National Award for Innovative SMEs Edition 2022
Who are we
« Algerian Platform for Innovation Exchange (APIE) » is a digital platform for project developers, companies, incubators, support structures in charge of innovation as well as universities and professional associations for the development of innovation and the knowledge economy
The platform aims to create an ecosystem for exchanging and sharing knowledge related to innovation in the industry sector both nationally and internationally.
The platform is available in three languages: Arabic, French and English.
Why join us ?
APIE is a collaborative platform dedicated to knowledge sharing. It also offers opportunities for interaction with a variety of key players in the national and international innovation ecosystem.
Get informed, exchange, collaborate and innovate are the assets of the APIE platform. Build the world of tomorrow with Algerian Platform for Innovation Exchange!
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Who can participate in the National Award for Innovative SMEs Edition 2022?
Any small and medium-sized enterprise, registered in the trade register, and having an innovative project, can participate in the National Prize of the Innovative SME Edition 2022 organised by the Ministry of Industry.
How to participate in the competition of the National Prize of the Innovative SME Edition 2022?
Registration for the competition is now online. To find out more about the application form to be submitted, please consult the Application Form section.
When can I participate in the National Innovative SME Award 2022 Edition?
Registration for the National Innovative SME Award 2022 Edition is open from 18 September to 27 October 2022.
What are the participation criteria?
The National Innovation Award 2022 Edition competition will reward innovative SMEs in three categories:
- 1st category: innovative SMEs with more than three (3) years of existence and operating in a sector that contributes to sustainable economic development;
- 2nd category: innovative SMEs with more than three (3) years of existence and operating in a sector of the green economy;
- 3rd category: young innovative SMEs operating in a sector that contributes to sustainable economic development. For more information, see "Innovation Award"
What can be considered as innovation?
Any small and medium-sized enterprise that has implemented a product (good or service), a new or significantly improved production process, a new marketing method in the company's practices, in the organisation of the workplace or in external relations.
Testimonials
“I am the bearer of the 1st best innovative project in the wilaya of Tlemcen and the head of Biovisium.
Biovisium is the first company in Algeria and Africa specialising in the manufacture of natural plant-based detergents.
I participated in the innovation competition organised by the Ministry of Industry in order to develop my project and increase its marketing potential. Winning this award has allowed us to achieve our original goals and to develop both professionally and personally.
… I hope that this APIE platform will allow us to forge many more relationships with the different players in the ecosystem and state institutions.”
Chahinaz Benkheira
“Our project consists of developing a skills repository for industry professions in both paper and digital form. The repository retraces the entire production process at the level of workshops and industrial units, which has enabled us to draw up :
- an updated cartography of the industry’s trades,
- to know the real training needs of industrialists and to draw up detailed training plans
… This project represented for us the possibility of popularizing our experience in the field of reference systems in order to make the different companies benefit from the good practices acquired throughout our course, but also, the direct occasion to say that the SME/SMI contribute and can boost the industry and the national economy.
The innovation prize has personally given me the opportunity to get to know the SME/SMI sector better, to get to know several economic players, but also to strengthen and increase my knowledge and skills through the various training courses provided by the German partner GIZ, which I would like to thank very much.”
Khaled Khenafi
