Thursday, August 8, 2013

UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize

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Deadline for nomination is October 31, 2013.
International applicants are invited to submit applications for UNESCO-Hamdan Prize supported by H.E. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates.
The mission of this award is to improve education quality through raising teacher standards around the world. Prize is offered up to US $270.000 and is divided between three winners.
Eligibility & Criteria-
Candidates may be organizations, international or national non-governmental organizations (NGOs), institutions or local, national and regional communities applying for the Prize.
Applications may be submitted in two ways:
> A candidate shall ask a nominating body to send its application to UNESCO;
> A nominating body may initiate the process of nominating a candidate and send the application to UNESCO
A nominating body may be Multinationals and Bilateral Organizations, Ministries of Education (or other relevant Ministries), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), organizations or institutions directly involved in, or aware of, outstanding practices concerning teachers. It is the nominating body who sends the applications to UNESCO.
Selection process:
  • > Applications received before the deadline are reviewed by the Screening panel, who will eliminate non-eligible candidates and transmit them to the International Jury for the Prize.
  • > The International Jury meets in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to select the Prize winners.
  • > Prizes are awarded to winners during an official ceremony organized at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day (October 2014).
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