Deadline: 10-Mar-23
Nominations are now open for High North Hero Award, an annual award established by the High North Center for Business and Governance to honor a person, organization or company who has contributed to highlighting or developing the High North.
Call for Nominations
- Every year, the public is invited to nominate candidates. Citizens from any country in the world are eligible to nominate candidates for the prize and to win the prize. You may nominate an individual, a company or an organization that meets at least one of the criteria.
- There is no requirement that the nominee is from the Arctic or resides in the Arctic; the intention of the Award is to highlight the efforts of a person or an organization whose work has a positive impact in the circumpolar north. Self-nominations are also accepted. Submit your candidate using the form at the end of this article.
Criteria
- The nominee must have contributed to an achievement that fulfils at least one of the following criteria:
- The nominee has significantly contributed to business development, societal development, growth, or employment in the High North
- The nominee has significantly contributed to new knowledge about the High North
- The nominee is innovative and uses innovative methods to advance cooperation in the High North
- The nominee has a significant impact in the High North locally, nationally and internationally
- The nominee contributes to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Arctic including, for example, gender equality or indigenous rights
- The nominee contributes significantly to strengthening collaboration in the High North.
- An international committee will decide and announce the winner during the High North Dialogue 2023 conference on April 20th in Bodø, Norway.
For more information, visit High North Hero.
