A reminder to those of you working to advance the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. The deadline for applications for this year’s ONE Africa Award is just one week away!
The US$100,000 prize is open to CSOs, NGOs, individuals, and other groups that demonstrate commitment and success in assisting Africans meet 1 or more of the MDGs through innovative advocacy-based programs (see video below). Organisations entering the competition must be registered and based in a member state of the African Union. Entrants can be advocacy/pressure groups and think tanks engaged in governance activities such as the monitoring of flows of resources and/or watchdog bodies that hold governments accountable to commitments to MDG attainment.
For the 2014 prize, organizations that demonstrate innovative ideas and approaches to make popular the post-2015 development agenda in their community/country or region will receive up to 5 bonus points in the scoring of their applications.
Visit the ONE Africa Award 2014 website for more details and to download application forms. Completed applications must be submitted to ONE Africa via email or by post before 26 September 2014 so hurry, hurry!
All the best!
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