EIC Horizon Prize for 'Blockchains for Social Good'
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View on F&T portalThe challenge is to develop scalable, efficient and high-impact decentralized solutions to social innovation challenges leveraging Distributed Ledger Technology (DLTs), such as the one used in blockchains.
DLT in its public, open and permissionless forms is widely considered as a ground-breaking digital technology supporting decentralized methods for consensus reaching as well as sharing, storing and securing transactions and other data with fewer to no central intermediaries.
In the wake of the widespread public attention for Bitcoin, several financial applications based on blockchains are already under development. However, the potential of DLTs to generate positive social change by decentralising and disintermediating processes related to local or global sustainability challenges is still largely untapped.
Social application areas in which decentralized solutions based on DLTs have shown clear benefits over conventional centralised platform solutions include, but are not limited to:
- demonstrating the origin of raw materials or products and supporting fair trade and the fair monetization of labour;
- allowing for a greater visibility of public spending and a greater transparency of administrative and production processes;
- participation in democratic decision-making by enabling accountability, rewarding participation and/or anonymity;
- enabling the development of decentralized social networks or clouds, or of decentralized platforms for the collaborative economy;
- managing property, land registry or other public records; and
- contributing to financial inclusion.
This challenge is targeted at a wide range of actors: individuals, social entrepreneurs, civil society organisations, research centres from technological and social disciplines, creative industries, students, hackers, start-ups, and SMEs. Tackling this challenge requires a multidisciplinary expertise.
Expected Impact:- Pioneering decentralized solutions to global and/or local sustainability challenges;
- Generating positive social change by making available novel solutions for decentralizing and disintermediating processes;
- Demonstrating the viability of solutions enabling a more even distribution and sharing of information and resources which respects privacy while providing levels of transparency.
- Stimulating the emerging community of developers and practitioners of "blockchains for social good" applications.
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Opening date: 2018-05-16 (8 years ago)
Closing date: 2019-09-03 (7 years ago)
Procedure: single-stage
Budget: 5,000,000
Expected grants: not specified
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2018-05-16
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H2020-Blockchain-EICPrize-2019
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16 Mar 2018 · est.
Call opens
16 May 2018
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03 Sep 2019
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03 Feb 2020 · est.
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03 May 2020 · est.
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16 May 2018 · 8 years ago
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03 Sep 2019 · 7 years ago
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03 Feb 2020 · 6 years ago
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03 May 2020 · 6 years ago
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