UNIDO Global Call 2024 for food tech companies

The UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO) Italy launched the Global Call in 2020, marking it as UNIDO’s flagship annual event recognizing and awarding companies with innovative solutions to global challenges. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and how to aply for it.

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About UNIDO Global Call 2024

Opportunity Details

  • Date Published: May 02, 2024
  • Application Deadline: July 31, 2024
  • Category: Contest Entrepreneurs
  • Oppotunity Locations: Korea

Since its inception in Rome, Italy, the event has spanned continents, with subsequent events in Bonn, Shanghai, and Beijing. Over the years, Global Call has attracted over 2000 applications from 108 countries, fostering a dynamic global network of innovators committed to driving positive change through technology and collaboration.

In 2024, UNIDO ITPO Korea will host the Global Call 2024 under the theme ‘FOODTECH Innovation and ISID: Nourishing the Future’. Given the gravity of global food system challenges and UNIDO’s priorities aligned with the foodtech industry, the Call aims to identify companies with innovative technologies addressing critical issues in the global food system such as hunger and unequal distribution. UNIDO ITPO Korea, in collaboration with the UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion (ITP) Network and other pertinent divisions within UNIDO, envisions Global Call 2024 as a groundbreaking opportunity to significantly improve societal challenges across the entire food industry value chain.
 

Category 1. Production
Category 2. Manufacturing & Processing
Category 3. Distribution & Delivery
Category 4. Consumption

Benefits of UNIDO Global Call 2024

  • Winning enterprises will receive UNIDO awards or special awards from partner organizations, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea. 
  • Additionally, winning enterprises will enjoy benefits such as global promotion via UNIDO and media outlets, VIP networking at UNIDO events, tailored consultation by UNIDO experts, follow-up opportunities through the main office, and participation in the UNIDO Booth during the World FoodTech Expo (November 20-23, 2024, Seoul) along with the opportunity for idea pitching during the Expo.

 

UNIDO Global Call 2024 Requirements

  • All companies around the world with innovative food tech-related technologies can apply (large corporations, small and medium-sized companies, startups, etc.)
  • In addition to general companies, this includes research centers, university spin-off companies, academic institutions and centers.

Application Date and Process

  • Click on the link to the application website to apply

Application Deadline

31 July, 2024

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