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The deadline for receiving submissions has now passed. Thank you for all those who took part in the 7th Cycle of the DIABP
 
     
Submission Guideline
 
 

1. Best Practices shall be submitted in accordance with the reporting format for the relevant biennium (please see Application section).

   
   

2. The reporting format is available on the Internet and can be downloaded from www.dubaiaward.ae and  http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=34  in format, or upon request Email: bestpractices@unhabitat.org. Hard copy submissions will also be accepted, where electronic versions are not possible.

   
   
3. Submissions shall be made in English. Submissions in Arabic, French and Spanish should be accompanied by an English translation. Submitters are strongly advised not to use machine translation.
   
   

4. Submitters are encouraged to include the following supporting materials:

(i) Articles appearing in newspapers, professional journals, newsletters or other publications.
(ii) Digital standard format videos less than 10 minutes in length.
(iii) Photographs and/or other graphic material.
(iv) Brochures or other promotional material.
   
   
5. Submissions shall be sent to either UN-HABITAT or Dubai Municipality, or any recognised Best Practice partner institutions (please see Annex 3). Submissions should be done on-line, via Email, or mail. Dubai Municipality or UN-HABITAT may forward any submission for review or validation to a partner institution. Those who forward their submissions directly to the partner institutions shall notify UN-HABITAT or Dubai Municipality of their submissions and ensure that the submissions are forwarded to UN-HABITAT. Submissions reaching UN-HABITAT by 31st January 2012 may benefit from substantive feedback
   
   
6. All submissions received will be acknowledged and assigned a catalogue number by UN-HABITAT for documentation (code, name of submitter, subject, etc) purposes and for eventual inclusion in the Best Practices Database. UN-HABITAT shall inform all submitters the status of their submission..
   
   
7. Partners may contact the submitters who shall provide effective assistance to them by reviewing the documents with the objective of ensuring their compliance with the criteria as well as the rules and regulations of the award and advise them of any further actions required. Partners shall forward the validated submissions meeting the award criteria to UN-HABITAT.

 
 
   

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