(16-2-2022, Nay Pyi Taw)
The ASEAN Secretariat is calling for nominations for the ASEAN Prize 2022, a prestigious regional award which aims to acknowledge the inspiring and outstanding individual or organization that has risen to the challenge of empowering lives and connecting communities across the region amid challenging journey towards pandemic recovery.
Nominees should have exceptional merit in contributing to the following designated focus areas:
– Outstanding collaboration between ASEAN Member States;
– Outstanding collaboration between ASEAN and the world;
– Outstanding people-to-people engagement among ASEAN Member States;
– Outstanding economic integration and promotion of standards between ASEAN Member States;
– Other outstanding 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 at the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The nominee must be an ASEAN citizen or a ASEAN-based organization; and must produce valid/verifiable documents. In the nomination form, the nominee need to elaborate within three to five pages in English highlighting his/her achievements contributing to the building of a rules-based, people-oriented, people centred ASEAN Community, and intra-ASEAN collaborative efforts. The nominee should also share future plans in continuing the work after winning the prize. The nomination form for ASEAN Prize 2022 can be downloaded at the ASEAN Secretariat website https://asean.org/asean-prize/.
Submissions for ASEAN Prize 2022 are open from 4 February to 25 April 2022. The nominee must submit the duly filled-in form to the ASEAN Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office No. (9), Nay Pyi Taw or dgasean@gmail.com no later than the dead line.
Since its establishment in 2018, ASEAN prize has been awarded to four recipients form the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Myanmar citizens or organizations based in Myanmar are encouraged to seize this opportunity to showcase your outstanding efforts in ASEAN Community building. For further information, please visit the afore mentioned ASEAN Secretariat Website.