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Nominations for 2019 ASEAN Prize Now Open

ASEAN Prize 2019

19 February 2019 — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is now accepting nominations for the ASEAN Prize 2019, a prestigious regional award that aims to acknowledge the inspiring and outstanding achievements of an individual or organization in fostering the ASEAN identity, promoting the ASEAN spirit and championing the ASEAN way.

Nominees should have exceptional merit in contributing to the following designated focus areas: collaboration between ASEAN member states; collaboration between ASEAN and the world; people-to-people engagement among ASEAN member states; economic integration and promotion of standards between ASEAN member states; or excellent contribution to ASEAN Community-building.

A judging committee consisting of eminent high-level members, including incumbent and former ASEAN Secretaries-General, will select a recipient who will be awarded the ASEAN Prize Trophy and a cash prize of US$20,000. This year’s prize will be presented during the 34th ASEAN Summit in June in Bangkok, Thailand.

Erlinda Uy Koe, Chair Emeritus of the Autism Society Philippines and former chair of the ASEAN Autism Network, won the inaugural ASEAN Prize last year in Singapore.

Other pertinent details are as follows:

  1. Nomination opens on 11 February 2019.
  2. Nominee must be an ASEAN citizen or an ASEAN-based organization.
  3. The nominee must produce verifiable documents highlighting the achievements and impact in ASEAN for the period January 2018 to January 2019.
  4. The no minee should also share future plans in continuing the work after winning the prize.
  5. The deadline for submission of nomination to the National Focal Point is 11 March 2019 at 12:00 noon.

Nominations may be submitted to:

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Division, ASEAN-Philippines National Secretariat

2330 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, Philippines

Tel.: 8344431, 8344470; Fax: 8321667

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