The Dubai International Award for Best Practices – Call for Nominations

Nominations are currently being invited for 2012 Dubai International Award for Best Practices.

The Dubai International Award for Best Practices (DIABP) was started during the United Nations International Conference that was held in Dubai in 1995. Late Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum played an important role in establishing this award, which reflects the commitment of the Dubai Government and the United Arab Emirates towards sustainable development of human settlements through mutual international cooperation.

This award aims to recognize the best practices with positive impact on improving the living environment. The governments of Dubai and UAE administer the award jointly with UN-HABITAT.

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The Tech Awards 2012 – Call for Nominations

The Tech Awards is an initiative of the Tech Museum that was launched in November 2000 to recognize innovators who try to apply technology for the benefit of the humanity.

These awards honour individuals, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies who are using technology to significantly improve human conditions in 5 award categories.

The award concept and the five different categories of Tech Awards were inspired in part by the State of the Future report, published by the Millennium Project of the American Council of the United Nations University.

The Tech Museum is currently inviting nominations for the Tech Awards 2012. The Tech Awards program inspires global engagement in applying technology to humanity’s most pressing problems by recognizing individuals, organizations, and companies that use innovative technology solutions.

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2011 Communication for Social Change Award

The School of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland is seeking nominations for the 2011 Communication for Social Change Award that is aimed at recognising the outstanding contributions made by ‘unsung’ and courageous people, individuals and organisations to the theory and practice of Communication for Social Change (CSC).

The award recognises the services of those that have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to using communication to transform and empower marginalised communities.

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