On June 18th, two of the projects in which the Finnova Foundation participates were awarded the IV Global Entreps Award 2018. In the Clean and Affordable Energy-Retail Market category, NOBEL GRID and in the Decent Work and Economic Growth category, Start Business Romania din Spania.
The ceremony took place at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels, within the framework of the International Congress #5Gcitizens, organized by Entreps – International Board of Owners and Entrepreneurs, on June 18th and 19th in Brussels. These awards are entirely dedicated to the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, which inspired the 17 categories that the awards have this year.
To collect the prize awarded to NOBEL GRID were some of the partners of the consortium such as the ETRA Group (Spain), leader in the project, together with Ecopower (Belgium) and the FINNOVA Foundation (Spain), where the CEO Juan Manuel Revuelta, was in charge of awarding the prize.
With regard to the Decent Work and Economic Growth category, those in charge of collecting the award for the Start Bussinness Romania din Spania project were L.T. Odobescu, Romanian ambassador and MEP Grapini, representative of the Romanian government.
Through these awards, the work of NOBEL GRID was recognized during the 42 months of the project, as an example of a successful case of Clean and Affordable Energy-Retail Market. This project is funded by the Horizon 2020 programme, involves 21 European partners, with a budget of 13.9 million euros, and offers advanced tools and ICT services to all actors of the Smart Grid and the electricity market, in order to obtain greater benefits, such as cheaper prices, safer and more stable networks, and cleaner electricity.
These tools and services make it possible to democratize the energy market, bringing it closer to the consumer, so that itsin the electricity market becomes more active, as well as to promote new business models for new actors and the integrated distribution of renewable energy production.
Winners of the 4th Global Entreps Award 2018 (1) This award also recognises the social function of the Romanian programme Startup Romania din Spania in the category of Decent Work and Economic Growth. Through an entrepreneurship project, whose main objective is to estimulate entrepreneurship among Romanians living in Spain and job creation in Romania. This project is made possible thanks to EU funding under the Human Capital (Pocu) operational programme: StartUp Diaspora of the Romanian government. It focuses on offering certified online training in Romanian on entrepreneurship and offers 40,000 euros non-refundable to implement a successful business plan in Romania. The main requirement for participation is to have been registered in Spain for at least one year and to be an entrepreneur.