Application Deadline: 1st March 2018
The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation as part of its contribution to the United Nations International Year of Shelter for the Homeless.
Prize
- Every year a prize of £10,000 and an award are given to two winners – projects that provide practical and innovative solutions to current housing needs and problems.
- The awards are presented at a UN-Habitat global event.
- Trophies are also presented to the winning projects and travel and accommodation costs are met for one representative of each winning project to attend the awards ceremony.
Requirements:
- Any individual, organisation or government who has an innovative and practical solution to housing needs and problems from any country of the world.
- More than one entry can be made by the same individual or organisation.
- Entries should relate to housing projects and processes that are either completed or in progress. Those that are at design stage only or in the very early stages of development cannot be considered.
- Previous entrants can re-submit in subsequent years providing that the project has been further developed in the intervening time period.
Entry Procedure
Full plans, costings and evaluation reports are not required at this stage, although can be supplied if you wish to do so (the main headings under which information should be supplied are set out on the entry form).
Submissions can be made in English, Spanish or French and must be received by 1 March 2018.
All entries are assessed and up to 12 projects are shortlisted by an assessment committee. These shortlisted projects are then evaluated by an independent advisory group.
Shortlisted projects are asked for the following information:
1. A detailed description of the project or approach, including:
- Aims and objectives of the project.
- A description of the context of the project and the problems it is designed to overcome.
- A full description of the project, including physical, social and financial aspects.
- A statement detailing both the capital costs of establishing the project and the revenue costs, where appropriate, of running it.
- A clear identification of the key innovative features of the project.
- An assessment of the impact of the project and results achieved to date.
- A statement of roles of the residents and different partners involved in the project.
- Identification of the extent to which the approach used in the project has been transferred locally, nationally or internationally.
2. An evaluation of the financial, social and environmental sustainability of the project.
3. Any barriers encountered in the project as well as lessons learned.
The format of text, plans, diagrams and photographic presentation is entirely at the candidate’s discretion, subject to a size limit of A4 or slightly larger.
How to Enter
Submissions are welcomed for the 2018 World Habitat Awards
Housing projects and approaches are sought that
- demonstrate practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing issues faced by countries all around the world
- can be transferred or adapted for use as appropriate
- are already being implemented or are completed ie not at design stage or very early stages of development
- view the term habitat from a broad perspective and bring other benefits as well, such as energy or water saving, income generation, social inclusion, community and individual empowerment, health benefits, capacity building or education.
All entries are assessed and up to 12 projects are shortlisted by an assessment committee. These shortlisted projects are then evaluated by an independent advisory group.
For the 2018 World Habitat Awards
1st March 2018 – Final deadline for receipt of submissions
June 2018 – Notification of shortlisted projects
30th July 2018 – Deadline for further information from shortlisted projects
August 2018 to January 2019 – Evaluation of shortlisted projects
February 2019 – Announcement of the two World Habitat Awards 2018 winners
April 2019 – Presentation of the Awards at the UN-Habitat global event (TBC)
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