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"Blockchain" applications are appearing in many industries 

This may be the reason that the European Commission [EC] has announced a new 
Challenge for 2019 called "Blockchains for Social Good" 

The Prize for this challenge is 5 winners of Euro 1,000,000 each

The timetable to submit an application is

1	16 May 2018 - contest opens
2	02 Apr 2019 - deadline for registration of interest
3 	03 Sep 2019 - deadline to submit applications

				4. ELIGIBILITY

		4.1 Eligibility criteria

		4.2 Exclusion criteria

4.1 Eligibility criteria

The contest is open to all legal entites (i.e. natural or legal persons, including international organisations) 
or groups of legal entities.

The participants are required to release their source codes under an Open Source Licence.

Please note however that special rules may apply for entities from certain countries (see General Annex C to
the Main Work Programme).

Please also be aware that participants that have already received an EU or Euratom prize cannot receive a
second prize for the same activities.

4.2 Exclusion criteria

Participants will be excluded if they (or one of them):

4.2a	are subject to an administrative sanction (i.e. exclusion) [4]

4.2b	are in one of the following situations [5]

	4.2b1	bankrupt, being wound up, having their affairs administered by the courts, entered into an
		arrangement with creditors, suspended business activities or subject to any other similar
		proceedings or procedures under national law (including persons with unlimited liability for
		the participant's debts)

	4.2b2	declared in breach of social security or tax obligations by a final judgment or decision
		(including persons with unlimited liability for the participant's debts)

	4.2b3	found guilty of grave professional misconduct[6] by a final judgment or decision (including
		persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control)

	4.2b4	convicted of fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal organisation, money laundering,
		terrorism-related crimes (including terrorism financing), child labour or human trafficking
		(including persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control)

	4.2b5	shown significant deficiencies in complying with main obligations under a procurement
		contract, grant agreement or grant decision financed by the EU or Euratom budget (including
		persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control)

	4.2b6	found guilty of irregularities within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Regulation No 2988/95
		(including persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control)

4.2c	have misrepresented information required for participating in the contest or fail to submit such
		information.

4.2d	were involved in the preparation of the prize documents and this entails a distortion of
		competition.


[4]	See Articles 131(4) and 106(1) Financial Regulation.

[5]	See Articles 138(2) and 106(1), 107 of the Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament 
	and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union 
	and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 218, 26.10.2012, p.1).

[6]	Professional misconduct includes: violation of ethical standards of the profession, wrongful conduct 
	with impact on professional credibility, false declarations/misrepresentation of information, participation 
	in a cartel or other agreement distorting competition, violation of IPR, attempting to influence decision-making 
	processes or obtain confidential information from public authorities to gain an advantage.


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