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WANGARI MAATHAI FOREST CHAMPIONS AWARD: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

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Application Deadline: 10 February, 2024

LOCATION: United Nations

The Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award recognises inspiring individuals who have helped to conserve, restore, and sustainably manage forests. The award was established by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) in 2012 in memory of Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants should be nominated by a third party.  

Nominees may be individual persons, living or recently deceased. 

Professional and research contributions will only be considered if they are conducted outside of work-related responsibilities.  

Applications received from a nominee’s family member or business partner are not eligible for consideration.  

BENEFIT:

The awardee/s will receive a cash prize of $USD 20,000.

The awardee/s will receive travel support to participate in a prestigious international forest event. This will provide the recipient with the opportunity to present their ideas and work to a larger audience, gain visibility and build their network.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE KOFI ANNAN NEXTGEN DEMOCRACY PRIZE

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Application Deadline:  31 March 2024. 

LOCATION: Switzerland

The call for nominations for the 2024 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize is open! The Kofi Annan Foundation and the Democracy and Culture Foundation invite nominations for the second edition of the Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Award. Nominees must be aged between 18 and 30. The nomination period for the 2024 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Award is from 15 January 2024 until 31 March 2024. Notification of the awardee will be made by July 2024.

ELIGIBILITY:

Nominees must be aged between 18 and 30 at the time of nomination. There are no restrictions in terms of nationality, gender, or occupation. The Selection Committee will consider the following when deciding the winner:

Impact: The nominee’s actions had a demonstrated outcome, for instance, a change in policy in a given country, the rate of participation in elections, the number of people reached through a specific campaign, the number of users of a specific application, the number of students gaining a wider understanding of the importance of the democratic process, the number of community associations engaged in an educational campaign etc.

Innovation: The innovative character of these actions.

Sustainability: Whether the nominee has advanced the cause of democracy and human rights for a sustained period of one-year minimum, and whether her/his actions are sustainable over time and replicable in other contexts;

Values: The values displayed by the Nominee through her/his actions.

Benefit: The added value the Award could bring to the nominee in terms of international notoriety and support.

BENEFIT:

The Prize includes a monetary prize of USD 10,000. The award will be presented at the Athens Democracy Forum, and all travel and accommodation expenses linked to the Awardee’s participation in the Forum will be covered by the organizers. Awardees will be invited to take a leading role in organising a panel session on youth and democracy at the following year’s Forum.

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