Deadline: 31 July 2015
Are you an internationally operating organization registered on charities? Does your project benefit Refugees and Displaced People? Then 2016 Ockenden Prizes for Refugee Projects awaits you!
The Ockenden International is currently inviting internationally operating organizations registered as charities to submit their own project or a project by a registered partner or affiliate organization for its fourth Ockenden International Prize 2016. The prize is for projects and programs that must be helping refugees and/or internally displaced people and excel in developing independence for them.
The primary objective of the prizes include highlighting the challenges faced by displaced people, raising awareness of their range of needs, and providing reward and recognition for those giving outstanding support.
Prizes
- Grand Winner – $100,000
- Runner-ups (2) – $25,000 each
Focus Areas
Particular attention is given to the
- Initiatives that promote self-reliance among refugees and/or displaced people.
- Approaches that have proved to be highly effective in improving the lives of refugees and/or displaced people.
- Work that has been carried out in especially difficult circumstances.
- Organizations with strong governance and financial management.
- The applicants must be able to show that there have been measurable achievements and outcomes leading to real change in the lives of those helped.
Eligibility Criteria
- Submissions can be made by internationally operating organizations registered on charities.
- Nominations can be made for organization’s own project or to a project by a registered partner or affiliate organization.
- There are no geographical limits on the locations of submitted projects but the project must have been initiated after May 2012 and should demonstrate properly measured and evaluated outcomes.
Application Process
- The organizers consider postal entries from the registered charities without access to the Internet.
- The finalists will come to the UK to make final presentations to a specialist panel of five judges on either 23 February or 1 March 2016 at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, where the 2016 presentation and prize-giving ceremony will immediately take place.
For more information, please visit Ockenden Prizes.
