Deadline: 9 June 2017
Nominations are currently open for The ASEAN Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (RDPE) Third (3rd) Leadership Awards, a regular biennial activity of the Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (SOMRDPE) under the Framework Action Plan on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication.
The Awards giving will take place in conjunction with the biennial ASEAN Ministers on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (AMRDPE). For this year (2017), the host country of the 10th AMRDPE will be Malaysia to be held in October.
Objectives
The objectives of the Leadership Awards are as follows:
- Recognize the roles, outstanding achievements and contributions of non-government organizations/ civil society organizations (NGOs/CSOs) and the private sector in the Philippines to the rural/community development, livelihood and poverty reduction of local communities;
- Encourage the NGOs/CSOs and private sector to continue and strengthen their work and contributions to rural/community development and poverty eradiation in the country and, in a broader context, to the ASEAN Community Building by 2015;
- Promote inclusiveness through closer cooperation and partnerships between the government, NGOs/CSOs and the private sector in developing rural areas/communities and eradicating poverty in the country and other ASEAN Member States (if any); and
- In the spirit of promoting a people-oriented ASEAN, promote ASEAN awareness amongst the NGOs/CSOs and private sector and bring ASEAN closer to people’s heart.
Benefits
- The selected NGO and private sector will be recognized in the Tenth (10th) ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication in Malaysia in October 2017.
- This year’s Leadership Awards will be an opportunity for the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) to understand the enabling conditions that will allow for the replication and scaling up of the successes of the nominees.
- NAPC commits to form a policy research and policy-implementation advocacy team that will support the winning NGO and private sector in an advocacy to replicate, scale up of mainstream its successes into government programs. The policy research and policyimplementation advocacy to be chosen shall be one that will best support priority agenda of the newly-elected Sectoral Councils of NAPC.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Awards are for NGOs/CSOs and private sector in the Philippines with outstanding achievements and contributions to the rural/community development and poverty reduction in ASEAN Member States.
- Interested organizations must meet the following criteria:
- National or Local Organizations – must be registered with the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC), Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) or Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a non-government organization
- Private Sector – must be registered with the SEC or Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
- Must have been operational for at least the past three (3) years
- Must be engaged in programs, activities or efforts that significantly contribute to rural/community development, disadvantaged population and poverty eradication in the Philippines.
- Winners from the past awards are not eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit nomination forms via postal mail or an email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
For more information, please visit Leadership Awards.