Commonwealth Peace Prize 2025 (£50,000 Award)

Deadline: January 17, 2025

Nominations are invited for the Commonwealth Peace Prize 2025. The Commonwealth Peace Prize will likely be awarded to a distinguished peacebuilder with a robust monitor file of faith-based engagement in battle decision, promotion of social cohesion, and sustainable peace. The prize organised and delivered by the Khalili Foundation in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat, is part of the Commonwealth Faith Festival and Faith within the Commonwealth Initiative.

The prize goals to:

• construct capability and amplify consciousness about impactful youth-led and intergenerational partnerships that promote peace throughout the varied geographical, cultural, non secular and ethnic teams within the Commonwealth
• promote dialogue and modern peacebuilding strategies to assist larger concord throughout the Commonwealth

Award

• The winner will likely be offered with a quotation and a letter of award outlining a monetary award of £50,000 for use to proceed their work.
• The remaining shortlist of candidates is not going to be printed. However, candidates from the shortlist could also be invited to take part in Commonwealth Faith Festival actions.

Eligibility

The winner of the Prize will likely be a dwelling, distinguished and long-serving particular person/Commonwealth citizen over the age of 30 who:

• is taken into account a revered and trusted dealer between conflicting events, with a robust and prolonged monitor file of profitable peacebuilding in Commonwealth societies;
• has constructed sustainable mechanisms, establishments or processes for dialogue which have, primarily based on goal analysis, contributed to a definitive finish to battle, lasting peace, social cohesion, or different noticed constructive change;
• has, within the pursuit of these efforts, persistently used their vital affect to advertise the Commonwealth values of tolerance, respect, understanding, moderation, celebration of cultural, racial, ethnic variety and non secular freedom; and
• has used ideas of spiritual religion and/or religion within the Commonwealth Charter to create constructive and sustainable peace in direction of the intention of free and democratic societies and inclusive improvement.

Individuals who’ve obtained different worldwide peace prizes or have been recognised for his or her efforts at a excessive stage are eligible for nomination.

Nomination

Only member governments, via their High Commissions in London or non-resident High Commissioners or accredited officers to the Commonwealth, and Heads of Commonwealth Accredited Organisations are eligible to submit official nominations.

• Nominations have to be submitted to the Commonwealth Secretariat by e mail to [email protected] and be obtained by 23:59 GMT on 17 January 2025.
• Nominations have to be submitted as an official letter of advice, together with an influence biography of the candidate, which outlines how the candidate meets all the required standards.

For extra data, go to Commonwealth Peace Prize.