ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020 (About $2,500) | Call for Nominations

ICIMOD calls for nominations for the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020. The prize will be given out to an individual or organization as a way of recognizing their significant efforts to advance the mountain in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region through innovations in their different capacities.

ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020 (About $2,500) | Call for Nominations

About the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020

The ICIMOD Mountain prize will be awarded to an individual or organization or private sector based on the HKH region or beyond which has demonstrated outstanding efforts thereby enabling sustainable and resilient mountain development in the HKH region to benefit the environment as well as communities most especially the poor, youth and women

Prize

The prize for the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020 is set at USD $2,500.

Eligibility criteria

All candidates for the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020 should make sure the following requirements are in place to be considered for the prize:

  • All individual, organization or private sector entity that has done outstanding work in the field of sustainable and resilient mountain development in the HKH is considered eligible for the prize and nomination.
  • The nominee for the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020 must have come to a significant impact in sustainable mountain development . While they would like to recognize the efforts of individuals or entities that have worked in line with the ICIMOD mandate, this is not a pre-condition for the award.
  • Kindly note the application for the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020 is also open to storytellers, photographers, filmmakers, and artists.

Who can nominate?

  • Any individual can nominate an organization or private sector entity for the prize.
  • The individual must be very familiar with the work of the organization or company or individual he/she is nominating.
  • The nominator is only allowed to nominate only after receiving the consent of the nominee(head of entity in case of an organization or company)
  • Self-nomination is not allowed and nominators can only nominate once.

Selection Criteria

The commission will be selecting the winners for the  ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020 based on the following criteria:.

  • Innovation
  • Demonstrable impact
  • Scalability/sustainability in the mountain context.
  • Degree of importance given to gender equity and social inclusion.

 Nomination

All nominators must follow the steps to nominate for the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020:

  • Provision of personal information on the nominee such as the full name and contact address
  • Specification of the work area(s) in which the nominee has made a demonstrable impact.
  • Provision of an overview of the nominee’s distinguished work.
  • Provision of a credible narrative on how the nominee’s work has contributed to sustainable and resilient mountain development or/and brought about transformation.
  • Provision of an augmentation.

How to apply for the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020.

Applicants are requested to visit the official website for information on how to start and to complete the application.

Click on this link to nominate.

Application deadline

August 15, 2020.

Follow this link for more details about the ICIMOD Mountain Prize 2020.

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Madago Emuobo
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