• Nomination is open for NGOs. NGOs means a registered society/trust/sec25 (not-for-profit) having registered under appropriate acts and authority within a country.
  • Applications and practices must be on ground for at least 6 months.
  • Every NGO nominee must have working website or their virtual presence as an essential criterion to judge their public presence.
  • There are no charges required to apply for award Nomination process.
  • Any applicant may edit/modify the details in the Nomination form till the last date of accepting the Nomination form. However, Nomination form in any ways will be considered as final after the last date & no further modification will be allowed.

All the South Asian countries can participate.

  • India
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • Nepal.

Submission Criteria:

  1. Nominations should be submitted within set timeline and criteria;
  2. One NGO can apply for more than one category; Separate registration shall be made in case of multiple submissions by the same organisation, company or team.
  3. Every nomination must provide Website URL/s; if NGO does not have that, can get it free from eNGO Network membership.
  4. Every nomination is required to attach ‘one demo presentation and a small demo video’ about the project/product with this nomination form. If you fail to do so the Jury has all rights to not consider your application.
  5. Every nomination to be accompanied by any media coverage, case study published, relevant images, success story of the application or project; it can be accompanied by relevant small video clips as well;
  6. Every nomination submission can be in as much detail as possible to give enough material to the Jury members to decide in favor of the submitted nomination;
  7. Any partially filled/not filled registration form shall be straight away rejected;
  8. Any false information regarding the project in the nomination form will immediately disqualify the nominee. All materials received during the judging process will remain confidential & will not be shared with any external entity without the consent of the concerned person.
  9. Organizers have the right to reject submission / nomination without providing any further reason;
  10. The final results will be announced during the Felicitation Gala only.

 JUROR’S EVALUATION CRITERIA:

  • Excellence and quality: in terms of quality and novelty of the project, outcome, and policy relevance achieved; contribution to addressing key issues in key nomination thematic area; ideas and action contributing towards an alternative action measure to address development & governance challenges in the development sector.
  • Contemporariness: in terms of relevance of focus in the key thematic areas and aspects of it highlighted;
  • Quality & Impact: in terms of quality of service delivery, impact, outreach, replicability and sustainability.
  • USP & Strategic Value: Uniqueness of the idea &  easiness of strategy replication.
  • Benefit & Utility: real benefit to the users.