GENEVA (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization today called for nominations for the first " ILO Decent Work Research Prize", to be awarded annually to an individual for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge about the ILO's central goal of decent work for all ( Note 1).
Created by the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies, the prize will be awarded for the first time during the next International Labour Conference in June 2007 in Geneva. The deadline for receipt of candidatures has been set on 31 December 2006.
The prize can be awarded for major specific publications or a lifetime contribution to knowledge on the central concerns of the ILO, including job creation, rights at work, social protection and social dialogue. The laureate will be selected by a jury of five eminent international experts in labour and social policy issues.
Candidates can be nominated by individuals and institutions, including governments, workers' and employers' organizations. Only individuals qualify as candidates. They must have the support of at least one representative of the ILO's tripartite constituency and one leading academic in the area of labour and social policy coming from different regions of the world.
The winner will be invited to give a lecture to a global audience of government, employer and worker representatives, and be made Honorary Fellow of the International Institute for Labour Studies for 2007-2008. The prize carries an honorarium of US$ 10,000.
The International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) was established by the ILO in 1960 as a centre for advanced studies in the social and labour field to further a better understanding of labour issues through education and research.
Note 1 - For more information, please see: www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/nom.pdf.