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On the 11th of September, the YENESIS project will be presented during the ClimateLaunchpad National Final in Cyprus.
ClimateLaunchpad is the word’s largest green business idea competition and it aims to highlight the best cleantech ideas across the Globe. ClimateLaunchpad (http://climatelaunchpad.org) is part of the entrepreneurship offerings of EIT Climate-KIC and is the world’s largest green business ideas competition, running concurrently in more than 50 countries and locations across the Globe. The official organiser of ClimateLaunchpad in Cyprus is Chrysalis LEAP, a partner of YENESIS, in cooperation with Climate-KIC.
Climate-KIC (http://climate-kic.org) is the main public-private initiative of the EU, aiming to tackle climate change. It is one of the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) created in 2010 by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), the EU body tasked with creating sustainable European growth while dealing with the global challenges of our time. Climate-KIC consists of an international network of companies, academic institutions and the public sector.
The first two teams of the National Final will get the opportunity to represent Cyprus at the ClimateLauchpad Global Grand Final this coming November in Amsterdam.
The ClimateLaunchpad National Final event, attracts more than 100 attendees each year, including representatives from the wider business sector in Cyprus as well as young individuals interested in the start-up landscape. This year representatives from EIT (https://eit.europa.eu/) will also attend the final.
During the presentation the attendees will have the opportunity to watch first the video created for the project and learn more about YENESIS. The project will be presented by Savvas Vlachos, Director of the Cyprus Energy Agency, which is the Lead Partner of the project.
