Applications distinction to social institutions awarded a prize – News Minute to

The Pedro Nunes Institute (IPN), in Coimbra, and Vodafone Portugal launched a contest that aims to distinguish, with prizes totaling 15,000 euros, applications and technology solutions for institutions of social area, officials said.

In a statement, the IPN states that “four applications will be selected”, with the three winners in the category ‘Challenge’ awarded 5,000, 3,000 and 2,000 euros, leaving 5,000 euros to the one awarded in the category ‘Innovation’.

“This initiative will make a distinction between applications and technological solutions created by eVida platform that respond to real needs previously identified by social economy institutions”, such as taking medication management, among others, it said.

The eVida platform is part of TICE.Healthy project, based at the IPN in Coimbra, “that develops, integrates and tests innovative technological approaches that are the basis for new products and services” in the health and quality of life.

“At a time when the aging of the Portuguese population has become more acute, or from the bottom of the age pyramid, with the decrease of the young population, either from the top with the increase of the elderly population due to greater longevity, Vodafone Portugal and the IPN launch a tender for the development of applications for the third sector, “the statement said.

They can compete for prizes” individuals which aim to develop applications that can be integrated into the eVida platform and, based on this, explore an idea or business plan. “

Applications, which can be individual or presented by teams with a maximum five elements, should be formalized until February 27, with the four winning applications known in March.

One of the applications to tender will still have the right to participate in a one-year incubation program at Vodafone Labs Lisbon.

With this initiative, the Instituto Pedro Nunes and Vodafone Portugal intended to “foster and promote the development of technological solutions that can contribute to improving the efficiency of services provided by the institutions of the third sector, as well as improve quality of life of its beneficiaries. “