Heads up: the final­ists for World Chal­lenge ’08 have been announced.

Now in its fourth year, World Chal­lenge 08 is a global com­pe­ti­tion aimed at find­ing projects or small busi­nesses from around the world that have shown enter­prise and inno­va­tion at a grass roots level. [The Chal­lenge] is about cham­pi­oning and reward­ing projects and busi­ness which really make a dif­fer­ence. The win­ner will receive a grant of USD $20 000 to put back into their project/business, and two run­ners up will each receive USD $10 000. One rep­re­sen­ta­tive from each of the three final­ists will be flown to The Hague, The Nether­lands to attend the award cer­e­mony in Decem­ber 2008.