HONG KONG, Aug. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Nominations for The 2016 Gold Standard Awards are now open, with additional categories, an expanded judging panel and new sponsors headlining this year.
The awards, now in their eighth year, are unrivalled in Asia Pacific, with peer-on-peer judging in 17 categories covering all aspects of communications, public affairs and stakeholder engagement across agencies, corporations, government and the not-for-profit sector.
Entries to the programme, which is operated by PublicAffairsAsia, will be judged by an expert panel of nearly 80 frontline practitioners drawn from communications, government relations, public bodies and the media.
Awards Chairman Penny Burtt, who is Vice President of Government Affairs, Asia Pacific, at VISA, said: "Having served as a judge in the Gold Standard Awards for the past three years, I am passionate about the opportunity the awards offer to the public affairs community in Asia to share the very best of our efforts. I am thrilled to be chairing the awards for 2016."
Among the line-up of categories is a new award for corporate communications, three awards for corporate citizenship, along with categories covering issues ranging from financial communications to crisis and issues management. Awards will also be issued in areas including government relations, public-private partnership, digital communications and employee engagement.
High profile awards include The Prospect Gold Standard Award for Professional Excellence, The Gold Standard Award for Policy-Maker of the Year and The Gold Standard Award for Communicator of the Year.
The "gold standard" achievements of Asia Pacific's fast-growing agency sector will be recognised across all categories, in addition to specific agency awards for regional, specialist and in country consultancy. An additional category of new consultancy of the year, for agencies launched in the last three years, is also added to the line-up.
For a sixth year, in conjunction with 21st Century Fox, the programme will identify an embassy or ambassador for their achievements in engaging with corporations and industry bodies in pursuit of trade or cultural advance.
Among a high profile line up of sponsoring organisations and partners include new sponsors Ruder Finn Asiaand Ryan Communication. They join long-standing sponsors including Prospect, FleishmanHillard, Edelman, Weber Shandwick, North Head, The House of Rose Professional, The Media Village, AmCham China, PR Newswire and Food Industry Asia.
Commenting, Craig Hoy, Executive Director of PublicAffairsAsia, said: "We are honoured to have such a strong line up of categories, judges and sponsors. No other awards programme in Asia Pacific has such breadth, depth and top-level engagement. The Gold Standard Awards stand out from the crowd and are truly the awards to win in this region today."
Nominations for this prestigious programme opened on August 1 and entries must be lodged by September 30. The shortlist will be announced on November 4 and awards will be presented at the annual gala Gold Standard Awards cocktail reception held at The Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong on December 1.
For more information, and to download the entry form and entry pack, visit: http://publicaffairsasia.com/goldstandard/
About PublicAffairsAsia
PublicAffairsAsia is the network for senior government relations, corporate affairs and corporate communications professionals operating across the Asia Pacific region. We offer cutting edge insight through events, intelligence, publications, awards and the platform SharingValue.Asia.
We deliver market insight, industry intelligence, original research and international peer-to-peer summits tailored to firms and clients of the corporate affairs, government and public relations industry.
We also connect corporations to their stakeholders through a series of online briefings and events: convening MNCs, governmental groups and NGOs on neutral platforms to debate emerging policy, regulatory and partnership-based developments.
About The Gold Standard Awards
The Gold Standard Awards identify and showcase excellence in corporate public affairs, strategic communications, citizenship and stakeholder engagement. Attracting nominations from agencies, MNCs, domestic Asian corporations, government and the not-for-profit sector, the programme has secured over 900 entries since its 2009 launch. With a judging panel comprised of nearly 70 senior practitioners the programme is widely respected and has been supported by companies including 21st Century Fox, HP, Yahoo!, Edelman, FleishmanHillard and partners including AmCham China and PR Newswire.
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