The National Joint Committee for Evaluation and Monitoring of the National Challenge for Financing the Prototype Marketable Model "ProtoMarket" began its work on September 21, 2026. The committee is led by Karim Berrouri and comprises several officials, professors, experts, and representatives of national bodies concerned with innovation and entrepreneurship. The evaluation aims to assess the maturity of prototypes, their potential for development and marketing, and their ability to become economic projects and start-ups.
According to Ahmed Mir, head of the National Coordination Committee for Monitoring University Innovation and Entrepreneurship, around 2200 projects were registered in the second edition of ProtoMarket. After an initial selection process at the regional committee level, 1700 projects qualified for the final national evaluation stage. The selected projects will be evaluated based on specific criteria and methodologies to determine their potential for growth and marketability.
The ProtoMarket program aims to finance around 1300 innovative projects in this edition, with a value ranging between one million and two million dinars per project. This funding will enable winning project owners to develop their prototypes and take them to more advanced stages of maturity and market readiness. The program focuses on supporting projects that can transform into economic enterprises and start-ups.
The presence of 1700 projects in the final stage indicates the significant innovative momentum in Algerian universities, according to Ahmed Mir. This also places a great responsibility on the National Committee to select projects that can benefit from financing and convert it into tangible results. ProtoMarket intervenes at a critical stage in the project's life cycle, where the prototype needs financing and support to transition from technical possibility to a marketable product.
The evaluation process, which began on September 21, is not just an administrative step in the challenge but a crucial phase in selecting projects that can form the nucleus of a new generation of start-ups emerging from Algerian universities. The committee's work was attended by several officials, including Inas Billel, Director-General of the National Agency for the Valorization of Research Results and Technological Development.
The ProtoMarket program is designed to support innovative projects in their early stages, providing them with the necessary resources to develop and market their prototypes. The program's focus on entrepreneurship and innovation aligns with Algeria's efforts to promote economic growth and development through scientific research and technological advancement.
The final evaluation of ProtoMarket projects will conclude with the selection of projects that will receive financing and support to turn them into successful economic enterprises. The program's outcomes are expected to contribute to the growth of Algeria's innovation ecosystem and the development of new start-ups that can drive economic progress.
Key points
- Algeria's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has launched the final evaluation of 1700 projects in the second edition of ProtoMarket.
- The ProtoMarket program aims to finance around 1300 innovative projects, with a value ranging between one million and two million dinars per project.
- The evaluation process focuses on assessing the maturity of prototypes, their potential for development and marketing, and their ability to become economic projects and start-ups.
