Nominations Open for 2017 Dr Erhard Busek-SEEMO Award for Better Understanding! Deadline: 20 September 2017

Nominations Open for 2017 Dr Erhard Busek-SEEMO Award for Better Understanding!

Deadline: 20 September 2017

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) is seeking nominations for its “2017 Dr Erhard Busek-SEEMO Award for Better Understanding” in South, Eastern and Central Europe.

Eligible to be nominated are journalists, editors, media executives, media experts, writers or journalism trainers in South, East and Central Europe, who have contributed to promoting better understanding in the region and have worked towards ending minority-related problems, ethnic divisions, racism, xenophobia, gender discrimination, homophobia, etc.

The winner will be awarded EUR 3,000.

The award is sponsored by Dr. Erhard Busek, former Vice-Chancellor of Austria, Jean Monnet Professor ad personam, President of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, Coordinator of the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) and Former Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit the following materials at the address given on the website:

• Letter of nomination with basic details about the candidate and the reasons why you would like to nominate them, in English by email and registered post;
• Curriculum Vitae of the candidate, in English, by email and registered post;
• Additional materials: please include a list of the candidate’s merits; information about the media outlet(s) that have published and/or broadcast the candidate’s work; relevant material, including copies of articles, TV, video or radio material on a USB-stick.

Eligible Countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia (Republic of Macedonia / FYROM), Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

For more information, please visit SEEMO.