International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management 2007

reinsurance and financial services group, Switzerland, established the International ReSource Award in 2002 to actively support planning, evaluation and implementation of water-related projects which genuinely seek to raise awareness of the ecological, social and economic significance of water sources and watersheds in developing and emerging countries.

Preference will be given to those projects which demonstrate innovative preventative measures for protecting water resources, i.e. projects that have a pioneering character in the local context (cultural, institutional or technological) and involve local community and/or regional institutions.

NGOs, private, scientific or public institutions and similar bodies are invited to apply. The award is an annual competition for innovative watershed management projects worth US$ 150,000 in total. Deadline for submission: 31 July 2006