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Award Categories

 Minister’s Award – Youth Entrepreneur / Youth in Business

The Youth Entrepreneur Award recognizes and celebrates persons aged 18 to 35 years who started or own a business and would have achieved a level of business success that belies their age. Entrants would have demonstrated innovative business concepts that create economic opportunities for themselves and others. The youth are truly our future!

Award Criteria
Entrants will need to:

  1. Describe their business initiatives or improvements over the last 12 months.
  2. Indicate what was the impact of their business initiatives or improvements (via growth in income, clients, job creation or assets /investments in the company).
  3. Indicate how their business initiatives or improvements are being sustained.
 NEDCO Client Entrepreneur of the Year Award

The NEDCO Entrepreneur of the Year Award recognizes and celebrates NEDCO clients who would have started or own a business and would have achieved significant growth either via job creation or economic improvement.

Award Criteria
Entrants will need to:

  1. Describe their business initiatives or improvements over the last 12 months.
  2. Indicate what was the impact of their business initiatives or improvements (via growth in income, clients, job creation or assets /investments in the company).
  3. Indicate how their business initiatives or improvements are being sustained.
 Green Entrepreneur Award

The Green Entrepreneur Award encourages micro and small enterprises to adopt environmentally sustainable practices, such as recycling, waste reduction and water, energy and building materials efficiency, which lead to a reduced environmental impact, as well as economic gains.

Award Criteria
Entrants will need to:

  1. Describe their green initiatives or improvements over the last 12 months.
  2. Indicate what was the impact of their green initiatives or improvements (via decrease in environmental impact or economic gains).
  3. Indicate how their green initiatives or improvements are being sustained.
 Innovative Entrepreneur Award

The Innovative Entrepreneur Award recognizes and celebrates MSEs which extol the virtue and benefits of innovative thinking in both emerging and traditional industries.  Whether its new products, services, processes or markets, the innovative initiatives would have led to job creation or economic improvement.

Award Criteria
Entrants will need to:

  1. Describe their innovative initiatives over the last 12 months.
  2. Indicate what was the impact of their innovative initiatives (via growth in income, clients, job creation or assets /investments in the company).
  3. Indicate how their innovative initiatives are being sustained.
 Technology-Driven Entrepreneur Award

The Technology-Driven Entrepreneur Award recognizes and celebrates MSEs in which technology played a significant role in the growth and achievements of the company. Whether its new products, services, processes or markets, the technology-driven initiatives would have led to job creation or economic gains.

A ward Criteria
Entrants will need to:

  1. Describe their technology-driven initiatives over the last 12 months.
  2. Indicate what was the impact of their technology-driven initiatives (via growth in income, clients, job creation or assets /investments in the company).
  3. Indicate how their technology-driven initiatives are being and sustained
 Female Entrepreneur Award

The Female Entrepreneur Award recognizes and celebrates women who have demonstrated leadership, innovation and excellence in business that led to economic growth or job creation.

Award Criteria
Entrants will need to:

  1. Describe their business initiatives or improvements over the last 12 months.
  2. Indicate how their leadership, innovation or excellence in business impacted their business (via growth in either income, clients, job creation or assets /investments in the company).
  3. Indicate how their business initiatives or improvements are being sustained.

NEDCO Framework

NEDCO is a state enterprise in Trinidad and Tobago, tasked with developing the MSE sector through the provision of loans, business training & entrepreneurial support services.

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