C4F Davos Awards

Annual Excellence Awards for Communication Professionals

The C4F Davos Awards recognize highly professional and globally remarkable individual communicators and/or organizations with a creative approach and unique vision of the future of communications! The Personal Awards are to be given to individual professionals with a strong influence on the global improvement of communications in their bro

ad sense and a truly effective contribution in fostering new trends for the development of the communications industry worldwide. The Corporate Awards are to be given to companies which set the standards for effectiveness and professionalism within the global communication industry and demonstrate creativity in the realization of their communication strategies and campaigns. The Awards are developed in partnership with a non-profit organization registered in Switzerland - the Word Communication Forum Association (WCFA), with part of the generated capital to be spent on realization of the association's initiatives.
* NB: WCFA has established and holds three of the C4F award categories. Idea of the Awards: See the future, and the future will see you! Judging Procedure
Judging panels composed of former winners of the C4F Davos Awards and leaders of the global communication industry. There’s no limit as to the number of members in the judging panel. There are two judging panels of the JURY:
- Jury for C4F Personal Awards
- Jury for C4F Corporate Awards
The Jury is selecting winners according to the process of nomination and selection (described below). Depending on the type and number of nominations submitted, the Jury may have to evaluate up to 23 award categories, yet not obligatorily all of them! If there is a conflict of interests and a Jury member represents a person/organization nominated, the same Jury member is not allowed to take part in the selection and voting procedure for the categories with all such nominations. Candidacy Criteria
# The Nominee should be a leader of a professional community and/or should have a strong influence on the improvement of communications;
# Contribution in fostering new trends for the development of the communications industry worldwide;
# Professional achievements and compliance with the selection criteria for the relevant Award category. Process of Nomination
- Nominations can be submitted by individuals, companies, state/public organizations.
- Self-nominations are also acceptable.
- The Candidate should be nominated for one or several Awards according to the list of the above C4F Davos Awards (see the list above).
- Minimum 3 nominations per category should be received, so that the category is eligible for announcement in the short-list of finalists. Process of Selection
20 weeks prior to event:
Submission of nominations gets opened.
12 weeks prior to event:
Second term of submissions and provision of additional information.
4 weeks prior to event. Deadline of submissions, The Jury starts work.
3 week prior to event. Short list announcement: The Jury assesses all candidates and announces a short list of the finalists. Short-listed categories and their finalists are announced only upon minimum 3 nominations submitted for the respective category and evaluated by the Jury. Awarding the winners - on venue of the event:
The Gala ceremony takes place during the main annual WCF forum, in Switzerland. Submissions – Data Relevance
- First name and Surname / Company name;
- Country of residence;
- Age;
- Current place of employment, position/status;
- Public statuses, awards, prizes;
- Description of professional achievements in the current year: what kind of achievements are the reason for receiving the Award;
- Proof of compliance with the Award’s criteria: documents, links to the profile, links to the projects and key achievements;
- Contact details. Gala Ceremony
The C4F Awards Gala Ceremony & Dinner is held during the annual summit in Switzerland.