IHEU is inviting nominations for the Distinguished Service to Humanism Award, to be presented at the General Assembly in Torino (Turin), Italy on 17-18 June 2007. Nominations must reach IHEU by 2 April 2007.

This award recognises the contributions of Humanist activists to International Humanism and to organised Humanism. Recent recipients of the award include Prof. Alexandre Marius dees de Sterio, Luxembourg and Barbara Smoker, UK.

IHEU's General Assembly decided at its meeting in Paris in July 2005 to make the Distinguished Service to Humanism award an annual event, with the awards being presented at IHEU's General Assembly or a related Conference.

Who is eligible? A living person, or an institution. If the candidate is a person, s/he must be identifiably a Humanist. Ideally a selected awardee will be able to receive the award in person. Serving IHEU officers and personnel are not eligible.

Who can nominate? Member Organisations of IHEU, in writing to the IHEU office, preferably by fax to +44 870 288 3170 or by email . The nomination must include:

• Name of the IHEU member organization making the nomination
• Name, full contact details and signature of the person to contact at the IHEU member organization
• Confirmation that the person making the nomination is authorised by the IHEU member organization to do so
• Name and full contact details of the nominee
• Details of the nominee's work and contributions to Humanism, preferably with up to two web addresses where further information can be found
• A written recommendation (maximum 800 words) in support of the nominee

Who will decide? A sub-committee of the IHEU's Executive Committee will examine the nominations and consider other names, and make a short list. This will be considered by the full EC of IHEU, whose decision will be final.

Deadlines: for the 2007 award, nominations must reach IHEU by 2 April 2007

When will the announcement be made? IHEU will contact the winner confidentially, and the public announcement will be made only at the time of the award presentation.