Please help us select the winners of the 2015 LEDS Global Partnership Champion Awards.
We will recognize the award winners at the fourth annual global workshop on October 14-16, 2015 at the Melia Caribe Tropical Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This event will bring together leading officials and practitioners from countries and international institutions in a highly interactive and member-led format, to share lessons and strengthen cooperation on climate-resilient low emission development around the world.
The three award categories are:
Leading Design
Acting on Implementation
Achieving Results.
| Category |
What We Seek to Recognize |
| Leading Design |
Conducting planning and analysis
Engaging with stakeholders
Preparing general frameworks and policies
|
| Acting on Implementation |
Preparing and issuing laws and regulations
Seeking and securing financing
Integrating national and sub-national actions
|
| Achieving Results |
Driving actual social, economic, and environmental benefits from LEDS
|
Our Selection Criteria are:
- General criteria that apply to all award categories (“Leading Design”, “Acting on Implementation”, and “Achieving Results”):
- Demonstrated commitment to the principles of LEDS and green growth as evidenced by acting with the view that environmental considerations such as greenhouse gas mitigation can go hand-in-hand with meeting social and economic goals; i.e., addressing social, economic, ecological, and governance conditions
- Significance of the work in meeting key challenges and priorities
- Effective and innovative use of tools and approaches supported by the LEDS GP and its components (including the regional platforms and working groups)
- Incorporation of elements to ensure sustainable, lasting effects
- Intensive use of stakeholder consultations, and strong communication approaches
- Action at multiple levels of government and society, such as national, provincial/state, municipal, the business community, and civil society
- Personal presence and leadership
- Additional, specific criteria that apply to each award category:
- “Leading Design”
- Development of a strong analytical basis for design, such as inventories, baselines, and institutional arrangements
- Assembling cross-functional teams to support design
- Development of effective institutional arrangements
- Development of innovative approaches
- “Acting on Implementation”
- Development of effective policies, programs, and regulations
- Strong engagement with potential sources of financing and funding
- Commitment to an evidence-based approach, and to ongoing monitoring and evaluation
- “Achieving Results”
- Actual measured benefits for social, economic and environmental goals
- External validation of benefits
Nomination Form:
You are free to nominate yourself, or someone else. This is an award for individuals, not groups or companies. Please do so by answering the brief questions below, and pressing the “NOMINATE NOW” button: