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Princess of Asturias Awards 06/11/2021

The jury meeting for the 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation

29 nominations encompassing 16 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the sixth of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, which are now in their 41st edition

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The meeting of the Jury responsible for awarding the 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, the sixth of eight international awards that will be bestowed by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, will be held on 16th June. The awards will be bestowed this year for the 41st time in their history. Twenty-nine nominations encompassing sixteen different nationalities, have been nominated for this award.

As an exceptional measure, the Jury meeting will be held via video conference due to the health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Jury’s acting secretary will be appointed by the Foundation, as established in the Regulations for the Awards. Furthermore, its chairperson will be the same as in the previous edition so as to facilitate the holding of the meeting, as approved by the institution’s Board of Trustees.

As stated in the Regulations, the Princess of Asturias Awards are aimed at rewarding “the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out at an international level by individuals, institutions or groups of individuals or institutions”. In keeping with these principles, the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation shall be aimed at recognizing “individual or collective work, in cooperation with another or others, to develop and promote public health, universal education, the protection and defence of the environment, as well as the economic, cultural and social advancement of peoples.”

The Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolizing the accolade, a diploma, an insignia and a cash prize of €50,000.

The Jury’s decision will be announced at the end of the meeting that same Wednesday morning/early afternoon via a press release and on the Foundation’s website and social networks. A recording of the reading of the Minutes of the Jury by its chairperson will also be made available to the media via the Virtual Press Room.

Jury composition

The jury will be made up of the following members:

  • Gustavo Suárez Pertierra (acting president)
  • Gloria Fernández-Lomana García (acting secretary)
  • Pedro Alonso Fernández
  • Maite Arango García-Urtiaga
  • Eugenia Bieto Caubet
  • Francisco de Paula Bisbal Pons
  • Andrés Conde Solé
  • Miguel Delibes de Castro
  • Beatriz Domínguez-Gil González
  • Enrique Fernández-Miranda y Lozana, Duke of Fernández-Miranda
  • Luis García Montero
  • Cristina Garmendia Mendizábal
  • Daniel López Acuña
  • Íñigo J. Losada Rodríguez
  • Sophie Müller
  • Sami Naïr
  • Juan Carlos del Olmo Castillejos
  • Ana Pastor Julián
  • Luis Sánchez-Merlo Ruiz

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