Call For Nominations - Information
2009-02-27
1.1 ABOUT THE ANTHONY N. SABGA CARIBBEAN AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
The Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence is a Caribbean Regional Programme. It was publicly launched by the ANSA McAL Foundation on the 28th October, 2005. This Award Programme has been established to recognize the outstanding achievements of Caribbean men and women. Its stated goals are to:
• Recognize significant Caribbean Achievement.
• Encourage the pursuit of Excellence.
• Support Talent, by bringing it to light and developing it as a continuous process.
In 2006 three (3) Award recipients were selected by the Sir Ellis Clarke’s Eminent Persons Panel (EPP) (the name of the panel will reflect the name of the Chairman) appointed by the ANSA McAL Foundation. There will be a minimum of three (3) awards made every two (2) years in the first instance.
Exhibit 1.2:A - Information Kit synopsises the programme and can be used as a quick reference for persons who are unfamiliar with the programme. Please note that this document should be updated on an annual basis to reflect accurate details such as Programme Office (PO) staff, EPP members etc.
1.2 OBJECTIVES and STRATEGY
The Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence falls under the auspices of the ANSA McAL Foundation. The Foundation has established itself as an institution that is genuinely committed to Caribbean social enhancement. The establishment of the Awards programme was born out of a genuine desire to encourage Caribbean excellence by uncovering and highlighting the outstanding achievements of talented people within the Region.
The Objectives of this awards programme are:-
1. Establish the Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence as the premiere Award Programme in its category, in the Caribbean Community.
2. Seek to win broad societal acceptance, respect and support among Caribbean people, and especially among key influencers, opinion makers/shapers and the media.
3. Gain significant Regional visibility among key stakeholders
4. Be widely promoted and positioned as regional leaders and trendsetters
5. Recognise significant Caribbean achievement
6. The programme’s focal point is to award excellence and the recipients should be made to feel that their accomplishments are recognized
7. Support talent by bringing it to light and developing it as a continuous process
8. Encourage the pursuit of excellence
9. The awards will encourage others to pursue excellence in all areas that greatly benefit the region as a whole
10. Encourage regional integration
11. Public recognition of Caribbean excellence by Caribbean people should inspire hope in our society. It should demonstrate a maturity that we can honour and uphold our Regional “stars”.
1.3 BENEFITS
The Programme will generate several benefits. These include:
• Awardees will receive national and regional exposure that will benefit them individually, as well as their respective supporting organizations.
• The Programme will confer Regional visibility to key participants and stakeholders.
• Over time, it will position the ANSA McAL Foundation as a pre-eminent Caribbean philanthropic organization and “trendsetter”.
• The excitement generated by this programme can positively affect the ANSA McAL Group and serve to improve/promote staff morale throughout the organization.
• The ANSA McAL Group will be seen as a credible supporter of Caribbean integration and the CSME process.
1.4 SCOPE
The programme is regional in its scope. Nominees for the awardS will be solicited from Institutions and Nominators who are themselves distinguished Caribbean Persons. They are highly influential not only in their “local” country but as well as in their field of work and expertise. The determination of the final award winners then rests with the EPP.
1.5 NUMBER OF AWARDS AND PRIZES
There will be a maximum of three (3) awards made every two (2) years. Awardees will receive:
• The Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence Gold Medal/Insignia.
• A Citation describing their achievements and the commendations of the EPP.
• TT$ 500,000,000.
• Visibility and exposure throughout the Caribbean Region.
1.6 AWARD CATEGORIES AND DEFINITIONS
In 2006 and 2008, three Awards were given to individuals, one in each of the Categories listed below. In 2008 two persons shared the Public & Civic Contributions Award.
Below are the categories:
1. Arts & Letters
2. Science & Technology
3. Public & Civic Contributions
Broad Definition Of Award Categories
To provide nominators and subject matter experts (SMEs) with a framework in which to select suitable candidates for the awards.
The following is a brief description of each category, immediately followed by a detailed description of each category:
CATEGORY - ARTS AND LETTERS
This includes the visual arts, the performing arts, composers, writers and poets, and those whose work makes it possible for art to be created.
Visual & Plastic Art: This includes painting, photography, drawing, film, fashion, graphic arts, illustration, architectural design, sculpture, etc. This art form focuses on the creation of original artworks that are primarily visual in nature and typically exist in permanent form. Plastic arts are those visual arts that involve the use of materials that can be carved, shaped, moulded or modulated in some way, often in 3-dimensions. Examples of materials used in plastic arts are wood, concrete, steel, clay, metal, paint and plaster. The Plastic Arts include sculpture, architecture, ceramics, metalworking, woodwork, tailoring, fashion design, costume making and the textile arts.
Performing Arts: Performances may be live, or produced on film or video or transmitted to an audience. The performing arts include music, dance, drama, comedy, theatre, motion pictures, opera, magic and the marching arts, such as steel bands, brass bands, etc.
Letters: This includes written and recorded work including Biographies, Fiction, Non-Fiction, History, Poetry, Plays, Choreography, Design and Music compositions in all its various forms. Technical written and recorded work would be considered in the Science & Technology category.
Those whose work makes it possible for art to be created: This includes conductors, directors, producers, stage and lighting designers, curators, publishers, etc.
CATEGORY - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
This includes those who do research and experimental scientific work in the natural, physical, mathematical, earth, life and biological sciences, as well as applied science, and those who use the output of science to create technology to address practical human and community needs.
Nominations are for meritorious achievement in any field of science that has resulted in significant breakthrough in academic and scientific research or application or important technological achievements that have made outstanding contributions to the Caribbean society. This category includes research and experimental work in the sciences. Science includes the natural or physical sciences, the earth sciences, life sciences and mathematical sciences. The Science & Technology category includes:
Physical Science: This includes the science of nonliving matter and energy and their interactions, including physics, chemistry, geology, astronomy, etc.
