“Business as unusual”: Last call for proposals for the Seed Award 2007

The Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development (Seed) Initiative calls for proposals from locally driven, partnerships that promote economic growth, social development, and environmental stewardship for the second round of its biennial award. Applications for the award are due to the Seed Secretariat no later than October 15, 2006. The Seed Award is a global competition designed to publicly recognize and support “business as unusual” - innovative, entrepreneurial partnerships that promote economic growth, social development and environmental stewardship. The Seed Initiative, established at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, promotes the important contributions local entrepreneurial partnerships are making towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. Application forms can be filled in online or downloaded from the Seed Initiative website at www.seedinit.org. If you are unable to submit your application electronically, call the Seed Awards Hotline at +49 30 – 89 000 68 99.  Early submission is highly recommended as this may allow initial feedback to be given to help applicants improve their proposal. Only submissions received by the deadline will be considered.
The finalists will be announced in the late fall of 2006 with the winners announced at a ceremony during the 15th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in New York, May 2007.