The Human Development Awards programme is a biennial opportunity to publicly recognize the contributions of National and Regional Human Development Reports to informing and influencing development policy and practice. It also provides an occasion to honour the achievements of an individual who has significantly advanced the cause of human development.
For the 2007 Awards process, over 50 nominations were received from 39 countries. Debate during the April 12 Final Judging Panel - comprised of HRH Princess Basma, Jordan, HRH Crown Prince Haakon, Norway, President Jorge Quiroga, Bolivia, and Dr. Gita Sen, India - reflected an exceptionally competitive process among Human Development Reports.
We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2007 Human Development Awards:
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1. Excellence in Human Development Innovations-Concepts or Measurement: |
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2. Excellence in Participation and Capacity Building Process: |
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3. Excellence in Policy Analysis and Influence: |
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4. Excellence in Support of the Millennium Development Goals: |
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5. Excellence and Innovation across Human Development Report corporate principles for a Regional Report: |
Sheila Watt-Cloutier: Arctic community activist
Ms. Sheila Watt-Cloutier —a political leader who represented indigenous communities in Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia—helped launch one of the world's first international legal actions on climate change, contending that greenhouse gas emissions from the United States violated Inuit human rights.
