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2007 Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards

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The Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED) is inviting organisations that have made outstanding achievements in promoting environmental management and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific to apply for the 2007 Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards. Winners will be presented with monetary awards. These awards are the Gold Prize (US$20,000), two Silver Prizes (US$7,000) and five Incentive Prizes (US$2,000).

The award has been renamed "The 2007 Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards for Good Practices" in honour of the late Mr. Ryutaro Hashimoto, former Prime Minister of Japan and first APFED Chair.
The Awards programme aims not only to honour the winners but also to build-up a knowledge base of good practices with the objective of sharing the lessons learned and knowledge gained for promoting sustainable development in the region.

Criteria

  • methodologies, approaches and designs;
  • implementation modalities (ability to withstand conventional challenges);
  • application of innovative technologies;
  • stakeholder mobilisation/participation and partnership development;
  • cost-effectiveness (cost-benefit sharing schemes);
  • environmental and socio-economic impacts in the context of promoting sustainable development/improving sustainability; and
  • durability and self-reliance (perspectives for long-term continuation).

Application Guidelines

  1. Applications must be signed by the authorised representative of the organisation that plays a primary role in managing activities.
  2. The award will be given only to organisations and not to individuals.
  3. Applicants must agree with the conditions set forth in the "Selection Criteria & Process" page, whereby the prize money will be used to support activities to promote the information dissemination of good practices with a view to facilitating the replication of such practices in other countries or areas.
  4. Requirements in completing the application form: Standard British English and Times New Roman font and length of approximately three (3) pages. Clarify any copyright issues. The APFED Secretariat reserves the right to make editorial improvement in disseminating information contained in the application.
  5. Submission to: apfed-award@iges.or.jp

Click here to view selection criteria.



The deadline for application is June 16 2007.

Application Info
Click here to view guidelines and access the application in a downloadable document in MS Word format.
Previous Winners
Click here to see winners of last year's competition.
Source

SciDev.Net Weekly Update May 14 - 21 2007.