New records in the BiD Challenge 2007

- The largest amount of plans submitted and accepted to the BiD Challenge International are from the Netherlands followed by Bolivia.
- Of all the 7 national BiD Challenges, BiD Challenge Kenya received the most plans, followed by BiD Challenge Colombia.
- The BiD Challenge welcomes for the first time participants from Haiti, Gabon and Norway.
- New target countries of the submitted business plans include the islands Comoros, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Saint Helena, Barbados and also Antartica.
- The top 3 sectors targeted in the BiD Challenge 2007 are Agriculture, Training and Education and Services.

BiD Challenge 2007 round 1 statistics are available on www.bidnetwork.org/bidchallenge.