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Deutsch: AEDH und EDRi rufen den “European Civil Society Data Protection Awar...
AEDH (European Association for the Defence of Human rights) and EDRi (European Digital Rights) is launching the first edition of the European Civil Society Data Protection Award (ECSDPA). The prize aims at rewarding positive initiatives contributing to the visibility and effectiveness of the right to privacy and to the protection of personal data in Europe. The ECSDPA prize will be awarded each year on 28 January, as a European Civil Society contribution to the Data Protection Day.
Such achievements and initiatives have to enhance public awareness, stimulate creative and constructive input and favour useful exchanges of information at any level, from the very local neighbourhood to the whole European continent.
The award is open to all non-governmental organisations, trade unions, non-profit institutions and any other civil society actor from the 47 member States of the Council of Europe. The ECSDPA winner will benefit from a one week lobbying training in Brussels, travel expenses and lodging being fully covered.
The ECSDPA initiative, the first of its kind, has been made possible thanks to the support of The Law Science Technology & Society Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (LSTS/VUB) and The Flemish-Dutch House deBuren.
The deadline for submitting nominations is 15 January 2010. Nominations should be sent to: nominations at ecsdpa dot org.
Operational details about the prize, including application and selection
procedures
http://www.ecsdpa.org.
Press release PDF Format (15.12.2009)
http://www.edri.org/files/ECSDPA-PR-151209en.pdf
Press release in French: AEDH-EDRi Prix européen de la société civile pour
la protection des données personnelles: L'Appel a nominations est ouvert
http://www.edri.org/files/ECSDPA-PR-151209fr.pdf
Press release in German: AEDH-EDRi European Civil Society Data Protection
Award: Aurfruf zur Nominierung / Einreichung
http://www.edri.org/ecsdpa/press-release/Award-Aurfruf-zur-Nominierung...
Press release in Spanish: Primera edición del Premio Europeo de la Sociedad
Civil a la Protección de Datos Personales
http://www.edri.org/ecsdpa/press-release/Abierta-la-convocatoria-de-ca...
Announcement in Dutch - Europese burgerrechtenorganisaties organiseren
positieve privacy-prijs
https://www.bof.nl/2009/12/15/europese-burgerrechtenorganisatie-positi...
Call for ECSDPA - PDF format (15.12.2009)
http://www.edri.org/files/Call_European_Civil_Society_Data_Protection_...