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| Award Categories |
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| SUBMISSION CATEGORIES |
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Entries will be submitted under one of two primary categories. Please refer to the countries classified as Low- or Middle-Income by the World Bank list of economies (July 2010).
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/CLASS.XLS |
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Drinking Water Supply; |
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Sanitation and Wastewater |
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| Within each category, projects which fall within one or more of the following sub-categories will be eligible for consideration: |
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Applied research – proof of performance is the testimony of practitioners or users or peers regarding the adequacy and relevancy of the research as well as the proven advance(s) it provides; |
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Hardware – including all technical and physical infrastructure components - proof of performance is primarily indicated by documentation that the plan, design, management, or operation & maintenance actions have been implemented for at least 6 months and the testimony of practitioners or users or peers; |
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Software - including all non-technical project components e.g. behaviour change, promotion, community participation, training, institutional strengthening, financing and cost-recovery, policy improvement - proof of performance is primarily indicated by documentation that the relevant actions have been implemented for at least 6 months and the testimony of practitioners or users or peers; |
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| Entries in each primary award category should: |
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Demonstrate practical and integrated development which considers social, technical, financial, economic, environmental and institutional issues; |
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Focus on towns, cities and peri-urban / urban environments |
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Demonstrate sustainability on basis of users willingness to pay recurrent costs, local operation and maintenance, locally available replacement parts, etc with capital costs proportionate to local incomes |
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