Innovation platforms boosting sustainable development announced

The Institute for Innovation and Development (IID) on March 15 held a “Drive Innovation for Impact” event to announce three digital innovation platforms boosting sustainable development.

Thursday, March 16, 2023 09:29

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Team developing iMapVietnam platform (Photo: dangcongsan.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Institute for Innovation and Development (IID) onMarch 15 held a “Drive Innovation for Impact” event to announce three digitalinnovation platforms boosting sustainable development.

They are iMapVietnam at http://imapvietnam.org,impactUP at https://impactup.site, and V.innovateat http://vinnovate.vn.

Specifically, iMapVietnam is a business authentication andimpact measurement platform for businesses doing business for sustainabledevelopment in Vietnam.

Meanwhile, impactUP is a platform for training, incubating,and accelerating social entrepreneurship in and among Vietnamese people; and V.innovate is an assessment platform for the innovation-startup ecosystem andsocial impact for universities and localities.

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“Drive Innovation for Impact” event (Photo: dangcongsan.vn)

IID is a not-for-profit science and technology organisationunder the Asia-Pacific Economic Centre (VAPEC). It is positioned as a leadingresearch institute in the field of innovation for sustainable development, withthree pillars of activity: creativity and knowledge sharing; capacity building;and resource connection.

Prof., Dr. Vo Dai Luoc from VAPEC welcomed the platformsannounced this time, and stressed the importance of innovation in the currentsituation.

He also emphasised the need to consider learning from theexperience of countries around the world to shorten the application process inpractice in Vietnam./.

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