The first phase of the POWER Idea Contest for Sustainable Communities is over and the results have been evaluated. Now, the finalists from the first phase of the contest who originally posted their ideas to the Sabadell POWER community page are requested to post an extended version of their ideas in the comment section here. 

If you are among the Sabadell finalists in the contest (see finalists list below), please:

1. Create a video or an audio or an extended slide presentation that explains your project.

2. Post it in the comment section of this issue. You have time until May 31, 2019 to do so. The sooner you post it, the sooner you could start collecting feedback from the POWER community and the bigger your chance of becoming one of the 10 winners. See more about the concrete feedback evaluation mechanism in Section 4 of the contest's guidelines.

3. Spread the link to your comment post here in your network and ask for feedback (votes and comments).

All members of the Sabadell POWER community are encouraged to give feedback and vote for the ideas they like in the comment section below until May 31, 2019. Your feedback helps the finalists improve their ideas and win the contest.

By mid June 2019, the POWER jury will select the 10 winners based on the quality of their projects and presentations and the feedback thay got from the community. The winners will be invited to the POWER conference in Brussels between October 9-10, 2019 where they will meet supporters who could help them with the further development and implementation of their idea (with know-how, contacts and/or funding).

If you have chosen to present your idea in video or audio format, please notice following aspects:

•   Your video/audio should be no longer than 3 minutes
•   Your video/audio should answer following questions:
  •   What is the problem that your idea is tackling?
  •   What is the solution you offer?
  •   How could your project help the city of Sabadell with its goals within the POWER project? 
•   Upload your video/audio to a hosting platform such as YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud etc.
•   Post the link to the video/audio in the comment section below and add a brief comment about your project

If you have chosen to make a presentation to explain your idea, please note following aspects:

•   Your presentation should be no longer than 10 slides
•   Your presentation should answer following questions:
  •   What is the problem that your idea is tackling?
  •   What is the solution you offer?
  •   How could your project help the city of Sabadell with its goals within the POWER project? 
•   Upload your presentation in the comment section below. The Sabadell POWER platform supports most presentation formats such as PowerPoint, pdf etc.
•   Alternatively, you could upload your presentation to a presentation hosting platform such as Prezi, Slideshow etc. and post the link accompanied with a short description in the comment section below.

Following ideas that were submitted to the Sabadell POWER community in the first phase of the contest made it among the top 20 finalists:

Innovative Eco-Technologies for Resource Recovery from Wastewater

The "Green App"

Recycle Benefits Calculator

New-Old-Trend

See all 20 finalists from the first phase in the four POWER cities here. 

The POWER Idea Contest for Sustainable Communities was launched in September 2018 to foster the development of innovative ideas that offer solutions to challenges that local communities face. During the first phase of the contest, more than 140 ideas were submitted to the platforms of the cities Leicester, Milton Keynes, Sabadell and Jerusalem.

See more in the video below: