The Médaille d'Or for Web Site excellence was awarded in 2001, when it was rated as is a World's Top Award.

"A very nice site, excellent design, tasteful original graphics, great photos, and your content is informative, entertaining, presented well and easy to access. A worthy enterprise and a positive contribution to the Web."

"An excellent site, very, very high on content, design no frills, very workable and easy to use .... An outstanding web site."

Honourable mentions

"This Website presents a detailed, yet schematic view of the main themes, concepts, and controversies surrounding issues of the welfare state and social services. ... the author manages to convey significant amounts of information about complex ideas in a relatively brief span without oversimplifying. An excellent resource for economics and sociology students working on social policy topics."

Site of the month, September 2000