Every year, all the non-profit organizations from the Liège region receive an invitation to take part in the Ardent Awards and submit their application. After a public vote and a long selection process, 5 associations are selected by a jury of independent specialists and receive a €10,000 grant.
Each year, the projects are always centered around 5 key societal issues:
Help for young people and support for education
Help for people with limited mobility, those who are isolated and employment
Help for parenthood, birth and the fight against poverty
Help through culture, sport, environment, technology and animals
Psychological and physical help
The 5 winning associations will receive a magnificent prize from the Ardent grant to carry out their project, equivalent to €75,000 distributed as follows: €50,000 for the 5 winning non-profit organizations and €25,000 for the 20 non-winning non-profit organizations selected by the public.
1/ Stay up to date with the Ardent Awards news. Stay tuned for the latest info about the Ardent Awards: application opening dates, societal themes of the year, jury selection, etc. Follow us on the Ardent Awards Facebook page.
2/ Check you fulfill the required criteria and learn about the selection process. These criteria are checked several times during the application selection procedure. The projects submitted by non-profit organizations that do not fulfill these criteria will be withdrawn from the selection immediately.
3/ Pitch your questions at our information session. This session gives NPOs the opportunity to meet Cristel Stauffer, consultant for the Ardent Awards and the associations’ main point of contact throughout the call for projects. During this information session, Cristel will present the selection criteria to bear in mind when submitting an application, as well as some “tips & tricks” for optimizing your application.
4/ Submit your application using our registration platform. Complete your application and explain the project that is important to you and for which you would like to receive the support from the Ardent Awards.
5/ Analysis and selection phases. Applications on the platform will be studied and evaluated in depth according to several factors: the overall quality of the project and its objectives, its realistic planning over time, and the coherence and accuracy of the budget presented. At the end of this analysis, associations do not meet the selection criteria will be informed of the reasons for ending their venture. Entries deemed eligible for the Prix Ardent will then be put to the public vote.
6/ Invite the public to support your project. A voting platform allows you to invite your contacts to vote to support your project. The 5 non-profit organizations that receive the most votes in each category are preselected. This means that 25 projects are nominated for the Ardent Awards. Each of them is already guaranteed to win the sum of €1,250.
7/ Wait for the jury’s decision. One non-profit organization per category will be chosen as the winner by a jury of professionals. They will pay particular attention to the ideas of charity, solidarity and originality presented in the projects. They will also evaluate whether the project’s objectives are coherent and realistic. Each winning association will be awarded in its category and will recieve €10,000 to carry out its project.