Spanish Organization for the Blind (ONCE) Prince of Asturias Award for Concord 2013

At its meeting in Oviedo, the Jury for the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, made up of Mr Ramón Aguirre Rodríguez, Fernando de Almansa Moreno-Barreda, Viscount of Castillo de Almansa, Mr José Ramón Álvarez Rendueles, Ms Rosa Isabel Aza Conejo, Mr Adolfo Barthe Aza, Mr Antonio Basagoiti García-Tuñón, Mr Antonio Brufau Niubó, Mr Francisco Daurella Franco, Mr Pedro Luis Fernández Pérez, Mr José Antonio Fernández Rivero, Mr Emilio Ferré Solé, Mr Francisco de la Fuente Sánchez, Mr José Luis García Palacios, Mr Agustín Iglesias Caunedo, Ms Teresa Mallada de Castro, Ms Carmen Moriyón Entrialgo, Ms María del Pino Calvo-Sotelo, Mr Matías Rodríguez Inciarte, Mr Ángel Ron Güimil, Mr Pedro Sanjurjo González, Mr Ramón Sotomayor Jáuregui, Mr Antonio Ramón Suárez Gutiérrez, Mr José B. Terceiro  Lomba, Mr José María Villanueva Fernández, Santiago de Ybarra y Churruca, Count of El Abra, Mr Santiago Zaldumbide Viadas, chaired by Mr Javier Fernández Fernández and with Mr Pedro de Silva Cienfuegos-Jovellanos acting as secretary, has decided to bestow the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Concord on the Spanish Organization for the Blind (ONCE) in view of its extraordinary work, carried out for over three quarters of a century, which has enhanced the dignity and quality of life of millions of disabled people in Spain, promoting their integration in society and thereby serving as an example for numerous international initiatives that have followed in the wake of this valuable endeavour.

Oviedo, 4th September 2013