About the Award - International Award

The Congressional Award is similar to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, which began in 1957 in the United Kingdom. Since then, over 60 countries have formed Award programs similar to The Duke of Ediburgh's Award. Each program, operating under a variety of titles, is somewhat unique - although they all retain the same fundamental aims and philosophy. In 1988 all the National Award Programs joined together to form a non-executive body called the International Award Association to coordinate, encourage and promote the Award scheme throughout the world. The Association in serviced by the International Secretariat which is based in London.

The Award is known by different names, depending on where it is operated:

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award: Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gibraltar, Grenada, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Montserrat, New Zealand, Pakistan, St Lucia, St Helena & Dependencies, St Vincent, Solomon Islands, United Kingdom

The President's Award: The Gambia, Republic of Ireland, Kenya, Malta, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The Congressional Award: United States of America

The Crown Prince Award: Jordan

Head of State Award: Ghana

The National Youth Award: Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka

The National Youth Achievement Award: Singapore

The Namibia Youth Award. Le Merite International de la Jeunesse: Benin, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Comores, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea

The Nigerian National Youth Award

Premio la Jeunesse: Senegal

The Source of the Nile Award: Uganda

Ordre National du Merite de la Jeunesse: Cameroon

The Benelux Award: Belgium, The Netherlands

Ardikarsa Nugraha Cestita: Indonesia

The Gold Shield Award: South Africa

The Israel Youth Award. The Premier's Award: Malaysia

The Prince Makhosini Award: Swaziland