{"id":2529,"date":"2022-03-14T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T10:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech4impact.uz\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2022-08-24T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T10:10:15","slug":"march-12-2022-demo-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech4impact.uz\/en\/events\/march-12-2022-demo-day\/","title":{"rendered":"On March 12, Nukus hosted the Demo Day of the first cohort of a startup acceleration program for women-led projects in the field of climate change actions and \u201cgreen\u201d technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>The accelerator began work in September 2021, and 12 women entrepreneurs (from Nukus and Muynak) were selected from 65 applications.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Key figures of the program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">65 applications from women entrepreneurs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 startups participated in the 6-months acceleration program<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6 startups reached the final<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 offline events in Nukus and Muynak<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 online workshops for mentors in Karakalpakstan (TOT)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 online workshops on business and startups<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 online workshops with foreign Oracle experts\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6 women entrepreneurs presented their projects at Demo Day:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ainura Iniyatova (school teacher, Muynak)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albina Sarsengaliyeva (craftswoman, Nukus-Kungrad)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aisulu Khalmuratova (student, Nukus)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gulbanu Khojanova (student, Nukus)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gulzarkhan Toreniyazova (agricultural engineer, Nukus)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhuldyz Abatbaeva (entrepreneur, Nukus)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experts from various local and international organizations were invited to evaluate the projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seytova Leyli Pulatovna, deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, member of the Ecological Party of Uzbekistan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gulzira Bakhieva, Head of the Secretariat for Mahalla and Family Support, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Azamat Matkarimov, Analyst, EBRD Small Business Advisory Program<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dinora Tashimova, Deputy Manager of the Karakalpak branch of JSCB &#8220;Halq Bank&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Am\u00e9lie Leclere, business development manager for the French water technology company SUEZ International SAS.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ayzhamal Taubaldieva, manager of the Jipek Joli hotel chain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziza Aitzhanova, specialist in projects involvement in the Technopark, at the Ministry of Innovative Development in Nukus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Ms. Am\u00e9lie Leclere also shared information about SUEZ projects in Uzbekistan and water technologies that work in other countries and can be applied in Karakalpakstan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The main part of the event was the presentation of projects. Each project was given 5 minutes for a presentation and 5 minutes for a session of questions from the jury experts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Projects evaluation criteria are the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">market\/business potential;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">social impact\/ job creation;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">innovative \/ technological potential;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">environmental aspects of the project \/ climate impact;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">team competencies;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quality of pitch.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>As a result of the pitches, the judges selected the 3 best projects:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albina Sarsengaliyeva, Albina Art project<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gulzarkhan Toreniyazova, Microgreens project<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gulbanu Khojanova, Hydroponics project<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The winning teams will receive 21.5 million soums of investments each, for the development of their business. <br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to all participants, and we wish you success in the growth of your startups!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In May, we will start receiving applications for the next cohort of the program, stay tuned!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project \u201cAccelerating Women\u2019s Climate Change Tech Startups in Uzbekistan\u201c is implemented by Tech4Impact and funded by The United Nations Democracy Fund.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We would like to thank the Association for the Support of Children and Families of Karakalpakstan and the Youth Affairs Agency for their assistance in organizing the event!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgreentechwomen%2Fposts%2F304227148477618&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"785\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The accelerator began work in September 2021, and 12 women entrepreneurs (from Nukus and Muynak) were selected from 65 applications. 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