Sharjah: The fourth Sharjah Government Communication Award (GCA) will welcome submissions from September 1, the Sharjah Media Centre (SMC) has announced.
During the first phase of submissions, government organisations and university students in the UAE and across the wider GCC region are invited to send in their entries to the award’s 10 categories.
In the second phase, which will run from October 1, 2016 to January 20, 2017, applicants will submit their nomination files.
Themed ‘Promoting Innovation…Honouring Achievement’, the fourth Government Communication Award provides a first-time opportunity to GCC-wide government organisations to compete for distinctions in two categories — ‘Best Government Communication Campaign’ and ‘Best Government Social Media Engagement’.
Among the award’s 10 categories, the first three are limited to organisations and employees of government entities in Sharjah. The categories include ‘Best Practice in Government Communication’; ‘Best Official Spokesperson’; and ‘Best Government Website’.
UAE-wide government organisations, including those based in Sharjah, can compete in four other categories — ‘Best Media Crisis Management’, ‘Best Government Communication Strategy’, ‘Best Government Intercommunication Practice’, and ‘Best International Government Communication Campaign outside UAE’.
For government organisations in the UAE and the wider GCC region, the award offers two categories to compete in. These are ‘Best Government Communication Campaign’ and ‘Best Government Social Media Engagement’.
The final category, ‘Best Graduation Project and Research on Government Communication’, is dedicated to communication and media students in UAE universities.
