Deadline: 6 August, 2012
Open to: Individuals, organizations and projects worldwide can be nominated for the UN-Habitat’s Scroll of Honour
Award: Winners will receive a plaque engraved with their name and their achievement will be presented at the World Urban Forum to be held in Naples, Italy
Description
United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat is requesting applications for the 2012 Scroll of Honour Awards. The Award is the most prestigious human settlements award in the world and aims to acknowledge initiatives which have made outstanding contributions in various fields such as shelter provision, highlighting the plight of the homeless, leadership in post conflict reconstruction, and developing and improving the human settlements and the quality of urban life.
Individuals, organizations and projects can be nominated for the Award. The award, a plaque engraved with the name of the winner and their achievement will be presented to the winners during the Sixth Session of the World Urban Forum to be held in Naples, Italy in early September.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
In selecting the winners for the award, the jury will be looking for achievements in the key areas outlined below. Achievements will
- be considered within the overall context of sustainable human settlements and urban development.
- This year, the jury will give particular attention to achievements related to this year’s theme of Changing Cities, Building Opportunities, and especially
- those pertaining to Urban Land and Legislation & Governance, Urban Planning & Design, Urban Economy, Urban Basic Services, Housing & Slum
- Upgrading, Risk Reduction & Rehabilitation, and Urban Research & Capacity Development.
Individuals, organizations, projects and any Habitat Agenda partner can be nominated for the Habitat Scroll of Honour. The prescribed format for the submissions should include background information; description of the initiative or project; main partners; impact as well as how the project has created lasting change.
Application
To nominate an organization, individual or project for this year’s award you can do one of the following:
- Fill in the online nomination form on the http://www.unhabitat.org/whd
- Download the form on the website at this link HERE and email it to whd@unhabitat.org or
- Complete the nomination form, and send it to: World Habitat Day Coordinator, Advocacy, Outreach and Communications, P.O Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, Kenya; Fax: +254 20 762 3477
You can see the nomination form HERE as well as another useful information.
For more information please visit the official website.