{"id":38818,"date":"2025-06-16T09:43:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/?p=38818"},"modified":"2025-06-20T16:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:56:03","slug":"call-for-nominations-for-the-helen-darbishire-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/2025-06-16\/call-for-nominations-for-the-helen-darbishire-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for nominations for the Helen Darbishire Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><b>Madrid, 16 June 2025 \u2013 <\/b><b><i>Access Info Europe today announces the launch of the Helen Darbishire Award which celebrates those who have used their right to information to have a positive impact on society. <\/i><\/b><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Helen Darbishire Award (previously the Access Info Impact Award) recognises those who have significantly leveraged their right to information to advance human rights, environmental protection, anti-corruption, and\/or government accountability. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By celebrating exemplary achievements of civil society advocates, campaigners, journalists, academics and practitioners across Europe, the award aims to highlight the importance of the right to information and inspire others to utilise this powerful tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through this award, Access Info Europe and the Open Government Partnership (OGP) honour the impressive work and achievements of Helen Darbishire in championing access to information globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c21010;\"><b>Eligibility Criteria<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominations must show how the right to information was used to have a tangible impact on advancing human rights, environmental protection, anti-corruption, and\/or government accountability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impact can be demonstrated through various mechanisms, such as research, political advocacy, litigation, journalistic investigations, or campaigns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nominee\u2019s work must have been conducted in the past three years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This award is open to individuals and groups working in Europe (including non-EU countries), e.g. civil society advocates, campaigners, journalists, academics, and practitioners. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both self-nomination and third-party nominations are accepted. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c21010;\"><b>Evalu<\/b><b>ation Criteria<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Assessment of the nominations will consider tangible impact achieved on society, as well as the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Inclusivity:<\/strong> Positively affecting disadvantaged or marginalised groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Inspiration:<\/strong> Encouraging others to exercise their right to access information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Adaptability<\/strong>: Overcoming obstacles to secure access to crucial information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Collaboration:<\/strong> Partnering with individuals, organisations, or communities to amplify impact.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sustainability:<\/strong> Ensuring long-lasting outcomes and continued benefit from the information obtained.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c21010;\"><b>Award Benefits <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Invitation to speak at OGP Summit:<\/strong> OGP will invite one representative of the winning initiative to speak at the 2025 OGP Summit in Spain, with travel costs covered. This offers a platform to share their story and insights with an international audience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Global Promotion and Recognition:<\/strong> Access Info and OGP will promote the winner\u2019s impactful work globally.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c21010;\"><b>Nomination Process<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominate yourself or another person by filling out this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/19pi0h4iufAonHxxpDCHkPKp2kxberiFlNziiG90IoqI\/edit?ts=684c1dc0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">application form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deadline to nominate is 23.59 CET on Friday 11<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> July.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:info@access-info.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@access-info.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":38819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38818"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38831,"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38818\/revisions\/38831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.access-info.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}