Productive Idea Competition 2012

Finland’s future is all about innovation

Junior Chamber International Finland organizes the Productive Idea competition for the 35rd time this year. The project has an honourable history with long traditions: it started from Turku Junior Chamber of Commerce that organised the competition for the first time as a local competition in 1977. Productive Idea is one of JCI Finland’s most remarkable project each year. This year other partners in the competition are Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd, Federation of Finnish Enterprises, The Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland, The Association for Finnish Work, IF, Nordea, Sitefactory and Tamro Finland.

Proposals for the competition

A Productive Idea may be a product, service, production method, operations model, concept or business idea which improves business environment either in public or private sector. The idea, in other words the competition proposal, must be in productive use and it may be up to three years old. The proposals will be evaluated based on their innovative aspect and novelty, productivity and economical importance, possibilities for success, and impact on the community. An idea that has been rewarded either on national or international level cannot participate in the competition.

How to apply for Productive Idea ?

The next competition will start on April 1st 2012, and the competition closes on May 31st 2012, and all applications must be submitted by that date. Submitting an application to the competition must be done on a specified form which can be found and downloaded from this website.

Announcing the winners

The winning ideas will be announced and awarded in an Awards Ceremony in the JCI Finland National Convention on October 13th.The Productive Idea competition is highly respected and traditionally the winners have got plenty of publicity in Kauppalehti and in other medias. In best cases, the positive publicity gained by winning the competition has been incredibly valuable to the winner and carried on bringing success for many years.