Women in E-Commerce
Women in E-Commerce
This challenge seeks out ideas and solutions to support women to participate and succeed in the E-Commerce ecosystem.
About
The Ministry of Commerce Myanmar (MoCOM), under the Government’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan (CERP), under Goal 5.1, Action 5.1.2 (d) initiate a Challenge Grant competition (titled “MoCOM E-Commerce Innovation Challenge”) amongst Myanmar’s ICT/E-Commerce community for sourcing innovative ideas for combating COVID-19 and support the further development of the E-Commerce industry in Myanmar. It is expected to support economic recovery, make grant-based challenges accessible to the wider community, and spur innovation in the academic sector, and in states and regions. To take the Challenge forward, UNDP, in partnership with and under the overall leadership of MoCOM, is organizing the Challenge.
Myanmar is experiencing a change in consumer spending habits and witnessing a surge towards digitization of businesses as both consumers and businesses opting to spend and sell online. Although E-Commerce in Myanmar is still in its nascent stage, with just US$6 million (K9.16 billion) in market value in 2018, with the high mobile phone and internet usage in the country, it is predicted to be the fastest growing sector within Myanmar and the ASEAN’s internet economy.
Theme areas
History
Women in E-Commerce face triple challenge of unequal access (tech & funding), cultural gender biases and under-representation in decision-making.
This challenge seeks out ideas and solutions to support women to participate and succeed in the E-Commerce ecosystem.
Challenge’s
Detail Information
Relevancy
We will be assessing how your solution is relevant to the theme that you have chosen.
Effectiveness
We will be assessing the problem statement that you are tackling and how you are effectively resolving the issues. How well does the team understand the problem and whether the proposed solution is effective in solving the problem.
Scalability & potentials
We will be assessing the solution’s ability to scale up and your strategy to increase the usage by the targeted audience as well as the potential expansion of the solution beyond the challenge itself.
MSDP and SDG Impacts
We will be assessing the sustainability of the solution and how the solution will be utilised when deployed, aligned with Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan (MSDP) as the bridge to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Inclusiveness
Inclusiveness does not mean trying to include every individual in a homogenous group possible. We will be assessing how your solution will be beneficial across different groups including but not limited to marginalised communities, disabled communities, underserved communities, rural population and underserved business entities.
Timeline
Registration will open on January 18, 2021.
TBC
Building Resilience against Covid-19
$ 10,000
Total prize pool
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Register
Ministry of Commerce: Office No. 3, Nay Pyi Taw.
Led by Ministry of Commerce
Supported by UNDP Myanmar
English
Myanmar (Burmese)