Intercultural Innovation Award calls for global organisation applications

 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 -- For the past decade, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group invited organisations worldwide to apply for the Intercultural Innovation Award to support innovative projects promoting intercultural understanding. This year, the focus will primarily be on projects promoting gender equality, countering violent extremism, hatred, and prejudices and advocating for art, culture, and sports as vehicles for social cohesion and diversity, according to a statement. “As we celebrate 10 years of this ever-growing partnership between UNAOC and the BMW Group and now with the support of Accenture, we shall continue to collaborate to amplify the work of cutting-edge social innovators and promote diversity and inclusive societies,” said High Representative for UNAOC, Miguel Ángel Moratinos. “In our anniversary year, we are not only celebrating a very successful partnership, but also using the Intercultural Innovation Award once again to appeal to people’s feeling of community,” said member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Human Resources and new patron of the Intercultural Innovation Award, Ilka Horstmeier. To leverage the social impact of the selected projects, all 10 finalists will receive the same financial assistance as well as receive individual and professional consulting and participate in various training sessions and workshops. With the support of Accenture, the partners have increased the financial award to US$200,000. (US$1 = RM4.099) Interested organisations shall submit their application by May 27 at www.interculturalinnovation.org.
-- BERNAMA