Deadline: May 6, 2021 17:00 CEST
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Eligibility: Small or medium-sized enterprises (SME), non-profit organisations (NPO) and high school students
Zayed Sustainability Award 2021
The Prize fund comes from the Abu Dhabi Government as a way to honour and continue the sustainability and humanitarian legacy of the founding father of the United Arab Emirates, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
Categories
Health
This category recognises organisations that have demonstrated innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of health that include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring access to essential and affordable healthcare
- Ensuring access to maternal and new-born healthcare
- Ending epidemics (AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis etc.)
- Preventing and treating water-borne, communicable and non-communicable diseases
- Reducing illness from pollution, hazardous chemicals and contamination
Food
This category recognises organisations that have demonstrated innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of food that include, but are not limited to:
- Decreasing hunger and malnutrition
- Increasing agricultural or other food processing productivity
- Enhancing sustainable food production
Energy
This category recognises organisations that have demonstrated innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of energy that include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring access to affordable and reliable clean energy
- Increasing the production of clean energy
- Improving energy efficiency
- Introducing new forms of clean energy or other technology innovations
Water
This category recognises organisations that can demonstrated innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of water that include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring access to safe and affordable drinking water
- Ensuring access to sanitation and hygiene
- Increasing water use efficiency
- Improving water quality
Organisations must also demonstrate a clear vision and long-term plan to further deploy their solution and scale up their impact, as well as inspiring others to follow suit by advancing sustainable and human development.
The Prize fund for each category is US$ 600,000.
Global High Schools
The Global High Schools category recognises high schools or secondary schools, from six global geographic regions that propose innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability projects in the areas of health, food, energy and/or water.
The proposed project could be in one area (e.g. water) or a combination of areas (e.g. energy, water, food, and health).
The Prize is intended to encourage students to develop and implement their sustainability ideas and is not aimed at administrative projects or educational reforms at the school.
The award in this category is not given for past achievements but will enable students from winning high schools to implement sustainability projects in their own schools.
These student-led projects must demonstrate innovative approaches to address sustainability challenges, and inspire students to take active roles in sustainable development.
In each of the following six global regions, one school will win up to US$ 100,000:
- The Americas
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- The Middle East & North Africa
- Europe & Central Asia
- South Asia
- East Asia & Pacific
Interested in applying for the Zayd Sustainability Award 2021? Register your participation by following the registration link and taking the suggested steps.
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