Deadline- 1 November 2013
Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) is pleased to invite participants around the for World Habitat Awards. The goal of this program is to promotes sustainable development and innovation in housing through collaborative research and knowledge transfer. Two awards are given annually to projects that provide practical and innovative solutions to current housing needs and problems.Award of up to £10,000 is presented to each of the two winners at the annual United Nations global celebration of World Habitat Day.
Housing projects & approaches are sought that–
- demonstrate practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing issues faced by countries all around the world
- can be transferred or adapted for use as appropriate
- are already being implemented or are completed ie not at design, planning or early stages of development
- view the term habitat from a broad perspective and bring other benefits as well, such as energy or water saving, income generation, social inclusion, community and individual empowerment, health benefits, capacity building or education.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Any individual, organisation or government who has an innovative and practical solution to housing needs and problems from any country of the world.
- More than one entry can be made by the same individual or organisation.
- Entries should relate to housing projects and processes that are either completed or in progress. Those that are at design stage only or in the very early stages of development cannot be considered.
- Previous entrants can re-submit in subsequent years providing that the project has been further developed in the intervening time period.
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