{"id":2626,"date":"2020-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/news\/enter-the-young-caribbean-water-entrepreneurs-shark-tank-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:00:44","slug":"enter-the-young-caribbean-water-entrepreneurs-shark-tank-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/events\/enter-the-young-caribbean-water-entrepreneurs-shark-tank-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter the Young Caribbean Water Entrepreneurs Shark Tank Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) is pleased to be partnering with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caribbeancic.org\/\">Caribbean Climate Innovation Center (CCIC)<\/a> in the 2020 edition of its Young Caribbean Water Entrepreneurs Shark Tank Competition.<\/p>\n<p>GWP-C\u2019s <b>Young Caribbean Water Entrepreneurs Shark Tank Competition <\/b>seeks to provide a unique opportunity for young persons from the Caribbean between the ages of 18 to 34 years, to pitch innovative and impactful water project ideas to support better water resources management in their community, country or the Caribbean region under the themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Water and Climate<\/li>\n<li>Water and Agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Water and Health<\/li>\n<li>Water and Energy<\/li>\n<li>Water and Tourism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Participants will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas directly to investors (sharks) for a chance to secure seed funding of <b>4,000 Euros<\/b>, to advance their innovative water-related project ideas. 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