Microsite Brief - The Guardian International Development Achievement Award 2010

Website live date: Monday 14 June 2010 (to tie in with the longlist announcement on
/journalismcompetition)
Preferred URL: guardian.co.uk/achievementaward (NB this is purposefully different to last
year’s /achievementsaward)
Design resources: Microsite furniture coming from Guardian Creative
Considerations: Can we have a button at the bottom of each page of the microsite saying
‘Click here to nominate now’. This button should be linked to the
entry page.

Badges

940x94 badge
940x300 badge
300x80 badges – 1x'Nominate now', 1x'About the award' and 1x'Last year's winner'

Nominate now badge – should link to nomination form

About the award – should like to page about the award
Last year’s winner – should link to video

Copy/trails for front page

About Now in its second year, the Guardian International Development Achievement Award
aims to celebrate outstanding contributions to global poverty alleviaton.

Run In association with Marie Stopes International and sponsored by the Department for
International Development and Marie Stopes International, the award runs concurrently with
the Guardian International Development Journalism Competition.

Last year’s winner (video file on microsite front page)

Watch a video about last year’s winner, Maggy Barankitse

DFID Button (this should now be the ‘UK Aid’ logo as on the /journalismcompetition site)
Department for International Development (to link through to a page about DFID)

Marie Stopes button

Marie Stopes International (to link through to a page about MSI)

What is the Guardian International Development Achievement Award?

For information about the award

How to nominate
For the entry form and entry process supporting information

Judges
A complete list of all confirmed judges for 2010

Judging criteria
Details of the judging criteria

Essential information and contact details

Frequently asked questions, key dates and how to contact the award team

Award ceremony
See pictures from last year’s award ceremony (this should be the same as link to gallery on
/journalismcompetition)
Pages with text required

Marie Stopes International

Copy:

The Guardian Development Journalist Competition, the brainchild of Marie Stopes International,
was created in partnership with the Guardian and the Department for International
Development (DFID) to motivate and encourage new and existing journalists to write about
international development issues.

The groundbreaking competition was launched in March 2008 with both amateur and freelance
professional journalists encouraged to submit articles on key development issues. It was one of
the most successful competitions ever run at the Guardian, attracting over 400 entrants in its
first year and motivating a new generation of journalists to write about some of the most
important global issues facing the developing world today.

Marie Stopes International (MSI), the Guardian and DFID agreed that an Award to honour those
in international development would be a great way to highlight the issues among the general
public even further.

In 2009, the Award was developed and launched to recognise outstanding achievements in
international development by individuals and media professionals. Following a public vote
Maggy Barankitse, founder of Maison Shalom, a home for children orphaned by conflict and
HIV/Aids in the small town of Ruyigi, Burundi was awarded the deserved winner of the
inaugural Award. MSI is delighted to be sponsoring this Award as it will help raise the profile of
some exceptional people; the unsung heroes of development.

MSI is one of the largest sexual and reproductive health organisations in the world. In 2009
alone, MSI provided over seven million people in 43 countries with high quality health services,
including family planning; safe abortion and post-abortion care; maternal and child health care
including safe delivery and obstetrics; diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted
infections; and HIV/AIDS prevention.

The Marie Stopes International Global Partnership continues to grow, with programmes in 43
countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

You can now follow MSI on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

For further information please contact: Nicole Brown, Communications Manager at Marie
Stopes International
Tel: 020 7034 2343
Email: nicole.brown@mariestopes.org
www.mariestopes.org

Department for International Development

DFID page (copy to follow)

What is the Achievement Award?

The Guardian International Development Achievement Award is designed to recognise some of
the unsung heroes of international development. These are people who have made a profound
contribution to the alleviation of poverty, working above and beyond the call of duty to make a
difference to the lives of some of the world's poorest people. This contribution can be made
either directly - through their own work or activities - or indirectly as a result of others using
their achievements to improve their lives (e.g. technological inventions or agricultural
research).

How to nominate
The competition is open to individuals (NOT organisations) of any nationality and from
anywhere in the world who, through achievements in work or life, have made an exceptional
contribution to efforts to alleviate poverty in the developing world.

After the deadline, 26 July 2010, a highly qualified judging panel will select a shortlist of five
finalists. Descriptions of the five finalists will be featured on this site and Guardian readers and
site visitors will be invited to vote for the one they think most deserves the award. The public
voting process will run between 6 September - 29 September.

The winner will be announced jointly with the winners of the Guardian International
Development Journalism Competition 2010 at an awards ceremony on 18 November 2010 in
London.

Judges
The five finalists will be selected based on both the relevance of their nomination and their
achievements in that category.

The judging panel is made up of professionals who are either working in or have an excellent
knowledge of international development issues:

Please note the judges' decision will be final and the organisers will not enter into any
discussion or correspondence concerning the results.

List of judges TBC

Judging criteria
The Guardian International Development Achievement Award aims to honour the unsung
heroes of international development; those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty
to make a positive difference to the lives and livelihoods of some of the world's most
marginalised people.

Nominations are welcome for individuals of any nationality and based anywhere in the world,
who - through achievements in work or life - have made an exceptional contribution to efforts
to alleviate poverty in the developing world.

Nominees for the Award will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• The extent to which their activities and achievements have had a demonstrable and positive
impact on poverty alleviation – either directly or indirectly
• The sustainability of their achievements in terms of longevity, legacy and impact
• The extent to which the nominee's activities and achievements have changed social
situations, public attitudes, structures or policies that may be behind the poverty, exclusion or
disempowerment of the people affected
• The ways in which the nominee has demonstrated inspirational leadership

Journalism Competition 2010 at an awards ceremony on 18 November 2010 in London.

Essential information and contact details

Frequently asked questions

Who can be nominated?

Nominations are welcome for individuals of any nationality and from anywhere in the world
who, through achievements in work or life, have made an exceptional contribution to efforts to
alleviate poverty in the developing world.

Is the competition free to enter?

Yes
Can I send in additional promotional material to support my nomination?
No. You will only be judged by the entry you submit. However, should your nomination be
shortlisted we may request additional material.

How will I know if my nomination has been shortlisted?

The shortlist of nominees will be featured on the site in August. At this point the public will be
invited to vote for the finalist they would like to win the award. Unfortunately, due to the
amount of entries we receive, we are unable to engage in correspondence with those who have
given nominations during the selection and voting process. If the person you have nominated is
being considered for the shortlist, you may be contacted for further information at that time.

Can I nominate someone after the closing date?

No

My nomination is over the word limit - will it be disqualified?

All entries that are more than 10% over the maximum word count of 600 words will be
disqualified.

The individual I nominated last year was shortlisted, can I nominate them again this
year?

Yes.

Contact details

For any questions, please contact Alex Hazell, Events Executive on 0203 353 2098 or email
alex.hazell@guardian.co.uk