Download Forms Nomination forms for Power to Make a Difference   Leadership   Advocacy   Action Deadline for nomination is 31 January 2008     The objective of BPW Power to Make a Difference Competition is to document and give recognition to the value of leadership, influence and work of BPW Affiliates worldwide. This competition expands the scope of BPW work eligible for the competition from the original “Beyond 2000: Helping Women Help Themselves” competitions, which were held every triennium since 1999, and successfully recognized the BPW work to help over 45,000 women to sustain themselves economically.     Winners 2008   Power to Make a Difference through Leadership   Power to Make a Difference through Advocacy   Power to Make a Difference through Action   Nomination   Rules   Evaluation   Winner Notification   Terms & Conditions   Contact Excellent Business Leader A trophy will be given to the best business woman candidate. Excellent Professional Leader A trophy will be given to the best professional woman candidate. Excellent Young Leader A trophy will be given to the best leader who is aged 40 years or younger. These trophies will be given to the top 3 BPW members who are leaders in business and professions whose work has made a significantly positive impact on the world, her country, her society and/or a corporation. Examples of positive impacts include dramatically improved business performance, major recovery from crisis, restoration of peace, scientific discovery that benefits a lot of people, outstanding professional contribution to a country, etc. Political leaders would be in the professional leader category. The impact and contribution of the candidates’ leadership are the crucial factors in deciding the winners. All winners will be invited to be speakers at the XXVI BPW International Congress, Mexico City, Mexico. Excellent Advocacy for Women: 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place trophies These trophies will be given to BPW Affiliates that successfully lobby for legislation, national policy or promote endeavours that improve the status of women, eliminate discrimination against women (especially working women) and/or lobby to improve conditions to enable women to achieve their full potential (such as in women’s health, women’s employment opportunities or combating violence against women). Advocacy for special groups of women such as indigenous women or migrant women would also count. All advocacy work must have been done in the name of BPW during 1997-2007. The Presidents of winning BPW Affiliates will be invited to be speakers at XXVI BPW International Congress, Mexico City, Mexico. Excellent Projects: 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place trophies These trophies will be given to top 3 outstanding BPW projects conducted by BPW Club and/or BPW Federation to help women to help themselves by developing their professional and leadership potential, by providing opportunities within BPW to help them achieve their full potential. Examples include skill training, mentoring, micro-credit, career guidance, scholarships, etc. An international project, involving several BPW Affiliates (such as twinning projects) can also compete. The top 10 projects will be eligible to become “BPW International Listed Projects”, which BPW International will help publicise through various media and give special recognition to on the web site in order to help fundraise to support the projects.(providing that basic requirements are met, such as the project is still active as of 2008 has specific needs for funding to support women capacity building, BPW affiliate is up-to-date with International due, etc). Project leaders / representatives from the teams of the top 10 projects will be invited to be speakers at XXVI BPW International Congress, Mexico City, Mexico. Deadline for nomination is 31 January 2008. Nominations can be made by Presidents of BPW Affiliates that have paid their International dues for the year 2007, members of BPW International Board or Past International Presidents. Nomination forms are available for download from BPW International Web site at www.bpw-international.org/awards/BPW-power-to-make-a-difference.htm Nomination forms, profile of nominee or project reports should be submitted via e-mail to presidents.office@bpw-international.org. Supporting evidence (e.g. photographs, video, news clipping) can be submitted by sending via e-mail to presidents.office@bpw-international.org OR submit as URL of a web site that display the evidences OR mail to 46 Soi Sukumvit 61, Wattana, Bangkok 10110, THAILAND. For the Leadership category, members of the BPW International Executive Board, the Members of Adjudicators or Sub-committees evaluating the nominations of this competition cannot be nominated. Each nominee must be a BPW member who is up-to-date with both local and international dues. For the Advocacy category, Advocacy work must done in the name of BPW during 1997-2007 and be relevant to issues that are in accord with the BPW mandate and be supported by external evidence. For the Action category, project activities must be conducted as a BPW Project during 2005-2007, though it may begin years earlier. The impact of the work in earlier years can also be included but the adjudication will be determined on the 2005 – 2007 period. Charity work that provides temporary relief does not qualify. Projects involving Young BPW as team members may receive extra credit. Quality of the work, duration of the work and impact on people's life (if possible, quantify the number of women receiving help) are key factors that will be evaluated. The winners will be informed at least 10 weeks prior to the XXVI BPW International Congress, Mexico City in October 2008 so they can prepare to attend the Awards ceremony in person and speak at the Congress. The winners must come to receive the award at XXVI BPW International Congress in Mexico City. If the winner declines to come accept the award in person, the award will go to the next runner up. All submitted projects and activities that have qualified will be posted on BPW International’s web site www.bpw-international.org. Chonchanok Viravan, Chair of Adjudicators for "BPW Power to Make a Difference" competition Tel: +66-2-3917843; Fax: +66-2-3912120 E-mail: chonchanok.viravan@bpw-international.org