Quality Innovation Award 2020
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | STIFT INSTITUTET FÖR KVALITETSUTVECKLING (SIQ) - Institutet för kvalitetsutveckling, Göteborg |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 300 000 |
| Project duration | September 2020 - December 2020 |
| Status | Completed |
Important results from the project
The goal of the Quality Innovation Award is to highlight the very best innovations in part draw the attention of innovators and inspire others to dare to believe in their ideas! Special focus for Quality Innovation Award 2020 has been to also establish and develop the concept "Dare to share" - ie to dare to share the innovation journey. A total of five Swedish winning innovations were highlighted which proved to be doing well internationally as one of them also won an award in the international part of the Quality Innovation Award which will be presented in Belgrade in April.
Expected long term effects
SIQ has awarded the Quality Innovation Award since 2011 and the year 2020 can be judged as successful. The innovations that were highlighted also showed that they are really successful innovations also change procedures and processes from a customer perspective and provide a completely new value, far beyond a new technology. Overall, the Quality Innovation Award 2020 successfully highlight innovations that have inspired others and it has also shown, in one international perspective, the Swedish power of innovation.
Approach and implementation
The Quality Innovation Award 2020 has been led by SIQ, the Institute for Quality Development, and the independent judging committee highlighted five winning innovations that proved to be of international standard. Great emphasis has been placed on communication and two press releases have been sent out as part of this year´s process to get as much attention as possible to make the innovations known, but mainly to inspire other innovators to dare to believe in their ideas.