Global Development Awards Competition 2024
The Global Development Awards Competition (GDAC) is GDN’s largest and longest-running programme that brings together a rich community of researchers and development practitioners. It is an award scheme that:
- Identifies talent and supports the career advancement of researchers in the Global South
- Funds innovative social development projects implemented by NGOs that benefit marginalised groups in the developing world
THEME - 2024 EDITION
Sustainable Climate Action for Human-Centered Development
The awards featured two categories:
The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) 2024 Edition
A competitive research grant program that identifies and funds outstanding research proposals that have a high potential for excellence in research and clear policy implications for addressing development issues in low and middle-income countries (World Bank definition).
The Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) 2024 Edition
A competitive grant program that supports non-profit Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in low or lower-middle-income countries (World Bank definition) to recognise the innovative approach of their projects.
THE WINNERS
A competitive grant program that supports non-profit Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in low or lower-middle-income countries (World Bank definition) to recognise the innovative approach of their projects.
The 2024 finalists of the Global Development Awards Competition (GDAC) showcased their research and development projects at the Global Development Conference 2024 in Fiji. The winners were announced and honoured by His Excellency Mr. Rokuichiro Michii, Ambassador of Japan to Fiji, during the closing ceremony.
ORD
MIDP
The Global Development Awards Competition is an innovative award scheme administered by GDN, funded under the Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD) trust fund managed by the World Bank, and generously supported by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan.
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