[Wigsat-l] AfricaSAN Awards Nomination Deadline October 9, 2009

[Sophia Huyer]

AMCOW AfricaSan Awards 2009

Recognizing sanitation and hygiene achievements in Africa
The African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) is pleased to invite  
entries for the maiden AfricaSan Awards competition.

AMCOW is the driving force behind the AfricaSan movement, a regional  
initiative that seeks to place sanitation and hygiene at the top of  
the development agenda in Africa. The AMCOW AfricaSan Awards are  
dedicated to recognizing outstanding efforts and achievements in  
sanitation and hygiene in Africa which result in large-scale,  
sustainable behavior changes and tangible impacts. The aim is to raise  
the profile of sanitation and hygiene by drawing attention to  
successful approaches, promoting excellence in
leadership, innovation and sanitation and hygiene improvements in  
Africa.

AMCOW AfricaSan Awards (First Round)

This announcement is for the first set of award categories:

- Leadership and Ministerial Award: to honor individuals or  
institutions who provided strong leadership to sanitation and/or  
hygiene improvement through policy and strategy development,
advocacy, institutional arrangements, financing, coordination and  
capacity development.
Nominees may include policy makers, leaders, and other personalities.

- Technical Innovation Award: to honor individuals and institutions  
who contributed to the improvement of technical solutions for  
sanitation services and products to make them affordable, reliable,  
and sustainable. Nominees may include individuals, communities and
organizations such as training/research institutions, technical  
enterprises, etc..

- NGO/Civil Society Award: to honor individuals and institutions who  
supported and mobilized communities for the improvement of their  
sanitation and hygienic conditions. Nominees may include community/ 
youth/women associations, NGOs, and non-profit
organizations.

Nomination guidelines

You may nominate yourself or another individual or institution.  
Entries may be made by individuals or organizations based within or  
outside Africa. Nominations should include the name and contact  
details of the nominee, and a short statement (no more than 500  
words)about their work and why they deserve
the award. The nominees must be involved in sanitation and hygiene- 
related activities within Africa.

Nominations (in English, French or Portuguese) should be sent to nominations at africasanawards.org 
  by October 9, 2009.

Selection of Winners
Entries will be reviewed by a technical committee of experts and  
judged by a panel of eminent sector leaders. The judges’ decisions  
will be final. Winners will be announced in mid-October and sponsored  
to attend the Second African Water Week in South Africa, from November  
9 to13, 2009), where they will receive a price, a trophy and a  
certificate.

For more information please write to:

nominations at africasanawards.org

or call: Thompson Abu (+234(0)803 311 9493)

A partnership initiative by AMCOW, in collaboration with the Water  
Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, the Water and
Sanitation Program, the African Development Bank, the World Health  
Organization and UNICEF.