This Innovation Award is for libraries offering any service that contributes to the economic wellbeing of the community. See the text on the right for some examples.
Examples: innovative services that use ICT to provide agricultural information and other services to improve farmers’ livelihoods, or support the work of agricultural offices and extension agencies; improve employment prospects and help jobseekers find work; build people’s entrepreneurship skills and support enterprise and small business development; improve financial literacy skills and any other service that improves livelihoods.
Who may enter?
To enter the competition, you must meet all of the following criteria:
- You must be a public or community library.
- The library must be in a transition or developing country.
- You must use information and communication technology (ICT) to implement the service you are submitting.
- The service must be no more than two years old (i.e. it should have started after January 2010).
- The service must be operational at the time of application.
When can you enter?
This call is open from 2 April – 31 May 2012. The deadline is May 31.
What will you win?
- Each winner will receive US$1,500; and
- The opportunity to attend an international conference / gathering to present your service; and
- International publicity – EIFL-PLIP will share your story widely through its publicity channels.
The award will be presented at the Beyond Access 2012 Conference in Washington DC, USA, October 2, 2012.
Number of awards
There will be more than one award in this category. The number of awards will depend on the quality and diversity of applications received.
http://www.eifl.net/eifl-plip-innovation-award/award-1-economic-wellbeing
