The Trust for the Americas and the Organization of American States (OAS) has begun accepting applications for the 2011 Corporate Citizen of the Americas Award. This year’s award will be presented at the CSRAmericas 2012, the Inter-American Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility organized by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), member of the IDB Group. The conference will be held in Quito, Ecuador in May 2012. The private sector is playing an increasingly important role in developing solutions to overcome poverty in communities throughout the Latin America and the Caribbean. The Corporate Citizen of the Americas Award (CCA) encourages this trend by formally recognizing a company that has initiated an innovative program which benefits the community in which it operates and can serve as a model to facilitate socially responsible practices and actions by other corporations.
For questions or information on the application process, please contact: Ermithe Emily Charlemont echarlemont@oas.org or (202)458-3154.
The 2011 Award Selection Committee will consider initiatives being implemented in Latin America or the Caribbean. Initiatives must be in one of the following categories:
1.Vulnerable Comunities: An initiative that seeks to empower vulnerable communities such as: youth at risk, children, persons with disabilities, indigenous, Afro-descendants, migrants, and female heads of household, among others.
2.Economic Opportunity: An initiative that has the primary goal of promoting economic opportunity for disadvantaged populations by means of providing employment opportunities and/or building micro-enterprises.
3. Citizen Security: Initiatives that foster public private partnerships aiming at more secure communities. Particularly, in zones impacted by conflict and violence through a preventive and participative approach.
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