The France HABE Prize is awarded by the Department of Karst and the Cave Protection of the International Union of Speleology (UIS)
Its purpose is to promote the protection of karst and caves for generations to come. Their natural legacy are proven sources of increasingly rich information about the history of our planet and humanity, enabling people to act more thoughtfully, efficiently, and sustainably for the future of our environment.
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The France HABE Prize is awarded by the Department of Karst and the Cave Protection of the International Union of Speleology (UIS). The prize is named in memory and honor of Dr. France HABE (10/12/1999) of Slovenia (former Yugoslavia), who among his other many accomplishments served as President of the UIS Protection Department (1973-1997).
Its purpose is to promote the protection of karst and caves for generations to come. Their natural legacy are proven sources of increasingly rich information about the history of our planet and humanity, enabling people to act more thoughtfully, efficiently, and sustainably for the future of our environment.
INTRODUCTION
The France HABE Prize is awarded by the Department of Karst and the Cave Protection of the International Union of Speleology (UIS).
The prize is named in memory and honor of Dr. France HABE (?10/12/1999) of Slovenia (Yugoslavia), who among his other many accomplishments served as President of the UIS Protection Department (1973-1997).
Its purpose is to promote the protection of karst and caves for generations to come. Their natural legacy are proven sources of increasingly rich information about the history of our planet and humanity, enabling people to act more thoughtfully, efficiently, and sustainably for the future of our environment.
The Prize will be proposed every four years. It will be awarded, if a worthy candidate if nominated and accepted, at the International Congresses of Speleology (ICS) at the time of the second General Assembly of the UIS. A description of the person or organization who receives the Prize, and the reasons for receiving it, will be published on the UIS website and in the UIS Bulletin. The Jury will be made up of at least three members of the UIS Department of Karst and Cave Protection.
Nominations of candidates for the Prize will be sent to the President of the UIS Department of Karst and Cave Protection three months before the date of the start of the ICS. The Jury will review the nominations and send their decision to the UIS Bureau. The Jury is not required to award the Prize if the nominees are not considered worthy.
REGULATIONS OF THE FRANCE HABE PRIZE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF KARST AND CAVE PROTECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF SPELEOLOGY
1. History
On September 30, 2012, the UIS Bureau granted the UIS Department of Karst and Cave Protection a budget of € 250 to create a Prize that will be awarded every 4 years at the ICS during the second General Assembly of the UIS.
At its meeting, the UIS Bureau agreed that price is also awarded in 2017.
2. Subject
The France HABE Prize of the UIS Department of Karst and the Cave Protection aims to promote the protection of karst and caves. It will reward the best or most important action, concrete idea, or publication for the protection of a cave, karstic zone, or underground environment in general.
3. Award
The France HABE Prize is awarded no more than once every 4 years.
The amount of the Prize is currently fixed at € 250. It will be awarded for the first time in 2013. The UIS Bureau will determine the Prize amount for subsequent years. The France HABE Prize is open to any person, club, local federation, commission, or national federation, with preference given to those belonging to one of the member nations of the UIS.
The Prize will be awarded to only one person or organization for a specific action. Honorary Mentions and congratulations to other deserving works could also be announced when the Prize is awarded.
4. Participation and registration conditions
Participation in the contest is free to any person and/or association and implies acceptance, without any reservations, of these regulations, the purpose of this Prize, and the decisions made by the Jury.
Nominations must reach, by electronic means, the President of the UIS Department of Karst and Cave Protection. For the 2017 Prize, to Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns (jp.bartholeyns@gmail.com) by May 20, 2017.
The work will be presented in English with a sufficiently explicit summary in English and in one of the other official languages of the UIS (French, German, Italian, Spanish or Russian).
Illustrations must be sent in JPEG format and photographs with the name of the photographers.
The submitted proposals will be posterior the previous award of the France HABE Prize.
5. Submission of works
Nominators are solely responsible for delivering their nominations to the President of the UIS Department of Karst and Cave Protection by the designated deadline by e-mail. Large digital files should be sent via Drop Box (https://www.dropbox.com/) or other mutually agreeable means. The nominating materials should include at least the following:
Digital version of the work if available (for example, Word documents, photographs, illustrations, video, links to websites with other pertinent information);
Registration form completed and signed by the nominator;
Photograph of the nominated person or group; and
10 to 15 sentence description of the importance of the work.
The Department President will send an acknowledgement of nomination materials received.
6. Composition and functioning of the Jury
The Jury is made up of at least three members: the President of the UIS Department of Karst and Cave Protection, and two members of the Scientific Committee of this Department. Each member of the Jury has a vote. The votes are done by simple majority. If necessary, the Jury can be advised by experts who do not have a vote.
Each Jury member has to rank all of the nominees. The President then adds all of the ranks and the nominee with the highest score wins.
If the absence or the quality of work does not justify it, the Jury will not award the Prize and the amount remains part of the Prize.
The deliberations of the Jury are secret and no appeal is possible.
The Department of Karst and Cave Protection will ensure there are sufficient jury members and they work within their deadlines. It will replace inefficient members or members who are not able to participate.
The members of the Jury will base their judgment on the originality, the dynamism, the active aspect or at least on the quality of the effort expended for this candidacy. They will be particularly attentive to the goals and objectives, with the ecological, “renewable and transferable” aspect, to the durability of the subject as well as its “communication” section (public concerned, message to be transferred, supports used), involvement of partners and cavers themselves.
7. Proclamation
When the Jury gives its decision, the President of the Jury will promptly inform the UIS Bureau. The name of the Prize recipient will be proclaimed no later than July 15 – 2017; deserving competitors will also be congratulated.
The Prize recipient will be informed personally, by email, by the President of the Jury promptly after the Jury’s decision. The recipient will be asked to keep the decision confidential until it is officially announced. The Jury will publish the name of the Prize recipient, other worthy nominees and the congratulations on the UIS website and Bulletin. The result of this contest will be widely circulated via the caving media.
8. Incompatibility
No person or organization will receive the France HABE Prize twice consecutively.
The members of the Jury abstain from taking part in the contest.
9. Exposure
The opening of each session of the contest will be extensively announced by the UIS Department of Karst and Cave Protection by any means of communication, including its website, with any organization or any person potentially interested in caves; this text will be available to everyone.
Once the Prize is awarded, the recipients commit themselves to clearly showing the logo of the UIS as well as mentioning the “France HABE Prize from the UIS Department of Karst and Cave Protection of the International Union of Speleology” on all publications relating to the work for which the Prize was awarded.
10. Final provisions
The UIS Department of Karst and Cave Protection assures that it is entirely impartial to the participants as to the progress of the contest. The contest organizers and their partners cannot be held responsible for any error or omission. Once the call for nominations is announced for the Prize, no information relating to the Prize will be changed until the recipient is announced; Prize rules may be changed afterward and before the next call for nominations is announced. No information relating this Prize will be exchanged, neither in writing, nor by phone. In the case of disagreement on the interpretation of the regulations, the text in the French language shall be definitive.
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