CREACT4MED Best Practice Award Public Vote Opens On The 21st March

Posted on March 15, 2024

This post was edited on 21st March 2024 following the postponement of the public vote.

On the 21st March 2024, CREACT4MED will launch the public vote to decide the winners of the Best Practice Competition on the CREACT4MED Engagement Platform. After receiving over 100 proposals from across the Southern Mediterranean, the CREACT4MED Consortium and Regional Evaluation Committee have shortlisted 26 to enter the competition. They each have given a statement on how they plan to use the prize money. You can find it here.

The Best Practices were evaluated based on their economic significance, the ability to replicate and upscale the activities, the employement opportunities created, efforts to ensure inclusiveness, social impact, and environmental impact. The Rules of the Competition can be found in this document.

From Egypt, on the shortlist we have:

1. Almah – a project of the Eygptian Clothing Bank
2. AlQalam
3. Creative Industry Summit
4. Kemet Hub Incubator
5. Kiliim

From Jordan:

1. KUVRD
2. Puppets World for the Development of Children
3. Qaleb Studio
4. South Band Association for Theatrical Performance

From Lebanon:

1. the OtherDada on behalf of Studio Madane
2. SAWA For Development and Aid

(A 27th application was selected by the Regional Evaluation Committee. However, it could not be included in the competition due to challenges to formally register the company in Lebanon.)

From Morocco:

1. Au Grain de Sésame
2. FeMENA – a project by 4SFEST
3. Meteor Airlines
4. MyTindy

From Palestine:

1. Askadar for Culture and Arts
2. Puppets 4 Kids – a project by YesTheatre
3. Smart Art for Entrepreneurship, Training and Development/associated Talleh Cultural Centre
4. Tamer Institute for Community Education
5. Warm Home

From Tunisia:

1. CAS CREATIVE
2. CousCous Publishing House
3. DALL by NET INFO
4. Dowit
5. Hors Lits Tunisie – a project by Al Badil Alternative Culturelle
6. Tunisia Outdoors

In order to vote, you MUST be registered on the CREACT4MED Community Platform. You can find the sign up guide here. The vote will be live for 2 weeks and will close on the 4th April, 12:00CET. Make sure you have your say on who should win the Best Practice Award!

The vote will be live for 2 weeks and will close on the 4th April, 12:00CET.

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