THE ICNM CONTEST SOFTWARE – EFFICIENT, FLEXIBLE, TRANSPARENT
The ICNM community is based on the principals of transnational and trans-sectoral collaboration, inclusion of marginalized groups, equality and fair competition. By helping people to connect and encouraging them to work together on relevant projects, ICNM fosters a creative knowledge exchange and cooperation.
To provide an efficient tool for award initiatives and secure data storage, ICNM has developed an in-house contest software solution – continuously developed and updated in order to carry out its own and partner award programs efficiently, transparently and securely.
FUNCTIONALITY
Adaptable design to the respective award’s corporate identity
Customizable questionnaire in multiple languages
File upload (images, presentations, pitch decks)
Automated emails to submitters for efficient award processing
Data storage on an ICNM server or partner server for data security
Download of individual projects as Word files or collected data and content as Excel files
Sorting and search functions for submissions
Integrated voting tool for a fair and transparent jury process – several voting rounds possible
Comment and chat function for jurors for any online jury
Flexible system that is further developed with respective partners
Smart search within the contest software
Back office support for external partners from the ICNM team
Since 2017, WSA and Umdasch Group have joined together to find the most innovative solutions for their global companies. The winners of past years are currently working with the companies on the realisation of their prize-winning ideas.
Since 1990, the Umdasch Group has been supporting outstanding achievements in research and development through the Josef Umdasch Research Prize.
The purpose of the ReSPA and OECD/SIGMA PA Awardsis to identify, promote, learn from, and recognise inspiring practices, initiatives, services, and measures by governments within the Western Balkans.
Since 2020, ICNM and the Public Administration Service Awards for the Western Balkan cooperate in award execution and methodology.
The Zero Project goal is to create “a world without barriers”. It is an initiative of the Essl Foundation and run in partnership with the World Future Council and the European Foundation Centre.