How to organize an ECO4CLIM17 event in your city. 2017 Global Week of Green Business and the Climate Movement. Coordinated by Ecopreneurs for the Climate. More info: http://eco4clim17.ecopreneurs4climate.org/organize/

1. ecopreneurs4climate.org

2. 1. Introduction: organization, 2015 & 2016 global weeks
2. ECO4CLIM17:
1. Date, format & participants
2. Value created
3. Support from ECO4CLIM
4. Fundraising
5. Action plan
3. Future perspectives: the aftermath

3. Ecopreneurs for the Climate: nonprofit whose mission is to boost the creation and scale up the
impact of cooperative, sound, and sustainable businesses that tackle climate change
ECO4CLIMXX (15, 16, 17...): Global Week of Green Business & Climate Movement
1.Promote, connect and empower climate-champion ecopreneurs
2.Strengthen local green economy ecosystems
3.Boost sustainable business networks
4.Implement the SDGs & Paris Agreement via an SME-centered green & inclusive economy

4. • 7 cities, 4 countries
• 50+ organizations
• 300 green economy professionals
• 28 SMEs, 16 climate champions
• Web: 12,000 visits, 61 countries
• Tw: 2,8 M impres., 250 users
• Global winner → COP21 Paris

5. Impact tripled!
• 22 cities, 16 countries
• 650+ green economy professionals
• 27 organizers, 97 local partners
• 100 ecopreneurs, 26 climate champions
• Web: 20,000 visits, 91 countries
• Tw: 11.9 M impres., 651 users
• Global winner → COP22 Marrakech, UN Panel

6. 1. Expert panel (1h30)
•Topic: local climate challenges and deriving green business opportunities in your area
•Roundtable with key green economy stakeholders: business, NGOs, academ., pub ag., finan...
2. Climate Champion Awards (1h45, 6-8 particip.)
•2 categories: ecopreneurs (idea/project), SMEs (company)
•Pitch (PK, 20x20, 7m) their climate impacts (mitig. & adapt.)
•Jury: speakers from panel (partners), criteria
•Prizes: donated by partners & ECO4CLIM
• COP23; incubation, mentorship, interviews, cash

7. Organizers (yourselves) • Expert on eco-entrep., green business & climate change
• Global network of partners → business opportunities
• Posit. at the heart of local green economy ecosystem
Partners
(panel - jury - sponsors)
• Visibility & promotion
• Global movement
• Eco-innovation
• Ecopreneurs for their incubators
Ecopreneurs/SMEs • Promotion
• Contacts
• Prizes: Incubation, mentorship, interviews, cash, COP23 (1)
Audience • Knowledge & ideas
• Contacts
• Energy, passion, another world is happening!
Media • Positive news, initiatives & solutions!
• New role models, new economy

8. • Communication: lead the global commun. campaign and maximize reach of local ones
• Coordination: synchronize & harmonize contributions from the whole ecosystem
• Assistance: ongoing support to organizers via webinars, Skype, email ...
• Knowledge creation & sharing: facilitate exchange of best practices and innovation
• Prizes: interviews & promotion, mentoring by global partners, trip to COP23 (global winner)

9. Target (sponsors - co-funders) Value created
• Corporations leading the way in climate
sustainability (CSR)
• Corporations running their in-house
incubator of entrepreneurs, with a focus
on sustainability if possible
• Foundations promoting environmental
or climate action, sustainable
entrepreneurship/innovation
• Public agencies running the city’s main
public incubation program
• Global network of potential new partners
• Sponsorship package: visibility via crowdfunding, event,
and the global week; as a promoter of the movement,
with 50% of the funds going for prizes
• Speaker position at the panel, member of the Jury,
presentor of one of the prizes, and possibility to join an
event at COP23
• For corporate or public incubators: winning ecopreneurs
enter their programs, with the possibility of rendering the
call thematic (sector-specific)
Self-funded events: in-kind contributions from partners + funds from sponsors (see sponsors page)

10. Phase Calendar
1. Partnership building:
• Space
• Speakers / Jury / Sponsors
• Other partners: media ...
July-early september
2. Attraction of ecopreneurs/SMEs for the Awards:
• Dissemination from partners
September
3. Logistics Late september
4. D-day (event, global week) October 2-8
5. COP23 October - November (6-17)
6. Future perspectives (see next) 2018 and beyond

11. From an event to a high-impact climate innovation lab, with a sound business model

12. What we need from you ASAP:
•Confirmation of participation
•Bio, photo, logo (web)
•Interested in the climate lab
afterwards?
Next steps:
•Find venue, set date
•Engage partners: sponsors & others
•Follow action plan
Climate organizers:
Join us in this journey into the future of climate innovation and action ;-)

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