Award for the Betterment of the Human ConditionThe basic requirement for eligibility for this award is significant accomplishment by an organization (private or public sector organization) to the development and use of QOL measures in serving its constituency. The Nominating Committee with the assistance of the Vice-President for External Affairs scouts possible candidates for consideration. The selected candidate is nominated by the Nominating Committee and is selected by a simple majority vote of the Board of Directors (with at least 25% of the Directors voting). 2023: Management Institute for Quality-of-Life Studies (MIQOLS) 2022: Wellbeing Economy Alliance 2021: Foundation for the Study of Happiness for the World Database of Happiness 2020: Centre for the Study of Living Standards 2019: Social Weather Stations 2018: Legatum Institute 2017: Gallup Organization 2016: Halloran Philanthropies 2015: OECD Better Life Index 2014: World Happiness Report 2012: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative 2010: Transparency International (Berlin) 2009: Istituto Degli Innocenti, University of Florence 2007: New Economics Foundation (NEF) 2006: The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) 2004: Annie E. Casey Foundation; KIDS COUNT Project 2003: Kluwer Academic Publisher; Social Indicators Research 2001: Government of Sweden; Statistics Sweden 2000: United Nations Development Programme; United Nations 1998: Center for Diseases Control and Prevention; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Healthcare and Aging Studies Branch |