Call for Nominations - Deadline: 25 February 2010

The Rafik Hariri UN-Habitat Memorial Award is a joint initiative of the Rafik Hariri Foundation and UN-Habitat that seeks to reward individuals and organisations who have followed and built upon the exemplary achievements of the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. For his creativity, visionary leadership and statesmanship in the reconstruction of Lebanon and the City of Beirut, Mr. Hariri was awarded the Habitat Award Scroll of Honour, the highest possible award in the UN system in human settlements development.

UN-Habitat recognises the need to plan, manage, and finance initiatives geared towards secure tenure, shelter, and community development such as those espoused by Mr Hariri. In light of this, UN-Habitat has come together with the Rafik Hariri Foundation to recognise and reward individuals and organisations that are continuing in the spirit of the late Mr Hariri, through the UN-Habitat Rafik Hariri Memorial Award.

The award shall be given to individuals or institutions anywhere in the world, for significant accomplishments in the areas of:

1. Leadership, statesmanship, and good governance
2. Construction, and reconstruction of settlements and communities
3. Human resources development and benevolent activities in fighting urban poverty and the implementation of the Habitat Agenda

The Award consists of: Cash award of USD 200,000, a Trophy and a Certificate
The award recipients will be determined by an International Jury of eminent persons with particular knowledge and experience in the award categories, and shall be presented to the winner during the World Urban Forum Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 22-23, 2010.

The Award Secretariat is pleased to invite nominations for the inaugural award.

Projects/Programmes can self-nominate; individuals must be nominated by a second party.

Submissions must be made using the prescribed forms:-

- Annex 1 for projects and programmes;

- Annex 2 for individuals.

Deadline for receipt of submissions: 25 February 2010

Address: Rafik Hariri Memorial Award Secretariat
UN-HABITAT, P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi
Courier Mail to: Rafik Hariri Memorial Award Secretariat
Attn: Elizabeth Kahwae
Room N309, UN Complex, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya,
Tel: +254-20-7624981;
Email: hariri.award@unhabitat.org