Earth Science: This is sometimes considered a part of the physical sciences. It is any of several of the geologic sciences that are concerned with the origin, structure, and physical phenomena of the earth. They
include geology, palaeontology, oceanography, and meteorology and soil science.
Life Science: This includes the fields of Bioscience and includes all branches of Natural Science dealing with the structure and behaviour of living organisms such as plants, animals and humans. The category includes all the branches of biology such as botany, zoology, genetics, and medicine.
Technology & Applied Science: This category also includes work that uses the outputs of science to create technology. This may include the practical application of science or scientific knowledge to commerce, industry and practical human and community problems and will include the fields of industrial arts, engineering, agriculture and environmental sciences.
CATEGORY - PUBLIC & CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONS
This includes those who directly work to improve their communities and the lives of Caribbean people. It includes those who have pioneered NGOs and people-centred organizations that benefit their community, country and Region, and better the quality of life for Caribbean people.
This award is to recognise the effort of persons who carry out service to the public or do work of a substantial nature (both in term of length of time or intensity of service) benefiting their community, country and the Caribbean Region and added to the quality of life of the Caribbean people.
Public contribution includes recreation, youth activities, social welfare, educational services, cultural affairs, religious affairs, community affairs and any other areas of service, which contribute to the “betterment” of the Caribbean as a whole. Outstanding work done in the area of gender issues, domestic violence and drug and substance abuse rehabilitation, health, HIV/AIDS, environment protection, employment creation, poverty alleviation, etc or in people-centered organizations should be considered. It may include those who have pioneered work in a “people-centered organization” like credit unions, trade unions, business, etc., that have positively affected people lives.
Civic contribution includes service and outstanding contribution to the cause of good governance or civic betterment. It may be of a voluntary nature or beyond normal employment, benefiting the Caribbean Region and its people. Persons currently involved in the political process are usually not considered, unless their contribution is transcendent and truly significant.
1.7 CRITERIA FOR AWARDEES
The Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence is to publicly recognize, reward and thereby support and encourage excellence in human endeavours that benefit and uplift the Caribbean community.
The following five key criteria will be used by the Country Nominating Committees (CNCs) to propose candidates and by the Regional Eminent Persons Selection Panel (EPP), to select Awardees. Candidates must demonstrate:
1. A track record of consistently superior work that demonstrates excellence, leadership and pioneership. Their work is a benchmark and is positively referenced by others in their field.
2. The capacity for significant future achievement and likelihood to do so, being at the stage of life and career where these Awards could help them realize their promise and potential.
3. That their work has had, or is likely to have, a positive impact in the Caribbean Region and benefit Caribbean people.
4. That they are likely to be a worthy “exemplar”. They can serve as a Caribbean example of excellence and inspire hope and emulation to people of the Region.
The selectors will try to identify the likely leaders of the next generation, in their respective fields. Awardees are likely to have considerable career potential. While it is essential that they have already demonstrated excellence, it is critical that they have the potential to achieve even greater success in the future, with the appropriate support and encouragement. These are not intended to be “lifetime achievement” awards. These awards are intended to support and spur greater excellence.
Another positive feature of the Programme is its inclusiveness. In some years, some candidates may not all be Caribbean nationals. One of the important criteria is that by their positive contribution and long-term, on-going involvement in the Region, they are widely accepted as Caribbean persons, and their work has had, or is likely to have, beneficial impact on the Region and its people.
Posthumous awards will not be given. Nominators and other persons serving on the Programme are not eligible for selection as awardees.
1.8 ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
The ultimate goal of the Awards is to include all 20 countries in the Caribbean Community. However, for the time being five primary countries/territories are selected as outlined below. This selection reflects countries where the ANSA McAL Group has significant organizational presence and business interests.
1. Barbados 2. Guyana 3. Jamaica
4. The OECS (inc. Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines).
5. Trinidad & Tobago
In future years, it is expected that the Anthony N Sabga Awards Programme will expand to include: The Bahamas, Belize, Suriname and Haiti, and eventually the CARICOM Associate Member States of: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, The Cayman Islands and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
2.1 APPLICATION FORM
The application form should be downloaded from the website: www.ansacaribbeanawards.com and filled out completely. Applicants may use additional paper as required to provide a comprehensive review of his/her work.
To assist nominators or applicants in providing relevant information, the following questions should be asked:
. Why do you think this person merits the Award?
• What have been their track record and significant accomplishments to date?
• In what ways have they demonstrated excellence, leadership and/or pioneership?
• What have been their contributions to, or initiatives in, their particular field of endeavour? Describe the quality of their work.
• How does it compare with others?
• Is their work used as a benchmark? It is positively referenced by others in their field?
• What is your sense of their potential?
• What leads you and your colleagues to have faith in their realising it?
• What has been the impact of their work on their community (or field of endeavour) on their Country or the wider Caribbean Region and our people?
• What are their outstanding strengths?
• What are their shortcomings? To develop professionally, what would they need to address?
• How is this person thought of by their peers and professional colleagues?
• Might he/she be a worthy exemplar? Are there any issues/reasons that may raise concerns regarding their receiving this Award? As far as you are aware, are there any significant personal factors that may affect consideration of the person?
In addition, nominators or applicants should:
• Give a synopsis of their education, professional training and qualifications.
• Give a synopsis of their work history, experience and professional roles/jobs (Organizations they have worked for and positions held, where this is known.)
• List any awards of significant recognition they have received. (Type of Award, who gave it, for what it was given and Year it was given.)
• Add any additional information that will reinforce this nomination or application. Any comments or observations that can be added that could help the Country Nominating Committee in its deliberations.
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