ACFID National Conference Awards 2023
The Sir Ron Wilson Human Rights Award Â
The Sir Ron Wilson Human Rights Award is presented to an individual or organisation that:
- Has made an outstanding contribution to advancing human rights in the international development sector.
- Recognises voluntarism and looks for contribution above and beyond paid employment.
The most recent Sir Ronald Wilson Human Rights Award was presented in 2022 to the CRPH NUG Support Group, who has been instrumental in highlighting the ongoing people’s human rights and democracy in Myanmar in the wake of the disastrous coup.
We invite ACFID Members to submit a nomination for the Sir Ronald Wilson Human Rights Award via the 2023 Awards Nomination Form. The recipient of this Award will be selected by the ACFID Board. Nominations close 15 September 2023.
Completed forms should be emailed to Moti Goode on [email protected] by 15 September 2023. For more information, please contact Moti on 02 8123 2229.
The Outstanding Contribution to the Sector AwardÂ
The Outstanding Contribution to the Sector Award is presented to an individual or organisation that:
- Has made an outstanding contribution to the Australian aid and development NGO sector over an extended period of time.
- Has made a substantial and sustained contribution to the whole sector – more than only within their own agency
- Recognises voluntarism and looks for contribution above and beyond paid employment.
The last Outstanding Contribution to the Sector Award, was given in 2022 to Tim Costello, for his commitment, enthusiasm, and tireless advocacy for the wider sector.
We invite ACFID Members to submit a nomination for the Outstanding Contribution to the Sector Award via the 2023 Awards Nomination Form. The recipient of this Award will be selected by the ACFID Board. Nominations close 15 September 2023.
Completed forms should be emailed to Moti Goode at [email protected] by 15 September 2023. For more information, please contact Moti on 02 8123 2229.
ACFID Media Award
The ACFID Media Award aims to promote and recognise the work of Australian journalists delivering informed and studied media items about international development and/or humanitarian issues.Â
The Award will be presented to an Australian journalist or journalistic team that has produced a single piece or series that:
- profiles with sensitivity and respect the issues and lives of people experiencing poverty and injustice
- shows an understanding of the complexity of humanitarian and/or development issues, and
- is judged to have the potential to help expand the knowledge of the Australian public in relation to humanitarian and/or international development issues.   Â
The last ACFID Media Award was awarded in 2022 to Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, for her piece ‘An Impossible Choice’, which illustrates what is possible the biggest injustice of our time: that the people who have done the least to cause climate change are feeling it’s effects the most.
Nominations may be made for print, radio, TV or online journalists who have demonstrated exceptional understanding of the complexity of international development or humanitarian issues through a single media item or series in the past financial year (1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023).
Nominations will be accepted from individuals and organisations that are ACFID members or from Australian journalists and will close on 15 September 2023. Nominees must be Australian and currently working in the field of journalism.
We invite Australian journalists and staff at ACFID Member Organisations to submit nominations through the ACFID Media Award Nomination Form 2023. Please note, media items profiling a single aid and development organisation only will not be considered by the selection panel.
The selection panel will be made up of representatives from the media and NGO sectors.
Completed forms should be emailed to Aarti Betigeri on [email protected] 15 September 2023.