Recognizing Innovative and Transformative Projects
“There is a need to highlight best practices because they can inspire other projects and be of use to practitioners and learners around the world. I encourage people engaged in innovative projects to share their successes.” H.E. Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, Ph.D., Chairman of WISE
Running in parallel with the WISE Prize for Education, the WISE Awards are designed to identify, showcase and promote innovative educational projects from all regions of the world and all education fields to inspire change in education.
Each year, a Jury composed of leading experts from the education world selects six innovative projects for their concrete and positive impact upon education and societies. These winning projects gain global visibility and receive a prize of $20,000 (US).
Take Part in the Awards and Join the Community of Innovators
The 2012 WISE Awards will start receiving applications in April 2012. WISE invites holders of outstanding projects to get involved and share their best practices with the world.
In addition to benefiting from recognition of leading experts, the Finalists and Winners are given a voice through:
- The WISE communications and media platform: the WISE website, social media, the Awards blog, global media coverage, year-round press relations activities and the Euronews TV magazine Learning World which has featured several Finalists and Winners
- WISE productions and publications: video interviews, web documentaries, publications such as the recently launched WISE book, written by Charles Leadbeater, Innovation in Education, Lessons from Pioneers around the World featuring a number of projects from the Awards community.
- Participation in the annual WISE Summit and in other events organized in collaboration with WISE, such as Learning Without Frontiers, which is taking place, January 25-26, 2012, in London, UK.
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Find Inspiration and Support Recognized Best Practices
Since the creation of the Awards in 2009, over 1,300 applications from 116 countries have been received, resulting in 98 Finalists and 18 winning projects. The great diversity of projects recognized so far constitutes a pool of best practices that WISE intends to make accessible to all, in order to grow, adapt and replicate innovative educational solutions.
The selected Winners and Finalists set new standards for the international community. Explore these recognized innovative education models and do not hesitate to get in touch with the project holders through the MyWISE platform to find out more about their projects.
