Objective
This award recognises initiatives that achieve outstanding social sustainability outcomes. The award will focus on planning for communities - in other words, planning for people. It will recognise initiatives that support the health, wellbeing and diversity of the community and enhance planning projects and social outcomes. This award recognises the role of planning in improving access to social infrastructure for residents in cities, regions and towns. The award will celebrate great social planning that assists and supports community cohesion, safety, and supports the culture of diversity.
It is awarded for work by a planner, planning organisation, government organisation or a member of the community for a policy, scheme, project, process or event that demonstrates how a thorough understanding of the needs, cultural inclusiveness and aspirations of a community is integral to sound planning and desired social outcomes.
Eligibility
Nominations may be made by a member of the public or an individual or organisation engaged in planning practice.
Selection Criteria
Nominations should address how the objective of the award responds to the following selection criteria:
- Originality & Innovation - Demonstrate how the nomination presents a visionary approach or innovative concept to address a specific need or issue.
- Quality - Demonstrate how the nomination achieved, or will achieve, a very high quality outcome.
- Strategic Alignment - Demonstrate how the nomination aligns with a planning matter of local, regional, state/territory or national significance. Outline how the nomination advances the importance of planning.
- Implementation & Transferability - Demonstrate how the nomination will be/or has been successfully implemented including a summary of the benefits. Outline how the nomination has potential application for others and how the use of the nomination’s elements and methodology can further the cause of good planning.
- Collaboration - Demonstrate how the engagement techniques and methods for the nominated project were appropriate, meaningful and applicable. Outline how the techniques contributed to a positive outcome.
Compulsory Materials
Written
All entries are to be in electronic format only and must include:
- Nomination Statement - maximum of 5 x A4 pages (which is approximately 2500 words) in a suitable sized font. There is no minimum number of words, however, the nomination statement must address the selection criteria and outline the key issues and ideas addressed in the project and the key contribution the project makes to best/leading practice and learning for the planning profession.
- Project Summary - which includes an abstract of no more than 250 words using the Project Summary Sheet for use in award promotions and media. If you haven't done so yet, download the Project Summary Template.
Additional supplementary material may be submitted electronically where it is the subject of the nomination. Examples include: a book, PhD thesis, strategic plan, framework document. However, the judges will refer primarily to the Nomination Statement.
Consent and licenses
- Proof of Consent to enter the Nomination into the Awards is required from the client/initiating body and all other entities involved in the project. Download a Proof of Consent Form.
- Licenses from copyright/intellectual property/moral rights holders are required so 澳门2023全年正版免费资料 can reproduce, exhibit, publish or communicate the specific words, images, plans, illustrations, and all other material you submit with the Nomination. You may already have the license to grant 澳门2023全年正版免费资料 use of the material (it may have been covered in your contracts with the client/initiator and other entities), in which case no license forms are needed. Otherwise, rights holders should complete a license form to accompany the Nomination. If you do not provide any license forms, you are warranting that you already have license to grant 澳门2023全年正版免费资料 use of all the materials you provide. Download a Materials License, Attribution and Schedule Form.
Images
A minimum of five (5) high quality images of the project are required for promotional purposes. Images embedded in the Nomination Statement must also be provided as standalone image files.
Image file names should succinctly describe the subject matter. For example ‘louise street piazza open day.jpg’ , not ‘IMG00023.jpg’
The basic minimum requirements for electronic images are:
- File format: *.jpeg or *.png
- Resolution: 300ppi;
- Dimensions: ideally 1920px x 1080px
- Size: 5MB max.
- No special characters/symbols in file names (e.g. +!@)