Innovation Web Portal Development - Lebanon Innovate Innovation Resource Portal

The BERYTECH in Lebanon from Middle East region had released this tender for Tenders are invited for Innovation Web Portal Development - Lebanon Innovate Innovation Resource Portal. Closing Date: Thursday, 10. Aug 2023 Intervention Sector(s): Communications & Media, Development Remuneration range: > 6000 (USD) Duration of Contract: 3 years Berytech is a leading organization in the Innovation Eco-system in Lebanon, that aims to provide a conducive environment for Innovation Ecosystem players in Lebanon through the Lebanon Innovate Program, a 42-month program funded by the European Union to revitalize the Lebanese entrepreneurial ecosystem and the productive sectors. The program, based on an innovation roadmap, fosters innovation through supporting Intellectual Property (IP) and knowledge transfer allowing the country to become a knowledge-driven digital nation at the front end of innovation. Background The Lebanese innovation ecosystem is characterized by fragmentation and scattered resources, which have hindered it from achieving its potential. Despite a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a well-educated workforce, the ecosystem faces significant challenges. One major issue is the lack of coordination and collaboration among the various stakeholders, including entrepreneurs, investors, academia, industry, business support organizations and government. This has led to a fragmented landscape, with initiatives and resources scattered across various institutions and organizations. As a result, entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators often struggle to access the support and resources they need to develop their ideas and businesses. Description: To address such fragmentation, in the context of Lebanon Innovate project, we aim to design and create an Innovation Resource Web Portal (IRP) that is envisioned to become a comprehensive and centralized reference for all ongoing and forthcoming initiatives pertaining to innovation, as well as resources tailored to the needs of the various sectors, including agri-food, health, and digital/CCI. The portal will serve as a one-stop-shop for all stakeholders looking to learn, cooperate, and identify business or funding opportunities and access resources, directories, and initiatives in the field of IP and knowledge transfer. The portal is to reinforce the innovation ecosystem in Lebanon, enabling knowledge transfer and business collaborations between different stakeholders, and providing access to knowledge and market insights. Key Features The concept of the innovation resource portal includes and is not limited to the following features: Knowledge Bank: A centralized collection of information and resources that are organized and accessible to users. The knowledge bank can contain a wide range of content, including Ideabank, toolkits, videos, infographics, as well as e-courses. News, articles, and Success Stories: to present a collection of case studies of successful innovations; includes examples of companies or individuals who successfully developed a new product, service, or business model, and the steps they took to achieve success. Lebanon Ecosystem Interactive Map and directory: to provide an overview of the innovation ecosystem in Lebanon by pinpointing the locations of the ecosystem support system, including universities, research centers, and business support organizations (BSOs) in Lebanon allowing users to explore the innovation landscape in Lebanon, and helps them to identify potential collaborators, partners, service providers or resources that can support their research or entrepreneurial activities. Research Hub: to showcase the assets, capabilities and expertise of Lebanese research institutions and universities. The hub will make it easier for local and international researchers and industry professionals to discover and learn about these capabilities, and potentially even spur new collaboration opportunities. Matchmaking Forum and features serves as a space for individuals and organizations to connect, collaborate and innovate together. This feature serves two purposes: 1- Crowd-solving: Establishing a channel for crowd-solving between industry and researchers or innovators. 2- Networking: Enable peer to peer collaboration between local and international researchers and innovators. Opportunity Center: to provide a centralized platform that aggregates and curates news on various opportunities available for researchers and innovators including events, competitions, announcements, grants, and other relevant opportunities that could help innovators advance their research or business. Profiling and user creation Dashboard creation and management Target audience In this perspective, Lebanon Innovate web portal aims to foster the growth of an innovation ecosystem, targeting the following key stakeholders: Universities and research institutions, responsible for knowledge creation and diffusion. Researchers in ICT, agrifood, and healthcare areas with commercial inventions, offering opportunities for open innovation in R&D, fostering collaborations and maximizing commercialization potential. Incubators and accelerators, providing a supportive environment for innovators and researchers, possibly with physical space and access to technology infrastructure and equipment, besides business and technical assistance. Investors, providing financial support to startups and SMEs; government and public institutions, Technology Transfer Offices(TTOs) Lebanese Industrialists and Private Sector organizations that may promote a favorable environment for the entire ecosystem through adequate supporting policies and regulations; and Entrepreneurs, a core element of an innovation ecosystem, as they are inherently innovative, agile, and adaptive Larger corporations: development agencies, intermediaries, and foundations, which may contribute to building connectivity and capacity of the ecosystem actors. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), active at the national and international levels, including the diaspora network; the industry sector, which can collaboratively tackle large-scale socio-economic issues that are hindering the development of new markets and the efficiency of their broader business environments. This project addresses mainly the following sectors: Agri-food, Healthcare and the ICT/CCI. Within this context, this EU funded program is led by Berytech in partnership with the Industrial Research Institute (IRI), IRALEB, EBN, Leitat and Anima. Objectives The purpose is to outline the scope of work required to initiate, develop, implement and manage an innovative web interactive platform “’LEBANON INNOVATE” that offers a wide range of features, modules, and applications to foster innovation, collaboration, within its ecosystem: Showcasing Lebanon's innovators and innovations locally and globally, highlighting their skills and making it easier for external partners and investors to discover the best offerings from Lebanon. Acting as a central hub and support system for innovators and entrepreneurs, providing them with access to a collection of best practices, tools, and practical assistance for their activities. Creating communities of collaboration among stakeholders with shared interests in innovation and entrepreneurship and enabling collaboration through matchmaking features. Connecting various sectors such as ICT, Agrifood, and Healthcare within Lebanon's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Increasing awareness in Lebanon about the importance of innovation, entrepreneurship, and the overall ecosystem. Establishing a network of stakeholders to support startups in accelerating their growth and achieving success. Educating and guiding the target audience about intellectual property (IP) development, management, protection and commercialization and its value in protecting innovations. Simplifying the process of patent and technology trading to encourage innovation in Lebanon Provide a user-friendly interface with various features and modules to promote innovation Foster a vibrant and supportive community that encourages participation and engagement. Scope of work Design and develop an intuitive and visually appealing user interface that is accessible across devices and platforms. Create a range of features and modules to support collaboration, ideation, resource sharing, and feedback mechanisms. Features would include (but are not limited to) Interactive map with an integrated search, filtering, categorization, and matchmaking function. User Registration: Develop user profiling and registration, including social registration on the portal. Users to be able create their own profile pages and edit their preferences. Community Engagement: Implement mechanisms for user profiles, networking, forums, and gamification elements to encourage active participation and community building. ChatBoxes Social sharing: Enable social sharing of public content on the platform for users to share on other platforms. Matchmaking Module: to facilitate the matchmaking feature of the portal. Searching and browsing: Develop a search and browsing functionality that allows users to search for content across the platform’s databases. Different layout designs to support the different types of content across the platform (landing pages, podcast pages, blog posts, profiles, etc…) Security and Privacy: Implement robust security measures to protect user data and ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations, and to have a role-based access control that ensures only authorized administrators can access and perform specific actions within the Admin Panel. Manage regular maintenance, changes, and adaptations innovation platform within the program lifetime. Tracking visitors, providing regular reporting such as Google Analytics, social reports, and support in repurposing the content strategies and refining/optimizing the platfo published on 31 Jul 2023. The tender expired on 10 Aug 2023. 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