Who can apply?
The Award addresses organisations of all sizes equally. The only important thing is for these organisations to apply with an innovative approach to a project that proved to have a visible impact in the people’s lives.
The Award is given to a project in the field of social integration.
Eligible projects must be:
1. Completed before the date of application, Ongoing / not yet completed – but with presentable outcomes, results, and/or sustainable elements.
2. Implementation Location must be in one (or more) of the following countries:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and/or Slovenia.
Any legal entity can apply with one or more projects: the public sector, civil society, private initiatives, religious communities and media outlets.
A project with potential to receive the Award should have:
- Identified an innovative product, service or approach to a social integration problem;
- Applied practical solution(s) to a social problem, combining innovation, resourcefulness and sustainability;
- Demonstrated accountability to the constituencies it served;
- Refined and adapted in approaches and methods in response to participant feedback;
- Worked with both vision and a well thought-out roadmap;
- Openly shared insights of the project aiming at wider replication.
