Ashden 2023 International Awards for Developing Countries

Published: 19 Jan 2023

World’s leading green energy awards, seeks to reward innovative enterprises and programmes that deliver, or play a key part in enabling the delivery of sustainable energy systems and through this bring social, economic and environmental benefits.

This year, the Awards will help power up inclusive innovation creating a fairer low carbon world – tackling inequality and empowering communities on the frontline of the climate crisis through jobs, skills and training. Ashden winners come in all shapes and sizes. We don’t reward the biggest organisations or slickest marketing pitches – we’re looking for passion, potential and commitment to our values. We’ve put winners on stage at the COP climate talks and in global media.

Ashden International Awards

Application Deadline	March 8, 2023
Funding Type	Partially Funded
Country to study	United Kingdom
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	Ashden
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of Ashden International Awards

• The winners will receive prize funds of £20,000 each
• As well as this cash fund, winning an Ashden Award brings many other benefits, such as:
  • Local, national and international publicity, through the work of our specialist media team.
  • Support to grow or replicate your work: this can include professional mentoring, training and introductions to investment and other finance providers.
  • Opportunities to present your work to large and influential audiences at the Ashden Awards Ceremony, International Conference and other Ashden events.
  • Membership of the Ashden Alumni network of Ashden Award-winners, which facilitates opportunities to create productive partnerships and learning.
  • The acclaim of winning a prestigious Ashden Award. Our application and assessment process is known for being rigorous.

Requirements for Ashden International Awards

• Businesses, NGOs, social enterprises and government organisations are all eligible.
• The work must be delivered in at least one of the UN’s developing regions of Africa, Caribbean, Central America, South America, Asia (excluding Japan) and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) and can be in rural or urban areas. High-income countries in these regions, as defined by the World Bank, are not eligible to apply

Application Deadline

March 8, 2023

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Ashden on sfct.powerappsportals.com to apply