Deadline: 29 June 2018
Nominations are open for NCMG Peace Awards which recognize change agents and innovative thought leaders championing justice and peace in Africa.
Award Categories
- Peace Builder: This Award recognizes and honors an individual who provides humanitarian aid, sees to the economic development, institution & nation building, conflict prevention, conflict resolution & reconciliation and establishes educational, social or structural initiatives that contribute to positive social change.
- Justice Builder: This award recognizes and honors an individual, organization or institution who demonstrates that access to justice should offer a variety of approaches and options for dispute resolution within the judicial system. Citizens should be empowered to find satisfactory solutions to their problems utilizing a wider menu of choices.
- Outstanding Woman in Peacebuilding: This award seeks to recognize any woman whose consistent efforts and strides, initiatives introduced have resulted in the enthronement of peace and peaceful co-existence in a male dominated society especially in an unrest and conflict region.
- Institutional Peacebuilder: This Award recognizes and honors an institution/organization or entity that uses their core business and competitive advantages to contribute to peace and stability, creating shared value. An organization that is proactive in building both peace and opportunity especially in insurgency areas by applying risk, conflict analysis, and conflict-sensitive & transformation practices.
- Youth Innovation for Peace: This Award category (limited to those under 35) recognizes and honors an individual/youth that promotes peace and cooperation beyond traditional boundaries of religion, race, ethnicity & nationality through intellectual dialogues, conflict analyses & transformation narratives. This Youth sees to the promotion of dialogue & cooperation advocating and championing the capabilities of the residents of communities to live in peaceful co-existence.
Eligibility Criteria
- All living persons & active organizations or institutions are eligible nominees for the NCMG Peace Award provided they are not employees or relatives of management and staffs of NCMG International or the Committee & Panel of Judges of the NCMG Peace Award.
- Nominating organizations could be institutions, statutory bodies, NGO’s, Government companies, Public companies, Private companies and other business entities. Members of the public are also encouraged to make nominations.
- The nominator shall describe clearly the project(s) or initiative(s) that the nominee has done which makes him/her deserving of the award. Be as specific as possible. Attach additional documentation, if necessary.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit NCMG Peace Awards.