NOMINATION CONDITIONS

1. Nomination of a project for the AGFUND International Prize constitutes a moral engagement between the Nominating Agency and AGFUND
2. Nomination of an innovative project should be made to AGFUND by the project implementing agency or by an agency that is thoroughly aware of the project to be nominated, in terms of: design, objectives, target beneficiaries, funding, implementation and successful impact
3. Nominations shall be made for projects in the specific fields or themes chosen annually. Projects dealing with other themes or topics shall be disregarded
4. Nominations are made for projects that have already been completed and evaluated during the past 1-3 years
5. Nominations are submitted in duplicates in any language, provided that a validated translation into English of all documents is attached to the Nomination Form
6. 6. For the Third category (assigned for projects by government ministries and public agencies), the eligible projects are those which have been established, funded and implemented through pure national efforts, without participation of any international organizations or foreign governments.
7. All parts of the Nomination Form should be properly filled in. )Hand written materials will not be accepted(
8. Required documents in support of the nomination: Please send the following together with the Nomination Form:
   • Project document in full with annexes if any (including budget, work plan, implementation and input, output, etc...)
   • Any amendments made to the project document during implementation.
   • Interim financial reports prepared by the project implementation team.
   • Annual reports prepared by the project implementation agency.
   • Monitoring and evaluation repots including impact evaluation.
   • Project final completion report.
   • Any documents that highlight the activities of the project (photograph, video tapes, printed materials, CD)
   • Three letters of recommendation from three different agencies not involved in the project.
     Please note that each of the project’s three Recommending Agencies should fill in the attached form (SECTION FOUR).
   • Three letters of recommendation from three different entities acceptable to AGFUND. Please note that each of the project’s three Recommending Agencies should fill in the attached form (SECTION FOUR).
9. The winning organizations shall confirm their participation in the award ceremony by their highest officials to receive the Prize:
   o The chairperson of the organization in the case of international organizations and NGOs.
   o The concerned minister in the case of government projects.
   o The founder of the project in the case of individual projects.
10. All documents in support of a nominated project shall be sent by mail to: the Department of Communications - AGFUND, P. O. Box 18371, Riyadh11415, Saudi Arabia. In addition, the Nomination Forms could be sent by Email to: prize@agfund.org or by Fax: + 966 -1 – 441-2962/63.

For further information, please visit AGFUND Website: www.agfund.org or contact the Communications Department on Phone #: +966-1- 441-8888 ext. (251).