Awards

As well as giving recognition to individuals or groups of individuals who have made a real contribution to the lives of girls and young women, the awards can also: publicise the work of WAGGGS to an internal and external audience; raise the profile of WAGGGS by association with distinguished people; provide potential avenues to donors and people of influence; and demonstrate the successes of WAGGGS, engendering pride in its achievements. Providing the recognised individuals with a physical token of appreciation from the Region for their work and creating a visible token that will be seen at the Local and National levels of scouting/guiding.

Procedure

WAGGGS MEDAL OF SERVICE

Object

• Recognise members of the Association who have distinguished themselves in their outstanding service to Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting at European level
• Express gratitude to members of the Association whose service is of such exceptional nature that there is no other appropriate manner in which to honour them

Criteria

A candidate should:

• Have held a position within WAGGGS or its Member Organisations at the time of commencing the relationship with WAGGGS or its Member Organisations which has resulted in the nomination
• Be “in good standing” with WAGGGS
• Have made an exceptional contribution in terms of time, expertise, talents, resources and/or influence to enable WAGGGS to achieve its Mission and/or Objectives

Selection process

• Nominations may be submitted by a member of the WAGGGS’ Europe committee (including European working groups) or a Member Organisation
• The names of candidates qualifying for the award will be compiled by the chair of the European committee and a member of the World Bureau staff
• The chair will in turn submit the nominations to the European committee for consideration and ratification

Presentation

• At world conference or regional conference
• Citation to be read on presentation

The Nomination Form can be downloaded here: Awards Nomination Form