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Ceremony 1999
THE AWARD CEREMONY OF AGFUND INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR PIONEERING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Tuesday 15 February 1999 – United Nations Headquarters – Geneva-Switzerland
Held under the patronage of HRH Prince Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, President of the Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND) and His Excellency, Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Ceremony Program
Keynote Speakers:
| 18:35 | Address by the Prize Committee, to be delivered by Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Ali on behalf of the members of the Committee. |
| 18:45 | Address of HRH Prince Talal Bin Abdulaziz , AGFUND President and Patron of the Award Ceremony. |
| 19:00 | Announcing the First Prize winner in the field of poverty combating and alleviation: |
| 19:05 | Award of the Prize to the winner project. |
| 19:10 | Address by Mr. Peter Hansen, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and representative of the winning project of the First Category Prize; Microenterprise Programme, implemented in Gaza, Palestine, by UNRWA |
| 19:15 | Presentation of a film about the winner project (five minutes). |
| 19:20 | Announcing the Second Prize winner in the field of training rural women in self-reliance: |
| 19:25 | Award of the Prize to the winner project. |
| 19:30 | Address By Mrs. Padma Seshadri, President of AWAKE – Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka and representative of the winning project of the Second Category Prize; Entrepreneurship Promotion Amongst Rural Women, implemented in India by AWAKE. |
| 19:35 | Presentation of a film about the winner project (five minutes). |
| 19:40 | Announcing the Third Prize winner in the field of street children and tramps rehabilitation and social integration: |
| 19:45 | Award of the Prize to the winner project. |
| 19:50 | Address by Dr. Daniel Weiss, Executive Director of AMIZADE, Representative of the winning project of the Third Category Prize; AMIZADE, implemented in Brazil upon the initiative and efforts of Dr. Daniel Weiss. |
| 19:55 | Presentation of a film about the winner project (five minutes). |
| 20:00 | Cocktail. |
| 20:30 | Press conference by HRH President of AGFUND. |
| 21:00 | Closing Ceremony. |
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Call for nominations
The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) invites the United Nations, international and regional organizations, ministries and public institutions, national Non-governmental organizations and individuals worldwide to submit nominations as deemed eligible for the 2017 AGFUND International Prize for Pioneering Human Development Projects. Eligible projects are those implemented in the developing countries to best contribute to the achievement of one or more of the targets of the fourth of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 “Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning“. The deadline for receiving nominations is 30 September 2017.
