Nama Launches Third Social Entrepreneurship Award With Prizes Up to QAR 200,000

The Social Development Center "Nama", one of the centres operating under the Qatar Foundation for Social Work, has launched the third edition of its Social Entrepreneurship Award.

The award aims to support innovative ideas and projects that address community challenges and create sustainable social impact.

It targets young people, entrepreneurs and owners of social enterprise ideas and projects through two main categories: Best Social Entrepreneurship Idea and Best Existing Social Enterprise Project.

The Best Social Entrepreneurship Idea category carries a prize of QAR 100,000, while the Best Existing Social Enterprise Project category offers QAR 200,000.

The award also includes a Social Entrepreneurship Competition for secondary schools, with total prizes of QAR 60,000 distributed among the winning boys' and girls' categories.

Nama Executive Director Ghanem Salah Al Ali said the award is one of the centre's main tools for empowering individuals and entrepreneurs to develop practical solutions based on community needs.

He added that the first two editions demonstrated the potential of promising ideas capable of creating tangible value for society.

The third edition also introduces an intensive training programme for shortlisted participants, designed to help them refine and systematically develop their ideas.

The training will support participants in gaining a deeper understanding of social challenges and designing solutions that are practical, sustainable and measurable in impact.

Nama launched the first edition of the award in 2024. The Families of People with Autism Platform won the Best Existing Project category, while the Central Canteen Project won the Best Project Idea category.

The second edition expanded to include a competition for secondary schools and attracted 31 schools.

Entries are assessed according to several criteria, including the clarity of the social challenge, relevance of the proposed solution, expected impact, feasibility, sustainability, scalability and measurable results.

Applications for the third edition can be submitted through Nama's official website, with further updates available through its social media platforms.

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