The application campaign for the 3rd season of the international track “We are together” of the prize #WEARETOGETHER (annual international event aimed at encouraging foreign citizens and organizations for their selfless contribution to solving important humanitarian problems and strengthening international humanitarian cooperation) will last until July 20th,2023.
Within the framework of the track “We are together”, in 2022 applications are accepted from volunteers and organizations representing countries of 6 regions: the CIS, Europe, Asia-Pacific region, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, North and South America. In 2021 the organizers received applications from 59 countries of the world, in 2022 – from 85 countries. The coverage of beneficiaries of all projects presented in the International track amounted to more than 22 million people. The winners of the previous seasons were citizens and organizations of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Portugal, Israel, Denmark, USA, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, India, China, Thailand, Pakistan, Qatar, Zimbabwe, Liberia and the Republic of South Africa.
In 2023 the official theme of the Prize is «Social change through volunteering». The organizers of the Prize are waiting for the participants of a new season and invite them to collaborate in order to contribute to further cooperation and the development of volunteerism in the world. To evaluate the applications, the organizers invited independent foreign experts – leaders of non-profit organizations from 32 countries: from Chile to Zimbabwe. The International Directorate includes leaders of the Youth Forum of Islamic Cooperation, the UN Economic and Social Council in Africa, the Secretariat for Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia and national volunteer movements. They will make the final decision on the laureates of the track in 2023.
The applications for the Prize can be submitted by both «Individuals» (volunteers and unregistered associations of initiative citizens) and «Legal entities» (non-profit, public and business organizations) in 3 nominations: Ecology and sustainable development; Healthcare and Emergency Response; Equal Opportunities and Social Justice. Each of the 9 track laureates will receive a prize in the amount of $10,000. The finalists will be invited to the International Forum of Civic Participation #WEARETOGETHER, which will be held in Moscow on December 5, 2023. The Forum will be attended by top officials of the country and leaders of international organizations.
“During this time, we have accumulated a lot of experience and improved our work every year. We see that the attention to the Prize is also growing. Today the time is so turbulent in the world that’s why it is very principal for us to build bridges of friendship between countries and individuals,” said Leonid Roshal, the Chairman of the International Directorate of the Prize, President of the National Medical Chamber, President of the Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology, Children’s Doctor of the World.
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The International Prize We Are Together is an annual international event aimed at encouraging foreign citizens and organizations for their selfless contribution to solving important humanitarian problems and strengthening international humanitarian cooperation. The Prize is awarded annually to citizens and organizations regardless of their country of residence, nationality, gender, etc. The selection of the Laureates of the Prize is made from 6 regions of the world: the CIS, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and North Africa, North and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa. The international track of the Prize “We are together” was launched in 2020 to support the global volunteer community during the pandemic. The idea received a great response, and a track called “We are together” became an annual. Its aim is to encourage citizens and organizations from all over the world for their selfless contribution to solving the most important humanitarian problems and strengthening international cooperation.
