Call for Nominations: 2024 Global Citizen Award
2024年7月2日 - 6:00PM
Call for Nominations: 2024 Global Citizen Award
Leading international residence and citizenship advisory
firm Henley & Partners, in partnership with Andan
Foundation, a Swiss non-profit humanitarian organization, is
pleased to announce the call for nominations for the
2024 Global Citizen Award.
Created ten years ago in 2014, the Global
Citizen Award is a tribute that honors remarkable individuals
working to advance any one of the global challenges affecting
humanity today – challenges that transcend national boundaries and
cannot be resolved by any one country acting alone. This year's
honor is particularly significant as it marks the 10th anniversary
of the Global Citizen Award, celebrating a decade of recognizing
and supporting global champions who make a profound impact on our
world.
The 2024 laureate will be selected by a
distinguished, independent committee and honored at the
Global Citizen Award ceremony, the concluding gala evening event of
the annual Henley & Partners Global Citizenship
Conference which is taking place this year at Capella
Singapore from 27–29 November 2024.
Henley & Partners Chairman and Founder of
the Andan Foundation, Dr. Christian H. Kaelin, says the
awardee’s work needs to demonstrate a positive impact on the lives
of vulnerable social groups, particularly with a connection to
migration-related issues. “The Global Citizen Award is open
worldwide to those working in a field with a direct link to the
issues they are looking to affect and excludes political figures,
opinion leaders, and celebrities. The committee is looking for
remarkable and inspirational individuals who demonstrate vision,
courage, and innovation in driving global change, and whose actions
and outlook contribute to a more just, peaceful, connected, and
tolerant world.”
The selection process is confidential and is
based on a majority decision of the Award Committee. The award
itself consists of a bespoke sculptural medal designed by
leading Italian artist Antonio Nocera, an award certificate signed
by the Chairman of the Global Citizen Award Committee, and a
monetary prize of USD 20,000, which goes towards supporting the
awardee’s humanitarian efforts. In addition, Henley & Partners
commits to working closely with the awardee for a period of one
year, raising awareness of their work and supporting the selected
project through the firm’s network of more than 55 offices
worldwide.
Since its inception, the Global Citizen Award
has honored many remarkable individuals. The first laureate
was German entrepreneur Harald Höppner, who set up the refugee
humanitarian aid project Sea-Watch. He was followed by Dr.
Imtiaz Sooliman, Founder of the Gift of the Givers Foundation,
Africa’s largest disaster relief organization, and Monique Morrow,
Co-Founder of The Humanized Internet, a digital identity
project that aims to bring hope to the estimated 1.1 billion
individuals in the world who cannot prove their legal identity.
Diep Vuong, Co-Founder and President of
the Pacific Links Foundation, was awarded for her work in
Southeast Asia campaigning for the rights of those enslaved by
human trafficking, while Prof. Dr. Padraig O’Malley received his
Global Citizen Award in recognition of his work on conflict
resolution and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, South Africa,
and Iraq. Last year’s awardee Zannah Bukar Mustapha, the Founder of
the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation, was recognized for the
psychological, educational, spiritual and other developmental
support provided to the children and widows affected by the
insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria.
Commenting on the award’s 10-year history and
significance, Dr. Kaelin says global citizenship ideals are a
founding principle of Henley & Partners, and through its
partnership with the Andan Foundation, the firm can provide support
to those displaced by war, conflict and climate change. “All of our
Global Citizen Award laureates have inspired us with their
willingness to act in confronting a problem that many see as simply
too vast to address. The issues that we face today transcend the
family, the tribe, the village, and the nation. It’s more critical
than ever that we do what we can to support those working to change
the lives of vulnerable people around the world.”
Nominations close on Friday, 2 August 2024. For
more information on how to submit your nomination, please contact
Bushra Zaidan at
bushra.zaidan@andan.org
Sarah NicklinGroup Head of
PRsarah.nicklin@henleyglobal.comMobile: +27 72 464 8965