Call for Ideas
Are you ready to put your knowledge into action? Would you like to work on a project that creates real impact on the life of the people around you? Are you interested in working on innovation with a team of experts? Then we have just the opportunity for you!
Join ICE, the Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship Center at SDA Bocconi, to help Pane Quotidiano, as the organization faces major challenges that have emerged during the pandemic. The “Pane Quotidiano Innovation Contest 2022” is a 4-month innovation competition that aims to find new ways to help those in need and ideas to reinforce Pane Quotidiano’s existing model.
Who
can participate
The competition is open to teams of Bocconi
students who are regularly enrolled in Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Specialized Master and MBA programs.
How
to submit a proposal
Interested teams can submit their proposal in an online form starting from 10 March 2022.
Each proposal must be in English and must include the following information:
- proposal abstract
- description of proposed solution
- how the idea will improve activities at Pane Quotidiano
- the names of the participants.
The deadline for submitting a proposal is 4 July 2022.
The
contest
Proposal areas
Proposals can be related to new technical solutions, new general solutions, and any other new idea that may improve Pane Quotidiano efficiency and capability of delivering value to the community. The critical areas that need your attention and creativity are:
Evaluation criteria
Proposals will be evaluated by the Evaluation Committee based on four criteria:
- Impact
- Feasibility
- scalability
- return on investment.
See the Rules and Regulations for more details on the contest.
For more information on the Pane Quotidiano organization, read the ICE case study.
For further informaton contact innovation.contest.panequotidiano@unibocconi.it
Pane Quotidiano is an NGO active in food distribution that delivers packaged food daily to those in need.
Pane Quotidiano has been active since 1898 in Milan and its main activity is to find, collect, organize and distribute products that the food industry would throw away. This activity reduces food waste and significantly helps the community. The entire organization is managed almost completely by volunteers and financed by the generosity of the Milanese community. The ICE case study includes details on how Pane Quotidiano is organized and how volunteers currently work.
Pane Quotidiano distributes food to whoever crosses its door. PQ receives dairy, frozen and dry packaged foods, sweets and beverages from large
Italian companies, and several European and national non governmental bodies.
The increasing demand makes current warehouses insufficient, warehouse management inefficient and sometimes even unsafe for volunteers.
People are the core of Pane Quotidiano’s activities: without the efforts of volunteers it would be impossible to deliver the service and ensure the food security of the community. However, the increasing demand for food supply has raised a few issues linked with the acquisition, retention, education and management of volunteers and the possibility of understanding and exploiting all skills and competencies of the volunteers in new ways.
The huge amount of work and the passion driving Pane Quotidiano activities often remains behind the scene. PQ focuses on helping others but it has never paid much attention to communicate its mission, its core values and its results externally. Sadly, only the long lines in front of the Pane Quotidiano gates have been effective in driving attention to the activities that are held inside. Therefore, it is important to find new ways to engage with the citizens of Milan and also donor companies by innovating the way these long-lasting relationships are enhanced.