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Ambassador Mohamed Ben Youssef
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- At the first meeting of the AACI’s Prize for Peace & Development Committee after the April 1st deadline for nominations, the Committee’s President presents the list of the year’s candidates. The Committee may on that occasion add further names to the list, after which the nomination process is closed, and discussion of the particular candidates begins. In the light of this first review, the Committee draws up the so-called short list – i.e. the list of candidates selected for more thorough consideration. The short list typically contains from 10 to 15 candidates.
- The candidates on the short list are then considered by the members of the Committee and with African and Arab experts with broad expertise in subject areas with a bearing on the peace and development. It will take the Committee two months in which to draw up their reports.
- After the presentation of the reports, the AACI’s Prize for Peace & Development embarks on a thorough-going discussion of the most likely candidates. In the process, the need often arises to obtain additional information and updates about candidates from additional experts. The Committee reaches a decision at its last meeting in August.
- The Committee seeks to achieve unanimity in its selection of the AACI’s Prize for Peace & Development Prize Laureates. On the rare occasions when this proves impossible, the selection is decided by a simple majority vote.
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