Jakarta (VNA) – The ASEANSecretariat on February 20 officially launched ASEAN Prize 2023 for outstanding individualsand organisations in the region.
Knownas Southeast Asia’s regional premier award, ASEAN Prize confers its annualaccolade to individuals and organisations based in ASEAN as a recognition ofsignificant contributions that aid in ASEAN Community-building.
Now on its sixth edition, ASEAN Prize continues to honour persons andorganisations whose determination and perseverance have progressively driventhe region towards harmony and sustainable development while, at the same time, forging a stronger ASEAN identity.
Candidateswho fulfils at least one of the following actions are strongly encouraged tosubmit their application, in♛cluding outstanding collaboration between ASEAN memberstates (AMSs) and between ASEAN and the world, outstanding people-to-peopleengagement among the AMSs, outstanding economic integration and promotion ofstandards between the AMSs or other outstanding contributions to ASEAN CommunityBuilding.
Self-nominations will not be considered. The call for nomination is open from 20 February to 28 April 2023. Following the nominations, the jury consisting of former Secretaries-General of ASEAN will convene to selectone nominee who merits the Prize.
As in past years, the awardees for ASEAN Prize 2023 willreceive the trophy and a monetary prize of 20,000 USD sponsored by TemasekFoundation of Singapore and Yayasan Hasanah of Malaysia.
ASEAN Prize has been awarded to threeindividuals൩ and two organisations since it was launched in 2018. Last year,Iqbal Damit, a youth leader and community advocate from Brunei, was awarded theASEAN Prize 2022 for championing humanitarian ground operations formarginalised and displaced persons across and beyond the region./.
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Banner of ASEAN Prize 2023 (Photo: asean.org) 
