International recognition of the success of the Gaza Emergency Cash for Work and Internet-Enabled Support Project
The Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development is awarded annually by the Arab Gulf
Programme for Development with a financial reward totalling USD 1,000,000. The aim of the award
is to inspire and encourage innovation and creativity in human development. In May 2023, the NGO
Development Center (NDC) was awarded the Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development,
named as the winning project in the second category, which awards USD 300,000 to projects implemented
by national NGOs.
The Prince Talal Prize focused last year on Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic
Growth, which aligned with the project in Gaza. NDC competed with more than 50 other NGOs globally
before being shortlisted in the top five. Subsequently, NDC was declared the winner by the prize
committee, made up of representatives from five continents and chaired by His Royal Highness Prince
Abdulaziz bin Talal Al Saud, President of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development.
NDC Director, Ghassan Kasabreh, received the award during the prize ceremony that took place in Dubai
on December 4, 2023, held on the sidelines of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference,
or Conference of the Parties (COP28). During the ceremony, NDC, along with representatives of the
other winning projects, participated in dialogue sessions with the strategic partners of AGFUND, UN
and international organisations, civil society and development experts, where components of the Gaza
Emergency Project and its results and impacts were presented. The prize’s financial reward will be
allocated to execute a similar development project in partnership with an NGO in Gaza.