Who Is Eligible
All Public organizations/agencies at national and sub-national levels, as well as public/private partnerships and organizations performing outsourced public service functions, are eligible for nomination. The United Nations Public Service Awards take into consideration a geographical distribution of five regions. In order to level the playing field for nominations received from countries with varying levels of development and income, the following five regions have been established:
- (a) Africa
- (b) Asia and the Pacific
- (c) Europe and North America
- (d) Latin America and the Caribbean
- (e) Western Asia
Nominations have to be made by another entity than the institution being nominated, i.e. self nominations will not be accepted. Eligible nominators include: Government departments and agencies; universities, non-governmental organizations, professional associations, etc. Purely scientific innovations, e.g. in medical or environmental science, do not qualify for the United Nations Public Service Awards.
The deadline to apply for the 2009 UN Public Service Awards Programme is 15 January 2009.
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