NANC Annual General Event '08 in Beijing (13th Dec)
- Alumni of the Year Awards -
As China has been speeding up its development and playing a steadily more important role in international stage, more and more Dutch companies have taken a step in the Chinese market. Meanwhile, many Holland-return alumni have started to work for Dutch companies in China. The Netherlands Alumni Network in China (NANC) is and will be always committed in offering a platform for its members in order to reflect its international character and to promote direct cross-national networking opportunities.
The NANC Annual General Event (AGE) has been initialized as a review of the alumni events and activities organized throughout the year. The purpose is to get all alumni together to recall the cheerful memorable times they have had in the past, and to drive more attention from them in playing a role of ‘image ambassador’ in their field of profession. The first NANC Annual General Event was organized last year in Shanghai. It turned out to be a very successful event, which had covered many attentions from the Dutch society in Shanghai (China) as well as from the Holland-returned alumni than ever before.
On behalf of NANC board, I am pleased to announce that NANC will initiate the ‘Alumni of the Year Awards’ for the very first time during the 2nd Annual General Event on December 13th, 2008 in Beijing in order to honor alumni who have distinguished themselves for their excellent and sustained contributions and achievements in their fields of profession, as well as those who have provided outstanding services and contributed to the interests of NANC in 2008.
The event will be sponsored by Neso China and other business sponsors. It is open for all NANC members and Dutch alumni who have not registered as NANC members yet.
It is with attention of selecting a few most active alumni, outstanding young alumni, and alumni with best performances in their field of profession. These alumni will be awarded; special guests of the AGE will give flowers and prizes to the best nominees.
Nominations are accepted for three award categories:
- The distinguished Alumni Award (2),
- The outstanding Young Alumni Awards (2) and
- The Alumni Service Awards (3)
Categories:
1） Distinguished Alumni Award
Individuals have distinguished themselves for their excellent contributions and achievements in their field of profession, for instance, in public and community; in arts, sports, culture or entrepreneurship; or scholarly field; preferably somehow plays a role in promoting the Sino-Dutch relation to some degree. One alumnus be nominated and awarded.
2） Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Nominees are supposed to be young professional who have obtained exemplary achievements in their field of profession; they are in the first couple of year upon return to China and will be selected nationally.
3） Alumni Service Award
The frequency of participation of NANC activities should be a main concern, besides, the contributions towards NANC alumni community on a voluntary basis will be considered.
Who can vote / nominate?
§ All members of NANC
NANC alumni can nominate fellow-alumni but also nominate themselves. The NANC secretariat will make a pre-selection, which will be followed by a second selection by the Selection Committee;
§ The host Dutch institutions
NANC partner institutions may nominate alumni who have provided the best efforts and services for institution initialized NANC events; they may also nominate the alumni who have always played an active role in facilitating the communication between NANC and their host institutions;
§ The NANC business partners
Business partners may nominate their personnel, who are also NANC alumni and are playing positive roles in promoting business in Chinese markets while assisting fellow alumni in terms of career development.
Who may (not) be nominated?
§ Individuals who have demonstrated excellence by achieving success and recognition such as to effect great pride among all NANC registered (pre-) alumni/alumni can be nominated.
§ Individuals who have obtained exemplary achievements can be nominated.
§ Alumni who have been actively involved in NANC activities and related voluntary work throughout the year can also be nominated.
§ Neso China staff and the members of the Executive Committee cannot be nominated.
How to nominate?
To submit nominations for deserving alumni, the prescribed nomination form (also in PDF form) need to be completed together with nominees' resumes; if necessary to list their accomplishments, achievements, voluntary services, and any other supporting documentation they expect the Selection Committee to review.
When to Nominate?
Nominations submitted to NANC Secretariat before November 2nd, 2008 (via email secretariat@nanc.org.cn) will be considered for this year awards.
Selection Committee
NANC Chairman: Mr. Cui Yan
Consul-General in Shanghai: Mr Eric Verwaal
NANC Alumni Officer: Ms. Selano Li
Director of Neso China: Mr. Jacques van Vliet
Remarks:
Information regarding NANC Annual General Event can be found on Event Calendar.