Awards Information

Eligibility

All institutions classified as national security agencies are eligible to be nominated for awards

Awards Selection Process

Awardees will be selected through the following process:

  • Nominations will be sought from the public through solicitations for such placed on our website and in selected print and electronic media . Both third party nominations and self-nominations are acceptable.
  • Nominations received will be verified and assessed by our dedicated research consultants. Duly eligible and verified nominations will be shortlisted and passed on to the organizers;
  • A specially constituted international Awards Selection Jury comprising seven highly experienced and knowledgeable persons in national security and safety issues will then assess the shortlisted nominations, leveraging on specialized knowledge of a wide number of national security experts , analysts commentators, and through a voting process that eliminates nominees by turn, will select the winners in each category, that meet the established criteria.

Benefits To Awardees

Award winners will attain the enviable status of being rated as the best security agency, officer in a particular category of assessment.

THE AWARDS CONFERMENT CEREMONY

Awards will be conferred on the winners at a gala buffet dinner event to be held in Accra. The specific venue and date will be communicated subsequently.

This event will be strictly by invitation and will be attended by awardees and their guests, top level, government officials, the international diplomatic community in Ghana, representatives of various stakeholder groups with regards to national security, and  both the local and the international  media.

Awardees will be served with table reservation forms which they would be required to complete to confirm their attendance and to ensure full hospitality services are provided to them as requested.

TERMS/CONDITIONS FOR AWARD CONFERMENT

Awardees will not be required to make any payments towards their selection. However duly selected awardees will be required to send representation to attend the awards conferment ceremony in person.  This is to ensure the quality of the awards conferment ceremony. Consequently any awardee who fails to commit to attendance or representation will forfeit the award, which would then be conferred on the first runner up in the selection process.