List of Eligible Countries for Innovation Challenge by and for Young Persons with Disabilities

A.    East & Southern Africa

  1. Angola
  2. Botswana
  3. Burundi
  4. Comoros
  5. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)
  6. Eritrea
  7. Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
  8. Ethiopia
  9. Kenya
  10. Lesotho
  11. Madagascar
  12. Malawi
  13. Mozambique
  14. Namibia
  15. Rwanda
  16. Seychelles
  17. South Africa
  18. South Sudan
  19. United Republic of Tanzania
  20. Uganda
  21. Zambia
  22. Zimbabwe

B. West & Central Africa

  1. Benin
  2. Burkina Faso
  3. Republic of Cameroon
  4. Cabo Verde
  5. Central African Republic
  6. Chad
  7. Republic of Congo
  8. Cote d’Ivoire
  9. Equatorial Guinea
  10. Gabon
  11. The Gambia
  12. Ghana
  13. Guinea
  14. Guinea-Bissau
  15. Liberia
  16. Mali
  17. Mauritania
  18. Niger
  19. Nigeria
  20. São Tomé and Príncipe
  21. Senegal
  22. Sierra Leone
  23. Togo

C. Arab States

  1. Algeria
  2. Djibouti
  3. Egypt
  4. Gulf Cooperation Council***
  5. Iraq
  6. Jordan
  7. Lebanon
  8. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  9. Morocco
  10. Palestine
  11. Somalia
  12. Sudan
  13. Syrian Arab Republic
  14. Tunisia
  15. Yemen

D. Asia & the Pacific

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Bhutan
  4. Cambodia
  5. China
  6. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  7. India
  8. Indonesia
  9. Islamic Republic of Iran
  10. Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  11. Malaysia
  12. Maldives
  13. Mongolia
  14. Myanmar
  15. Nepal
  16. Pacific Island Countries*
  17. Pakistan
  18. Papua New Guinea
  19. Philippines
  20. Sri Lanka
  21. Thailand
  22. Timor-Leste
  23. Viet Nam

E. Eastern Europe & Central Asia

  1. Albania
  2. Armenia
  3. Azerbaijan
  4. Belarus
  5. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  6. Georgia, Republic of
  7. Kazakhstan
  8. Kosovo****
  9. Kyrgyzstan
  10. Moldova
  11. North Macedonia (formerly the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
  12. Serbia
  13. Tajikistan
  14. Republic of Türkiye
  15. Turkmenistan
  16. Ukraine
  17. Uzbekistan

F. Latin America & the Caribbean

  1. Argentina
  2. Bolivia
  3. Brazil
  4. Caribbean (English-and Dutch-speaking countries)**
  5. Chile
  6. Colombia
  7. Costa Rica
  8. Cuba
  9. Dominican Republic
  10. Ecuador
  11. El Salvador
  12. Guatemala
  13. Haiti
  14. Honduras
  15. Mexico
  16. Nicaragua
  17. Panama
  18. Paraguay
  19. Peru
  20. Uruguay
  21. Venezuela