In 2019, the Yves Rocher Foundation has created a new Terre de Femmes award, named the International Award. If you are a woman citizen of this beautiful planet and are working to preserve it, and if your project corresponds to the theme set each year, fill out the application form now to apply.

For the 2nd edition, the theme is “medicinal plants, living heritage, and future prospects”

In 2020, the International Award will recognize field actions taken by a woman or a group of women, from the nonprofit sector or another support organization, which directly involves the topic of medicinal plants, their cultivation and their use for human health and well-being.

Yves Rocher Terre de Femmes International Award

A panel of jury will decide on the winner of the Yves Rocher Terre de Femmes Award. The winner will attend the award ceremony where she will receive a cash prize of €10,000.

Eligibility for the Terre de Femmes International Award

The Yves Rocher Terre de Femmes International Award 2020 is open to adult women worldwide involved in a project that helps to protect the environment. The applicant may be working for a non-profit organization, a commercial structure working for social and environmental causes, or privately. Further, the applicants must meet the following criteria:

• The woman involved in the work must be a national of the country where she is participating in the competition or, at least, the organization supporting the work must be governed by the law of the country where the candidate is participating in the competition.
• Candidates may not be organizers or persons involved in organizing this competition.
• Moreover, one applicant can only submit one application.
• However, the competition is not open to winners of the previous two (2) editions.

Selection

The jury panel will consider the applications that present one or more actions:

• linked to the environment and based on the “Medicinal plants, living heritage & future prospectives”, theme
• carried out by a woman;
• Likewise, in the process of realization on the date of receipt of the application;
• Further, projects that offer long-term prospects;
• that are beneficial to the community/are of public interest.

How to apply for the Yves Rocher Terre de Femmes Award?

Candidates must download the application form for the Terre de Femmes International Award. The application form (maximum of 10 to 20 pages) consists of the duly filled in participation sheet and a presentation of the candidate’s work, in the form of a dossier necessarily comprising the following sections:

• A description of the candidate’s work to help to protect the environment: the subject in detail (3 to 5 pages), the location (on a map); the background and actual achievements, the prospects; the budget (in the form of a table), and photos of the work (minimum of 3 photos).
• Likewise, a description of the candidate: her photo, her CV and her commitment to the environment.
• Also, a description of the organization supporting the work (where applicable): its team, its partners, its network and any subsidies it receives,

Deadline

The Yves Rocher Foundation accepts the application for the Terre de Femmes International Award until 15 November 2019. Applications arriving after the deadline are not eligible for the award.