HONG KONG - Nominations have opened for the flagship 2011
PublicAffairsAsia Gold Standard Awards with under seven weeks until the
deadline for entry.
The Gold Standard Awards recognise excellence in public affairs,
communications, corporate sustainability and stakeholder engagement, and
will be judged by a top-flight panel from across the Asia Pacific region.
New categories in the 2011 line up include The Gold Standard Award
for Public Private Partnership, The Gold Standard Award for Corporate
Financial Communications, The Gold Standard Award for Public Relations
Consultancy and The Gold Standard Award for Corporate Responsibility.
These new awards join a wide selection of categories which include
country and trade promotion, diplomatic engagement and social media
engagement.
Once again, the awards will recognise a top-level in-country or
regional public affairs or communications practitioner through The
Prospect Gold Standard Award for Professional Excellence. The PA
industry will also identify the achievement of a political leader or
campaigner through the open nomination Gold Standard Award for Political
Communications.
Commenting on the awards, Steven R. Okun,
the director of public affairs at KKR and the awards chairman, said:
"The Gold Standard Awards are the only programme which celebrates the
collaborative public affairs and communications achievements of
corporations, government agencies, specialist consultancies, trade
groups and NGOs in Asia Pacific."
The judges include over 40 senior practitioners from public affairs
and corporate communications across business, government and the NGO
community.
Okun added: "By nominating, or being nominated, you can promote the
important work carried out by professional communicators, business,
diplomats, governments and NGOs across Asia Pacific.
Whether for your work in government relations, issues management,
social media, trade promotion or good governance, we encourage you to
become involved."
The full details on the 2011 awards programme, categories and sponsors can be found below and at the website www.goldstandardawards2011.com
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