Description :

The Smart Solutions Challenge is an initiative of the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and the United Nations in India to address city-level accessibility and inclusion challenges faced by persons with disabilities, women and girls, and the elderly. The initiative is open to all and seeks to leverage crowd-sourced innovative solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 11 and the New Urban Agenda guided by the ‘Leave No One Behind’ (LNOB) principle in line with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

NIUA and UN in India are looking for innovative ideas, solutions, technologies, products, and business solutions that can help break-down and resolve complex city-level inclusion and accessibility challenges faced by persons with disabilities, women and girls, and the elderly. The Challenge is designed to identify innovative solutions which can be easily adapted or replicated by cities; potential ideas and prototypes that can be incubated; and acknowledge and recognize innovative solutions already implemented within cities in India that are addressing accessibility and inclusion needs of the targeted population.