)

• Support from the incubator for prototyping and project planning.
• Specialized mentoring (with the IPV network and external partners).

5. Final Presentation and Prize

• Public session with jury (representatives of the incubator, IPV, municipality, social sector).
• Awards ceremony:
  • 1st place: Cash prize + free incubation.
  • 2nd and 3rd place: incubation and access to the mentoring network.

• Financed by public entities, local sponsors or incubator funds.
• The winning idea receives direct financial support to start implementation.
• All finalists receive technical support and visibility