The awards are open to organisations that have benefited from using facilitation rather than firms or individuals who provide facilitation services.

Facilitators are included in the organisation’s nomination.

A representative of the organisation or a facilitator involved in the project may submit a nomination.

To be eligible for an award:

• the organisation must be a recognised entity under the laws of its country
• at least one facilitated event must have been held within 36 months of the closing date for nominations
• the organisation must not have received a Facilitation Impact Award for any of the facilitated events included in the nomination
• any applicable nomination fee must have been paid.

An area within the organisation — for example, a division, branch or section —may only submit one nomination in a nomination period.

IAF Board of Directors, FIA team members and evaluators are not eligible for an award and must not be included in a nomination.

IAF members evaluate nominations using the following criteria:

1. The quantified results demonstrate the objectives were met (25 points).
2. The qualitative results indicate the objectives were met (15 points).
3. The project impacted a substantial part of the organisation (15 points).
4. Facilitation was an integral part of the project (8 points).
5. The practice of facilitation was aligned with the IAF Core Competencies (27 points).
6. The nominated organisation recognises the power of facilitation (4 points).
7. A facilitator who had a significant involvement in the project is an IAF member (3 points).
8. A facilitator who had a significant involvement in the project holds an IAF credential (3 points).

Nominations that receive 70 points or more receive an award:

• 70 to 79 points Silver Award
• 80 to 89 points Gold Award
• 90 to 100 points Platinum Award.

The score given to a nomination is final. There are no appeals.

See the Facilitation Impact Awards Governance Policy for information on how we govern the awards.