Alliance Française, Società Dante Alighieri, British Council, Goethe Institut, Instituto Cervantes and Instituto Camões Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities 2005

At its meeting in Oviedo, the Jury for the 2005 Prince of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities, made up of D.ª Carmen Alborch, D. Lluis Xabel Álvarez, D. Ignacio Bayón Mariné, D. Raúl Bocanegra Sierra, D. Alejandro Echevarría, D. Javier Gómez Cuesta, D. Javier González Ferrari, D. Manuel Lombardero, D. Jorge Lozano, D.ª Catalina Luca de Tena, D.ª Beatriz de Moura, D.ª Elena Ochoa, D. Pedro Páramo, D. Alberto Pico, D. Ernesto Sáenz de Buruaga, D. José Antonio Sánchez, D. Ricardo Senabre, D. Jesús de la Serna, D. Enrique Ybarra, chaired by D. Manuel Olivencia with D. Juan Luis Iglesias Prada as secretary have decided to bestow the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and the Humanities on the joint nomination of Europe´s major cultural institutes, listed as follows in order of seniority according to age: Alliance Francaise (France), Società Dante Alighieri (Italy), British Council (United Kingdom), Goethe Institut (Germany), Instituto Cervantes (Spain) and Instituto Camões (Portugal).

The Jury have taken into consideration the contribution of these institutions, some of which have over one hundred years of history, to the task of safeguarding and fostering Europe´s cultural heritage by teaching not only their respective national languages to millions of people on every continent but also their literary and artistic traditions and the ethical and human values that underlie western civilization.

Oviedo, 1st June 2005.