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Nominations Open for Youth Week Awards 2016!

Deadline: 18 April 2016

Nominations are open for Youth Week Awards 2016, which recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions that young people make to community and through their significant impact on others.

Award Categories

  • Change Maker – LGBTI: For young people who have created positive change in, or for, the LGBTI community.
    • Change Maker – Cultural: For young people who have created positive change to foster cultural understanding in their community.
    • Change Maker – Community Safety: For young people who have created positive change, resulting in a safer environment for young people in their community.
  • Leadership: The Leadership Award will be awarded to a young person who has demonstrated their leadership in a project or organisation.
  • Giving Back: The Giving Back Award will be awarded to a young person whose actions address a current need and have had a significant impact on their community.
  • Working for Youth: The Working for Youth Award will be awarded to a young person whose actions specifically support other young people in areas such as (but not limited to) the arts, culture, the environment or sport.
  • Youth With Disability: The Youth with Disability Award will be awarded to a young person with a disability who has made significant contribution to the disability sector and/or their community.
  • Youth Group: The Youth Group Award will be awarded to a group of young people who have made significant contribution to their community in areas such as (but not limited to) the arts, culture, the environment or sport.
  • Youth Champion: The Youth Champion Award will be awarded to an individual or an organisation who has made significant contribution to young people in areas such as (but not limited to) the arts, culture, education, the environment, health, research or sport.

Key Dates

  • Youth Week | Ara Taiohi : 21st – 29th May 2016
  • Youth Awards Gala: Tuesday 24th May 2016

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

  • Be currently living, and have lived in New Zealand for the past 12 months or more.
  • Have participated in the activities they have been nominated for within the past 12 months.
  • For Change Maker (LGBTI and/or Cultural and/or Community Safety), Leadership, Giving Back, Working for Youth, Youth with Disability and Youth Group awards: have participated in activites they were nominated for outside of their regular study or work commitments.
  • For Change Maker (LGBTI and/or Cultural and/or Community Safety), Leadership, Giving Back, Working for Youth, Youth with Disability and Youth Group awards: be aged between 12 and 24 at the beginning of Youth Week on 21st May 2016.

How to Apply

Applicants must apply online via given website.

For more information, please visit Youth Week Awards.

Apply for Children & Young People Now Awards 2016!

Deadline: 1 July 2016

Applicants are invited to apply for Children & Young People Now Awards 2016 that is providing an opportunity to become the gold standard for everyone working with children, young people and families.

The awards provide a great source of pride and recognition for all those who strive day in, day out, to improve the lives of others.

Award Categories

  • Children and young people’s wellbeing and achievement
    • The Early Years Award
    • The Play Award
    • The Youth Work Award
    • The Youth Volunteering and Social Action Award
    • The Learning Award
    • The Arts and Culture Award
    • The Advice and Guidance Award
    • The Young Carers Award
    • The Leaving Care Award
    • The Health and Wellbeing Award
    • The Early Intervention Award
    • The National Citizen Service Award
    • The Children in Care Award
    • The Youth Justice Award
    • The Family Support Award
    • The Safeguarding Award
  • Individuals, teams and organisations
    • Children and Young People’s Champion
    • The Children’s Achievement Award
    • The Partnership Working Award
    • The Recruitment and Professional Development Award
    • The Public Sector Children’s Team Award
    • The Children and Young People’s Charity Award

Eligibility Criteria

  • Any organisation or individual from the United Kingdom only can enter the awards.
  • Applicants can enter any number of categories, but the maximum number of categories an initiative can be entered for is three.

Key Dates

  • Judging: July and August 2016
  • Shortlist Announced: Beginning of September 2016
  • Awards Ceremony: November 2016

How to Apply

Applicants can apply online via given website.

For more information, please visit Now Awards 2016.

Applications Open for African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting Awards!

 Deadline: 26 April 2016

Applications are open for the African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting (ACCER) Awards in order to raise the profile of Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Africa by recognizing the important role with professional media practitioners and citizen journalists play in the environmental discourse.

