Open Entries: Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work 2016

Youth and Development

Deadline: 31 August 2015.

Nominations are open for the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work. The awards seek to recognize youths whose have spearheaded key development causes in their communities with significant impact.

Eligibility Criteria

• Must be aged between 15 to 29 years (The nominee should not be older than 29 on 31 December 2016).
• Must be from a Commonwealth member country.
• Development work must demonstrate the Commonwealth’s Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment.
• The nominee must have been engaged in their development work for more than 12 months either in a professional or voluntary capacity.
• The development work must be ongoing and in a Commonwealth member country.

Individuals are able to nominate themselves or can be nominated by someone who is able to vouch for the legitimacy of the nominee’s development work.

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Awards will be decided on the basis of:

•        Quality of impact

•        Level of innovation/fresh approaches to problem-solving

•        Quality of achievement

•        Quality of the evidence provided

•        Sustainability: building capacity of future generations to meet their own needs.

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