Government Communicators' Awards
The Call for Nominations for this year's Government Communicators' Awards opens on 2 June 2008.
Background
In 2002, GCIS was mandated to explore ways in which an Awards mechanism could be introduced for government communicators. This is intended to recognise improved delivery, innovation and excellence in the government communications profession and to further encourage communicators to work hard.
The inaugural Government Communicators' Awards (GCA) took place on 6 December 2002 at the Birchwood Executive Hotel in Boksburg. Since then six successful ceremonies have been held, the most recent having been held on 7 December 2007 at the Kyalami Castle, Midrand. All the ceremonies were held in partnership with sponsors.
Previous winners of these awards have moved on to higher positions within or outside of government and some have been headhunted by the private sector.
Objectives
The objectives of these Awards are:
- To promote, encourage and maintain high standards and professionalism of communication at all levels of government;
- To initiate, improve and maintain lines of excellent communication within and outside government;
- To act as a catalyst and encourage communicators;
- To reinforce the commitment of communicators to excellence in their daily work; and
- To reward excellence in government communication.
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