Objectives

  • To propagate the African narrative on Climate Change in environmental discourse.
  • To motivate journalists and media houses in Africa to effectively report on Climate Change and environmental issues.
  • To illuminate innovative best practice approaches both in policy and in practice towards Climate Change response and strategies.
  • To enhance proactive media participation in African climate change discourse.
  • To promote and create awareness about the opportunities existing in green investment in both public and the private sectors.

Award Categories

  • Environmental Journalist of the Year
  • Emerging Young Environmental Journalist
  • News Print Feature of Year
  • Environmental Photograph of the Year
  • Audio Report of the Year Award
  • Documentary of the Year Award
  • Citizen Journalist of the Year Award
  • The ACCER Blogger of the Year Award

Eligibility Criteria

  • Professional journalists, broadcasts and documentary filmmakers who are citizens or permanent residents of one of the countries of Africa.
  • Citizen journalists, with work published on a blog (one year or older). They must be citizens or permanent residents of an African Country.
  • While some categories are open to English and French Speaking – Writing journalists (as these are two of the chosen languages of the UN), journalists should have working knowledge of English because of the TAAFA Academy.

How to Apply

Applicants must fill the application form via given website.

For more information, please visit ACCER Awards.

Call for Proposals 2016: CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism

Deadline: 31 May 2016

The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) are currently inviting proposals for its CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism with an aim to investigative reporting despite the difficult conditions under which they often have to operate.

Award Categories

The Call is divided into two categories:

  • Professional journalists (4.000 EUR)
  • Young professional journalists(1.000 EUR)

Eligibility Criteria

  • The Call is open to nationals of the 18 CEI Member States: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
  • Print, Radio, TV, news agencies and Internet media are admitted.
  • For Category 1: candidates should have been actively engaged in investigative reporting over the last two years and should still be active in journalism. Two samples of journalistic work will be relevant for the evaluation by the jury.
  • For Category 2: candidates should have been actively involved in investigative reporting, even in the context of training activities organised by schools/universities/NGOs and, as a result, should have published at least one investigative story meeting all professional standards. One sample of journalistic work will be relevant for the evaluation by the jury.

How to Apply

  • Applicant must download the application form via given website.
  • The following documents in PDF format shall be uploaded:
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • A recommendation letter
    • Up to three samples of journalistic work in a single PDF document
    • Material prepared in local languages should be accompanied by a short summary in English

For more information, please visit CEI SEEMO Award.

Applications Open for IDRC Doctoral Research Awards 2016: Improving the Lives of People in Developing World

Deadline: 18 May 2016

​International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is currently accepting applications for the IDRC Doctoral Research Awards 2016, to promote the growth of Canadian and developing country capacity in research to improve the lives of people in the developing world.

Thematic Priorities

  • Agriculture and Environment
  • Inclusive Economies
  • Technology and Innovation

Award Information

The award will cover justifiable field research expenses up to CA$20,000.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

  • Be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, or a citizen of a developing country.
  • Be enrolled at a Canadian university at the doctoral level (when you submit your application, you must have completed several courses of the doctoral program but not necessarily all the courses).
  • Have research proposal must be approved by your thesis supervisor.
  • Have proposed field research must take place in one or more developing countries and be conducted for a doctoral dissertation.
  • Provide evidence of affiliation with an institution or organization in the developing region(s) in which the research will take place.
  • Have completed coursework and passed comprehensive exams before taking up the award.

How to Apply

Applicants must apply online via given website.

For more information, please visit Research Awards.

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Apply for Intercultural Achievement Award 2016: Inviting Individuals & Organizations!

Deadline: 4 April 2016

The Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs is currently inviting applications for its Intercultural Achievement Award 2016 with an aim to identify and award innovative and solution-oriented projects that operate under the umbrella of intercultural dialogue both within Austria as well as on a global scale.

The projects either have to be in the process of being implemented or have already been successfully concluded.

