Nominations Invited for the North East Social Impact Award 2015
Last Date : May 30, 2015
There are good social and development initiatives on ground in North East India Region (NER) impacting focused groups and beneficiaries in critical areas of health, education, livelihood, environment and other areas to address social and development challenges. These initiatives by the government, industry CSR, NGOs, civil society organisations and others are providing sustainable solutions to community development and societal challenges in the region.
There is the need to salute, recognize and document such best practices towards further learning, sharing, knowledge network and policy and programme consolidations. The North East Social Impact (NESI) Award 2015 is an initiative towards this.
The North East Development Foundation and the National Foundation for India, Foundation for Social Transformation, Nasscom Foundation, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, and the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) and other partners are coming together to organize the North East Social Impact Award 2015.
The NESI Award 2015 recognition is open in 10 nomination categories - Advocacy & Empowerment; Culture & Heritage; Education; Environment & Sustainable Development; Health; Livelihood, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Employability; Social, Gender & Financial Inclusion; Technology for Development; Women Empowerment; and Youth Development.
The NESI Award 2015 invites quality nominations from eligible nominees - Best government social & development Initiative in North East India; Best Industry / public sector CSR Initiative ; Best NGO / CSO Initiative ; Best Individual initiative in North East India.
Currently, the nominations process is being opened up for all the 8 north east states until May 30, 2015. The Jury to select the best practices and winners and finalists for 2015 will happen in July 2015. The final NESI Award Summit and knowledge mela will happen on August 28 in one of the capital city of north east states.
The winners of the NESI Award 2015 will have further linkages to national and international social impact award networks.
The program details including Award and nomination guidelines, nomination form are uploaded at www.nesi-award.org
* This announcement was sent to e-pao.net by Rimi Phukan, North East Development Foundation who can be contacted at rimi(at)nedfindia(dot)org
This Press Release was posted on May 6 2015
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