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.
Team developing iMapVietnam platform (Photo: dangcongsan.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – 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.They are iMapVietnam at http://imapvietnam.org, impactUP at https://impactup.site, and V.innovate at http://vinnovate.vn.
Specifically, iMapVietnam is a business authentication and impact measurement platform for businesses doing business for sustainable development 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 and social impact for universities and localities.
“Drive Innovation for Impact” event (Photo: dangcongsan.vn)
IID is a not-for-profit science and technology organisation
under the Asia-Pacific Economic Centre (VAPEC). It is positioned as a leading
research institute in the field of innovation for sustainable development, with
three pillars of activity: creativity and knowledge sharing; capacity building;
and resource connection.Prof., Dr. Vo Dai Luoc from VAPEC welcomed the platforms announced this time, and stressed the importance of innovation in the current situation.
He also emphasised the need to consider learning from the experience of countries around the world to shorten the application process in practice in Vietnam./.