Competition Timeline

There are various stages to World Challenge 2007 culminating in an award ceremony in The Hague, The Netherlands, on 04 December 2007.

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Nomination Stage

You can nominate your project from 05 Feb until 06 May 2007. Entries must be received by 5pm (GMT) 06 May 2007. BBC World and Newsweek will be profiling the 12 finalists from the World Challenge competition held in 2006 which highlight the sort of projects that could be nominated. Click here to view these examples.

Judging Stage

Once the judging panel has made its decision the 12 finalists will be announced on this website 11 June 2007. Between the months of July and September 2007 BBC World will film and produce profiles for each of the 12 finalists.

Voting Stage

From 06 October to 16 November the finalists will be profiled on this website, shown in six dedicated World Challenge 30 minute programmes on BBC World and in a special advertising series in Newsweek. You can vote during this period for your favourite project. Voting will close at 11:59pm (GMT) on 16 November 2007.

Winner Announcement

The winning project will be announced at the awards event to be held at The Hague, The Netherlands on 04 December 2007. The awards ceremony will be broadcast on Saturday 08/12 at 09:30, 21:30 and on Sunday 09/12 at 03:30, 13:30 and 18:30 GMT. The winning project will be announced on the www.theworldchallenge.co.uk on 10 December 2007.

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