2014 Global Alliance COMM PRIX Awards Now Open

LUGANO, Switzerland, March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Entrants have the unique opportunity to showcase their own groundbreaking work on a global scale while promoting wider knowledge sharing

The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management launched today  the 2014 edition of the Global Alliance COMM PRIX Awards, the only global awards which honor outstanding public relations and communication management programs and academic case studies around the world.

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The Global Alliance COMM PRIX Awards acknowledge excellence at a global level in a wide range of categories organized in three divisions:

• Division A: public relations and communication programs that have already earned an award from a regional, national or international competition or from a GA member organization;
• Division B: successful programs that are international in scope, spanning at least two countries (no prior award is required)
• Division C: academic case studies for use in education.- See more at:

Companies, consultancies and academic institutions have the opportunity to prove that they are at the cutting edge of the public relations and communication management industry by entering their work to the Global Alliance COMM PRIX Awards 2014.

"Securing a Global Alliance COMM PRIX Award is a major mark of success because they operate at a different level than national awards. Winners are recognized as setting the benchmark standard at a global level," said Anne Gregory, Global Alliance Chair. "I would like to encourage companies, consultancies and academics to enter the Awards, taking this unique opportunity to be recognized as the best of the best and to become part of the history of our public relations and communication management profession."

Submissions can be made online, effective immediately. The early-bird submission deadline is April 30, 2014 with a final submission deadline on June 16 2014. Winners will be honored at the 2014 World Public Relations Forum, the Global Alliance signature event to take place on September 21-23 2014 in Madrid, hosted by Dircom, the Spanish association of communication directors.

For more information on the Global Alliance COMM PRIX Awards 2014, visit http://www.globalalliancepr.org/website/page/ga-awards

About the Global Alliance

The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management (http://www.globalalliancepr.org) is the confederation of the world's major public relations and communication management associations and institutions, representing 160,000 practitioners and academics around the globe. The Global Alliance's mission is to unify the public relations profession, raise professional standards all over the world, share knowledge for the benefit of its members and be the global voice for public relations in the public interest.

The Global Alliance is the convener of the World Public Relations Forum, to be held next in Madrid, Spain, on 21-23 September 2014.

Contacts:
Elisa Noli, PR and Communication Manager
Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management
+41-58-666-4772
elisa.noli@usi.ch