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Henry Ford European Award's mission is to support the initiatives aimed to protect the environment and cultural heritage. All project presented for the competition are divided into four categories : Environment Conservation, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Engineering, Youth Projects. National Competitions are judged by the independent national jury.
In the year 1998 more then 2000 individual and group projects competed for Henry Ford European Awards amount of totaling $ 500,000. The European Grand-Prix '98 was awarded by the project from Turkey calling to preserve unique Mediterranean seal. The winners of the Russian contest in 1998 was a group of ornithologists headed by Alexandr Mischenko, which initiated the creation of a zone of protected peat bogs in the North-West of Russia : in Novgorodskaya, Pskovskaya and Vologodskaya (Continued) - 2 - oblast.
"The significance of Henry Ford European Award is recognized by well-known conservation specialists", - said William Clay Ford junior, Chairman of the Ford Conservation and Public Politics Committee, the Chairman of Henry Ford Conservation Award, great grandson of Henry Ford. - "It became Ford tradition to concern about environment preservation".
Henry Ford Conservation Award was founded 15 years ago when Ford of Britain together with Conservation Fund announced Henry Ford Award for Conservation. Supported by the Council of Europe, World Heritage Center of UNESCO and Conservation Fund, European Henry Ford Conservation Award today is announcing contests in 30 countries.
Deadline: February 26, 1999
For additional information and application forms please contact :
Ian Radzhabov,
Coordinator of Project
117119, Moscow
Leninskii pr-t, 42/5
News Agency IMA-press
Office 53-13
Tel: 137-48-07
Fax: 938-84-76
E-mail: [email protected]
Last updated: January 8, 1999
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