Who can apply:
Companies registered in EU or ESA Member state countries.
Nomination’s schedule:
The name of the winner will be revealed at the EARSC General Assembly in June.
The candidates will be judged against the following criteria:
- Has successfully developed EO services for a target market (sector or geographic)
- Has made a strong contribution to a European program or political agenda (eg. Copernicus, Green Deal framework, ESA projects, etc)
- Showed good revenues and/or employment growth.
Nominations must be received by the 11th of May.
Step 1:
All EO Services Companies are invited to nominate companies for the award by filling in the Google Form; you may nominate yourselves but if you do, you must also nominate another company ie make 2 nominations. If you don’t nominate yourself, you can nominate just one company if you wish. You do not have to nominate an EARSC member.
Step 2:
All companies nominated will then go into a vote by all EARSC members so that the finalists for the award will have been selected by their peers. This step will demonstrate that the finalists are all respected by their partners and competitors. On the 12th of May, an email will be sent to EARSC members with a list of companies. Each EARSC member is invited to vote for 2 companies from the list. All votes will remain confidential to the EARSC secretariat. The deadline for voting will be 17th May.
Step 3:
The top five companies voted by the members will then be asked to provide a short justification against each of the criteria described above as to why they should be considered for the EARSC European EO Services Company Award. The winner will be selected by an international, independent jury of recognized experts.
On the 17th of May, a mail will be sent to the 5 finalists, informing them of their nomination by their peers and asking them to provide the short justification on which the jury will base their decision. The Deadline is the 24th of May.
The winner’s name will be revealed at the EARSC General Assembly in June.
Criteria for evaluation:
The candidates will be judged against the following criteria:
- Has successfully developed EO services for a target market (sector or geographic)
- Has made a strong contribution to a defining European programme or political agendas (eg. Copernicus, Green Deal framework, ESA projects, etc)
- Showed good revenues and/or employment growth.
NOMINATION
Only the names of nominated companies will appear on the voting list. Names of the nominating companies will remain confidential..
All votes will remain confidential to the EARSC secretariat.
If you have any questions, please contact info@earsc.org