The European Investment Bank’s first Social Innovation Tournament has reached its last stage with 16 proposals making it to the finals – with two of them from Greek teams. The first comes from Imagine The City and Idea/Topos groups.

 
They submitted Politeia: Democracy Re-Born, an ambitious proposal for the collective participation in information and resource management.The second is Symbiosis, a technology-based project aiming to help Alzheimer patients and doctors. The project, created by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, won first prize at the Microsoft Imagine Cup Greece 2012.

The EIB tournament seeks to promote and reward innovative ideas targeting the creation of social value in relation to the fight against social exclusion and promising substantial societal benefits.The sixteen finalists will present their proposals in Luxembourg on November 29 and four winners will be announced.