INSTRUCTIONSYOU HAVE UNTIL MAY 31TH 2013 TO SEND THIS DOCUMENT BACK TO COMPETITION@LH-FORUM.COM

✚ FILL THIS DOCUMENT and help yourself with the evaluation criteria in order to check if you have answered to all the needed information✚ The jury is international: WRITE IN ENGLISH (you will not be evaluated on your english level, but on your ideas and project)✚ Underline the most important information (use titles, colours, schemes,…) : BE CONCISE, CLEAR AND CONVINCING !✚ Do not hesitate to INCLUDE FIGURES, PICTURES, GRAPHS, IMAGES, OR EVEN SOUNDS, VIDEO,…✚ Send back this document in .ppt. It must weight under 10 Go.✚ If you have any question, contact us : competition@lh-forum.com

✚ Here is a SUGGESTION OF PLAN you might follow to present your project in the project presentation slides.

You have no obligation to follow this plan, according to the particularities of your project, but it might help you not to forget any relevant element for your presentation.

You can send a 7 to 10 slides presentation.

1. TEAM

presentation of the team / motivations to develop the project / skills

2. PROJECT SUMMARY

slide with the questions

3. PROJECT PRESENTATION this part might include, according the the nature of the project : business model or activity / concept of the project / why it is part of positive economy : which

impact on economic development, communities, environment, people, partners,… / how it works / goals or benefits / development stage / production process / legal structure(company, NGO, association,…),…

4. ENVIRONEMENT ANALISIS this part might include, according the the nature of the project : market or beneficiaries / benchmark / clients / competition / potential of growth and development /

key factors of success,…

5. DEVELOPMENT STRATEGYthis part might include, according the the nature of the project : description of the launch of the business or activity : the first things to do / potential partners /

stakeholders / positionning of the product / commercial strategy / distribution strategy / communication / schedule

6. FINANCIAL ASPECTS budget or business plan / identification of potential sources of funding

EVALUATION CRITERIAYOUR PRESENTATION WILL BE ASSESSED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA

I.EMBODIMENT OF THE POSITIVE ECONOMY MOVEMENT 1. Degree of social and/or environmental impact of the project. For example : recruitment processes, production processes, raw materials selection or purchase policy, number of people impacted by the project,…

2. Expected benefits : Relevance of the proposal and response to a need expressed by environment, people, society, companies,…

3. Created value for entrepreneur / project leaders, people, society, partners,…

II. INNOVATION OR RELEVANCE OF THE ADAPTATION OF AN EXISTING CONCEPT1. Originality through approach, positioning, idea, concept, product, production process, distribution, communication,…

2. Potential of development: identification of an emerging market or important issue needed to be solved, degree of potential of development, number of people who could be impacted by the project

III. CAPACITY TO LAUNCH THE PROJECT AND VIABILITY OF THE PROPOSED BUSINESS MODEL OR ACTIVITY

1. Thoroughness of the description of the project and of its concrete implementation details

2. Coherence of the strategy

3. Identification of the market target, clients or people / companies / institutions,… who would benefit from the project

4. Analysis of the environment (competition, partners, sourcing, distribution, laws, societal and economic context, anticipation of the evolutions, key factors of success, assets…)

5. If needed, identification of potential partners (associations, NGO, companies, services in a company, public services, key persons, …)

6. Credibily of the financial projections / budget : the budget is realistic and balanced

7. If needed and possible, identification of potential sources for financing (public or governmental founds, bank loan, capital, sales,…)

8. Match of the chosen structure with the project : association, NGO, company, cooperative,… etc.

IV. TEAM 1. Motivation and commitment

2. Capacity to convince

3. Coherence and skills

AWARDS : 1RST PRIZE : 10 000€ / 2ND PRIZE : 6 000€ / 3RD PRIZE : 4 000€ / PUBLIC PRIZE : 2 000€ GOOD LUCK !

POSITIVE ECONOMY COMPETITION

LHFORUM

APPLICATION FORM

PROJECT TITLE

Name of your project (50 characters maximum)

TOPIC: Social business model OR Management practice OR activity

DESCRIPTION

Describe your project in 5 lines maximum

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COUNTRY : Where are you from?

CITY : Where are you from?

UNIVERSITY / SCHOOL: Name of your university / school

Right free picture or illustration of the project

Please send it as well in .jpeg.It will be used on LHForum website

TEAM MEMBERS

✚ Surname / Name / Age✚ Contact : email / phone number✚ Academic level / major ✚ Description (50 characters max)

portrait

portrait

✚ Surname / Name / Age✚ Contact : email / phone number✚ Academic level / major ✚ Description (50 characters max)

portrait

✚ Surname / Name / Age✚ Contact : email / phone number✚ Academic level / major ✚ Description (50 characters max)

You can add as many members as you are in your team

PROJECT SUMARY

✚ WHY DID YOU IMAGINE THIS PROJECT? WHICH ISSUE MOTIVATED YOUR PROPOSAL?

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.✚ HOW DOES YOUR PROJECT / PRACTICE SOLVE THIS IDENTIFIED ISSUE?

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.✚ WHAT ARE THE EXPECTED RESULTS OF YOUR PROJECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT / SOCIETY / COMMUNITY?

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.✚ HOW WILL YOU / CAN YOU EVALUATE THESE RESULTS? (BOTH IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY)

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.✚ TO WHAT EXTEND IS YOUR PROJECT “ECONOMICALLY POSITIVE”?

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1 000 characters max

PROJECT PRESENTATION / SLIDE N°1

PROJECT PRESENTATION / SLIDE N°2

PROJECT PRESENTATION / SLIDE N°3

PROJECT PRESENTATION / SLIDE N°4

PROJECT PRESENTATION / SLIDE N°5

PROJECT PRESENTATION / SLIDE N°6

BUDGET FOR LAUNCHING YOUR PROJECT

Your budget must be realistic and balanced