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Nominations open for the 2010 Gold Standard Awards

Mon, Sep 13 2010

Nominations are now open for the 2010 PublicAffairsAsia Gold Standard Awards – a programme recognising global excellence in the field of Asia Pacific‐related public affairs, corporate affairs and governmental communications.

PublicAffairsAsia is pleased to announce a wide range of sponsors and partners for the programme, which this year includes the Public Relations Institute of Australia.

The awards – www.goldstandardawards2010.com – are open to corporations, government agencies, diplomatic missions, NGOs and consultancies engaged in public and corporate affairs, government relations and stakeholder engagement. High profile categories include the Gold Standard Awards for in-house and consultancy public affairs, government relations, stakeholder engagement, CSR and social media innovation.

Judges for the 2010 programme include former Indian Cabinet minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, K Bhavani, Director of Public Communications at the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) in Singapore, Scott Kronick, China President of Ogilvy and Carolyn Brehm, Vice President for Global Government Relations for Procter & Gamble. In total over 40 top flight judges will assess this year’s entries ahead of the awards ceremony in Hong Kong on January 20, 2011.

New categories in the 2010 awards include The Gold Standard in Diplomatic Engagement and The Gold Standard in NGO Engagement. A new award, entitled The Prospect Resourcing Gold Standard for Professional Excellence, which will recognise the achievements of a senior industry figure operating in the corporate or consultancy sector. Once again PublicAffairsAsia, in collaboration with eBay, will honour a political leader with The Gold Standard Award for Political Communications, an accolade last year awarded to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Nominations opened on September 1 and close on October 15, 2010. Commenting on the awards, PublicAffairsAsia’s Executive Director, Craig Hoy, said: “These awards celebrate the achievements of corporations, governments and NGOs and identify those professionals, consultancies and governmental figures who are driving this important process of engagement and partnership in Asia Pacific.”

Commenting on the programme, Lynne Anne Davis, President of Fleishman‐Hillard Asia Pacific and a lead award sponsor, said: “Public affairs is a high‐stakes arena for multinational companies since success or failure in Asia Pacific today has a direct impact on the global development of their businesses. That’s what makes this an exciting programme for our profession and we are proud to support it.”

News Corporation this year becomes the sponsor of The Gold Standard Award for Diplomatic Engagement, a new category celebrating excellence by ambassadors and diplomatic missions. News Corporation's Senior Vice President of Government Relations (Asia), Joe Welch, said: "News Corporation respects the role ambassadors and embassies play globally and in Asia. This award will recognise the highly skilled commercial and public affairs work they do, often as catalysts, connecting stakeholders and setting events in motion that lead to new opportunities and significant economic expansion.”

The awards programme has also expanded to include the important work conducted by NGOs in Asia Pacific, with Weber Shandwick supporting a new award for NGO engagement. Commenting on the award, Weber Shandwick’s Asia Pacific Executive Vice President, John Russell, said: “Until now NGOs originating in Europe and North America have set the tone and agenda. With the rise of civil society NGOs originating here in Asia will have a growing influence locally and impact internationally. This is something Weber Shandwick welcomes and will continue to support.”

Full details on entry procedures, categories, sponsors and judges are now available at www.goldstandardawards2010.com

For further information please contact Mark O’Brien, Vice President, PublicAffairsAsia at markobrien@publicaffairsasia.com