Focus Areas

  • Media
  • Education
  • Youth
  • Women
  • Migration
  • Integration

Award Category

  • Sustainability: Best practice project” in the amount of EUR 10.000
  • Recent Events: “Best project with reference to current issues” in the amount of EUR 5.000
  • Innovation: “Most innovative intercultural project” in the amount of EUR 5.000
  • Media Award: “Best media contribution for intercultural understanding” in the amount of EUR 5.000
  • Special Award: “Integration in Austria” in the amount of EUR 5.000

 Eligibility Criteria

  • Applications are open to both non-profit organisations (including non-government organisations as well as associations, foundations, charitable educational institutions or religious organisations) and commercial organisations.
  • Individuals from civil society may also apply.
  • Only organisations operating and localised in Austria may apply for the Special Award.
  • Government, science, research or international institutions are excluded from admission.

How to Apply

Applicants must fill the application form via given website.

For more information, please visit Intercultural Achievement Award.

Nominations Open for L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Awards!

Deadline: 29 April 2016

Nominations are open for L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth awards with an aim to recognize an inspiring women igniting social change on a local, national or global level.

L’Oréal Paris launched the Women of Worth program in 2006 to empower and support women. It honors and awards women who are actively making a positive difference in their communities.

It recognizes the achievements of real women who embody the spirit of the L’Oréal brand women who possess self-confidence and are committed to distinguishing their own lives by making a difference in the lives of others. Women of Worth is a celebration of women who have made a difference through volunteer work in their communities.

Award Information

  • Woman Of Worth and L’Oréal Paris will make a $10,000 donation to most cherished charitable cause.
  • All honorees will receive national recognition for both her cause and her efforts.
  • One Woman Of Worth honoree and her cause will be selected by the public at large via online voting and will be recognized as the National Woman Of Worth Honoree. Her charity will receive a donation of $25,000 from L’Oréal Paris in her name.

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply via given website.

For more information, please visit L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Awards.

Check the Selection Criteria and Your Eligibility for Human Rights Awards!

Selection Criteria

  • The impact of the nominee’s work or contribution in improving the understanding and respect for human rights among the community;
  • The impact of the nominee’s work or contribution in eliminating social injustice as well as discriminatory attitudes and practices;
  • The impact of the nominee’s work in promoting better monitoring and reporting mechanism of human rights abuses;
  • The impact of the nominee’s work in creating an enabling environment conducive to the enjoyment of human rights and sustainable development;
  • The amount of time and resources spent by the nominee in carrying his, her or its work;
  • The risk or negative consequences faced by the nominee in the course of his, her or its work;
  • The extent to which the approach employed in the work of the nominee responsive to the needs and rights of the people.

Nomination Guidelines

  • Nominations are open to all Malaysian individuals, groups, organisations, Government agencies (federal, state and local governments), statutory bodies and business entities;
  • Previous recipients of the SUHAKAM Human Rights Awards are only eligible for re-nomination after a lapse of three (3) years;
  • The nomination can be made in either Malay or English and submitted directly via email or post to the Commission;
  • Nominations submitted must be accompanied by a completed official nomination form issued by the Commission, a summary (2-5 pages) and all necessary supporting documentations and evidence as specified under each of the above-mentioned categories
  • The submission of the nomination should include photos, video clips and other multimedia materials (if any) that provide an account of the contributions and information concerning the background of the nominee;
  • The Commission may request for additional documentation or evidence from the nominator and failure to respond to this request in a timely manner may affect the Commission’s full consideration of the nomination;
  • As a matter of courtesy, the nominator should notify the nominee of his/her intention to nominate the latter for the SUHAKAM Human Rights Awards;
  • The nominee must have shown an outstanding and on-going involvement in promoting and protecting the human rights of a community or a large group of people in Malaysia over the past two to three years and in at least one of the following areas:

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply via given website.

For more information, please visit Human Rights Awards.

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Nominations Open for Human Rights Awards! Recognizing Initiatives for the Advancement of Human Rights in Malaysia

Deadline: 30 June 2016

Nominations are open for Human Rights Awards that will be given to individuals, groups, organisations and agencies that have an outstanding track record in the advancement of human rights in Malaysia.

