Call for nominations for 2014 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award

Subject: Call for nominations for 2014 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award

  

While it is not even a month ago that we honored the 2013 winner of UNHCR's Nansen Refugee Award - Sister Angelique Namaika - a courageous and unfailing Congolese nun working in the remote northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the time has come to nominate next year's Nansen Refugee Award laureate.

I am happy to hereby inform you that we have now opened nominations for the 2014 Nansen Refugee Award selection process. You are encourage to submit a nomination, if you know of individuals or entities who:

·         go beyond the call of duty and undertake laudable efforts over and above normal professional responsibilities; ·         demonstrate courage - the laureate might at times face personal risk for their work; ·         undertake work that has a direct positive impact on the lives of forcibly displaced or stateless people.

Please be reminded that anybody can submit nominations. Candidates can be individuals or groups (e.g. NGOs). Often, the strongest candidates are individuals who have compelling personal stories and work directly with refugees, the internally displaced or stateless people.

Please feel free to encourage government counterparts, UNHCR's partners or your personal network to also nominate candidates for the 2014 Nansen Refugee Award.

The nomination form can be found here: http://www.unhcr.org/nansen/503f2ecc6.html

For more information on the award, the ceremony and the nominations process, please visit the Nansen Refugee Award website at www.unhcr.org/nansen

This year's winner has attracted wide media coverage and the ceremony was a big success. Please click on the following link to watch a short video capturing the highlights of this year's inspiring and moving award ceremony: http://www.unhcr.org/nansen/50334d4e6.html

The Nansen Refugee Award team is looking forward to receiving your nominations.