ESF Equal Opportunities and Sustainable Development Leader Awards 2012 – Nominate Your Project Now!
ESF providers and sub-contractors have until Friday 24 August to nominate themselves for the 2012 ESF Equal Opportunities and Sustainable Development Leader awards.
The categories of the awards, ESF Mainstreaming Leader and ESF Mainstreaming Leader Specialist Project, reflect the dual approach to mainstreaming which the ESF programme promotes by:
- requiring providers to have policies and action plans to promote equality and sustainable development, and
- using ESF funds to support a range of niche and specialist projects which either target specific disadvantaged groups or which have an environmental/’green’ focus in promoting jobs and skills.
This year’s awards again include the ESF Gender Equality Mainstreaming Leader award which was introduced for the first time last year. This award category aims to give special recognition to projects which have demonstrated good practice in promoting gender equality, which can also include innovative approaches.
The awards ceremony will be held at the NEC in Birmingham, 15-16 November.
Winning projects will receive publicity through the:
The closing date for nominations is Friday 24 August 2012.