The awards were established in 2011 by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia and the introduction of the Awards is part of the Commission’s effort to promote human rights and to honor the contributions made by extraordinary individuals, groups, organisations and agencies.

Objectives

  • To recognize outstanding individuals, groups, organisations and agencies for their significant contributions towards human rights in the country;
  • To promote greater understanding and support among the civil societies on the work of these human rights defenders;
  • To promote active involvement among the various communities and societal actors in the promotion and protection of human rights in the country.

Award Categories

  • Individual: Awards are presented to an individual who has demonstrated significant achievements in serving the cause of human rights in the community on a pro-bono basis.
  • Organisation/Group: Award is presented to a registered non-profit organisation and a non-registered advocacy group that has demonstrated significant achievements in serving the cause of human rights in the community on a pro-bono basis.
  • Media: Awards are presented to three individuals and/or agencies from the Malaysian print, online and broadcast media that have published or produced a significant human rights reporting/documentary/programme.
  • Government Agencies: Award is presented to a Malaysian government agency or statutory body that has demonstrated human rights best practices in their implementation of policies and regulations, programmes and services.
  • Business Entity: Award is presented to a business entity that has demonstrated human rights best practices in its delivery of services and conduct of business activities.

Prize Information

  • Individual: The recipient will receive RM2, 000.00 + a plaque + a certificate
  • Community Organization/Group: The recipient will receive RM2, 000.00 + a plaque + a certificate
  • Media: The recipient will receive RM2, 000.00 + a plaque + a certificate
  • Government Agencies: The recipient will receive RM2, 000.00 + a plaque + a certificate
  • Business Entity: The recipient will receive RM2, 000.00 + a plaque + a certificate

Priority Areas

  • Advocating the rights of the vulnerable groups including Indigenous Peoples, Persons with Disabilities, women, children, refugees and asylum seekers;
  • Undertaking continued effort to raising human rights awareness among various stakeholders particularly the grassroots community;
  • Promoting equality and removing discrimination or infringement of human rights;
  • Providing continued support and assistance to victims of human rights abuses;
  • Encouraging greater harmony among people of different races or ethnic origins, religions, sex, age, or other differences within Malaysia;
  • Implementing human rights-based approach in the conduct of business activities or in the work of state actors through appropriate reforms that reflect greater public accountability, transparency, accessibility and participation.

Please visit next page for information regarding selection criteria and eligibility criteria.

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Apply for Cartier Women’s Initiative Award 2016 and Win a Cash Prize of US$ 20 000!

Call for applications will open on April 27, 2016

Cartier, the Women’s Forum, McKinsey & Company and INSEAD business school are seeking applications for its Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards 2016 with a motive to identify, support and encourage projects by women entrepreneurs.

Mission

The mission of the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards is:

  • To identify and support initial-phase women entrepreneurs through funding and coaching
  • To foster the spirit of enterprise by celebrating role models in entrepreneurship
  • To create an international network of women entrepreneurs and encourage peer networking

Award available

A trophy designed by Cartier, an additional year of coaching, US$ 20 000 in funding and media visibility.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Women entrepreneurs in the initial stages of development, in any country, of any nationality and operating in any industry are welcome to submit their application.
  • The project to be considered for the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards must be an original for-profit business creation in the initial phase (1-3 years old) led by a woman.
  • The “for-profit” requirement: the business submitted for the Award must be designed to generate revenues.
  • The “originality” requirement: the project wants your new concept, conceived and imagined by the founder and her team and not a copy or subsidiary of an existing business.
  • The “initial phase” requirement: the project you submit should be in the first stages of its development with one year of operations and sales to account for but no older than 3 years.
  • The main leadership position must be filled by a woman. A good command of English is required (both verbal and written) to take full advantage of the benefits the Award has to offer.
  • All entrants must be aged 18 or the age of legal majority in their respective countries or states of citizenship.

Application Process

The Application Process involves 3 steps:

  • Prepare the questions
  • Create the account
  • Complete the form

For more information, please visit Women’s Initiative Awards.