{"id":229,"date":"2025-05-13T06:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:59:49","slug":"competition-rounds-selection-and-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/en\/rules\/competition-rounds-selection-and-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition Rounds, Selection, and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Bio Plastics Challenge will take place across three rounds of competition: Eligibility, Semi-Finals, and Finals.<\/span><\/p>

Eligibility Round<\/strong><\/p>

During the Eligibility Round, organizers will review all Team Profiles and Competition Materials for compliance with the eligibility criteria laid out in the Rules. Teams meeting all eligibility requirements will be assigned to judges and move to the Semi-Finals round. YABT, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to eliminate a Category or Categories if Teams and Competition Materials in that Category fail to reach an adequate level of quality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Semifinals Round<\/strong><\/p>

During the Semi-Finals round, each Team\u2019s Competition Materials will receive an evaluation and scoring from Judges according to the Evaluation Criteria (see Evaluation Criteria).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Each Team will receive a score, obtained from a summation of the judges\u2019 individual scores. YABT will also take into consideration geographical, sectorial, and gender representation to make sure Teams with the top scores are equally represented. The five Teams in each Category with the highest score are considered finalists (\u201cFinalists\u201d) and proceed to the Finals Round; Finalists will be notified at the e-mail address provided at the time of registration. The list of Finalists will also be published on the Website.<\/span><\/p>

Prior to the Finals Round, Finalists may revise, update, and resubmit Competition Materials.<\/span><\/p>

Finals Round<\/strong><\/p>

The Finals Round will take place online. YABT will establish a panel of five judges (\u201cJudges Panel\u201d) for each Category. Finalists will each provide an oral presentation to the Judges Panel assigned to their Category.<\/span><\/p>

Each Judges Panel will independently evaluate and score Finalists in their assigned Category according to the Evaluation Criteria (see Evaluation Criteria). All Finalists will receive written feedback and recommendations from the Judges who evaluated their Competition Materials.<\/span><\/p>

The decisions of the Judges’ Panels will be final and not subject to appeal. YABT reserves the right to resolve any discrepancy in the Rules, Terms, and Conditions at its sole discretion and convey the determination to the Judges’ Panels for application.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Selection and Awards<\/strong><\/p>

YABT will establish a “Finals Evaluation Committee” to select the Competition Winner for each category. The Final decision reached by the committee is final.<\/span><\/p>

The best team from each Category (“Winners”) will receive an awards package (\u201cAward\u201d) valued at USD 10,000 each, including:<\/span><\/p>

  • $5,000 Seed Capital cash award to be used as seed capital for the development\/growth of the business.<\/span><\/li>
  • Three (3) months of follow-on business training support.<\/span><\/li>
  • Promotional opportunities in high-level events, such as the OAS General Assemblies, the Summits of the Americas, and other similar spaces.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

    The Organizer and Co-Organizer may announce additional awards or special recognitions at their sole discretion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Bio Plastics Challenge will take place across three rounds of competition: Eligibility, Semi-Finals, and Finals. Eligibility Round During the Eligibility Round, organizers will review all Team Profiles and Competition Materials for compliance with the eligibility criteria laid out in the Rules. Teams meeting all eligibility requirements will be assigned to judges and move to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-229","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":705,"href":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229\/revisions\/705"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticamericas.net\/bioplastics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}