The Sydney Peace Foundation is currently seeking
nominations for its Sydney Peace Prize 2022, Australia’s only international
prize for peace to recognise leading global peacemakers, ensure their voices
are heard, and support their vital work for a fairer world.
The prize brings inspiring and exemplary stories of courage and
dedication to global justice to the Australian and Sydney stage, educates the
community on the work of the world’s most effective peacemakers, and honours
the remarkable people at the heart of these stories.
The Sydney Peace Prize is awarded to an
individual or organisation. A jury of carefully selected and highly respected
members who represent community, academic, corporate, and media sector
interests – assesses the merits of the nominees’ efforts to promote peace with
justice.
Prize Information
The recipient is awarded a $50,000 prize to
further their cause of peace with justice and a hand-made glass trophy crafted
by Australian artist Brian Hirst. They spend a week in Sydney to promote
understanding of their work by engaging with the media, addressing the public
at the City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture, and meeting with students at
Cabramatta High School’s Peace Day.
Eligibility Criteria
Everyone can nominate. Whether Applicants are a
Sydneysider, live somewhere else in Australia, or live abroad – the Sydney
Peace Foundation welcomes them to nominate.
Selection Criteria
- The Sydney Peace Prize is
awarded to an organization or an individual whose life and work has
demonstrated significant contributions to:
- The achievement of peace with
justice locally, nationally or internationally
- The promotion and attainment
of human rights
- The philosophy, language and
practice of nonviolence
- The Foundation has not sought
candidates with impeccable records, as efforts for peace and human rights
are often controversial. Neither has the Foundation regarded a Peace Prize
recipient as someone who must be associated with a specific event, such as
a ceasefire in hostilities or the signing of a peace treaty. Recipients
may also have received little public recognition for such work.
Requirements
- The Sydney Peace Foundation
accepts nominations online, via email, or in writing.
- Nominations should be
accompanied by an explanation as to merit of the nomination against the
criteria for selection (approximately 200 words), together with as much
relevant supporting material as possible.
Post Date - 20-Jul-2020