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Impact Jersey Strategic Plan: Open Programme 1: Approval

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A decision made 12 June 2023:

Decision Reference:  MD-ETS-2023-363

Public

Subject: Approval of Impact Jersey Open Programme 1

 

Report Title:

Exempt (Article 33(b))

Decision(s):

The Assistant Minister decided to approve Open Programme 1 as part of Impact Jersey's Strategic Programme Plan.

Reason for Decision(s):

This will be a 12 month programme awarding grants to entrepreneurs and innovators, recruited through a competitive process open to any business based in Jersey. The grants will fund, or co-fund, innovators to deliver projects that support and align with Government of Jersey’s Strategic Priorities as set out in P.75/2022.

Resource Implications: ​A maximum of up to £500,000 may be awarded over the course of the Open Programme. The full amount will not be disbursed if there are insufficient high-quality applications.  The funding for this programme, and the associated programme delivery costs, are allocated as part of the Technology Accelerator Fund agreed in the Government Plan 2023-2026.​

 

Action Required: Officers to take necessary action.

Signature:

 

 

Signed By: Assistant Minister for EDTSC

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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