Prince Claus Awards

The Prince Claus Fund was inaugurated in 1996, named in honor of Prince Claus of The Netherlands. It receives an annual subsidy from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Fund has presented the international Prince Claus Awards annually since 1997 to honor individuals and organizations reflecting a progressive and contemporary approach to the themes of culture and development. Recipients are mainly located in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

The Prince Claus Awards

Nominations

Honorees are determined by a jury of honorary chairmen who are experts from fields relevant to its mission of culture and development.[1]

Criteria

The most important consideration of the jury is the positive effect of a laureate's work on a wider cultural or social field. The Prince Claus Fund interprets culture in a broad sense to encompass all kinds of artistic and intellectual disciplines, science, media and education. Outstanding quality is an essential condition for an award.[1]

Awards presentation

The Principal Award of € 100,000 is presented during a ceremony at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam in December every year. The additional awards of € 25,000 each are presented in the Dutch embassies in the countries where the recipients live in December and January.[1]

The Prince Claus Awards books

Every year, the Fund publishes a book including the awards speech by one of the Honorary Chairmen, an extract of the lecture by a leading thinker, the jury's report and extensive discussions of the laureates' work by experts qualified in the laureates' fields.[1]

List of previous awards books

The 1997 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

The winners of the 1997 awards embody the policy aims of the Prince Claus Fund: Exceptional work in the field of culture and development in Asia, Latin America and notably in Africa.

Laureates
Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Lolle Nauta, Anil Ramdas.

The 1998 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

"The Art of African Fashion"

Laureates
Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera.

The 1999 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

"Creating Spaces of Freedom"

Laureates
Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera.

The 2000 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

"Urban Heroes"

Laureates
Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera, Bruno Stagno.

The 2001 Prince Claus Awards

Summer Carnival in Rotterdam, 2006
Theme

"Carnival"

Laureates
Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera, Bruno Stagno.

The 2002 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

"Languages and transcultural forms of expression"

Laureates
Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, Aracy Amaral, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Bruno Stagno.

The 2003 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

"The Survival and Innovation of Crafts"

Laureates
Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Aracy Amaral, Sadik Al-Azm, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Bruno Stagno.

The 2004 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

"The positive results of Asylum and Migration"

Laureates
Committee

Adriaan van der Staay, Aracy Amaral, Sadik Al-Azm, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Bruno Stagno.

The 2005 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

"Humour and Satire"

Laureates
Committee[2]

Niek Biegman, Aracy Amaral, Sadik Al-Azm, Goenawan Mohamad, Pedro Pimenta, Claudia Roden, Mick Pearce.

The 2006 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

"10 years Prince Claus Awards" (recapitulating visual arts, writing and publishing, theater, cultural education and debate, cultural heritage and education)

Laureates
Committee [3]

Selma Al-Radi, Manthia Diawara, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Amitav Ghosh, Virginia Pérez-Ratton, Mick Pearce, Niek Biegman.

The 2007 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

"Culture and Conflict"

Laureates
Committee[3]

Peter Geschiere, Manthia Diawara, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Mick Pearce, Virginia Pérez-Ratton, Selma Al-Radi.

The 2008 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

"Culture and the Human Body"

Laureates

The 2009 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

« Culture and Nature »

Laureates

The 2010 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

« Borders to reality »

Laureates

The 2011 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

« Breaking taboos »

Laureates

The 2012 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

«Frontiers of Reality »

Laureates

The 2013 Prince Claus Awards

Theme

«Culture in Defiance»

Laureates

The 2014 Prince Claus Awards

Rosina Cazali (Guatemala, 2013)

Theme

«Culture in Action»

Laureates

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 PCF, "About the Prince Claus Awards", op. cit.
  2. FROM BOTTOM-OF-PAGE DOCUMENT on princeclausfund.org (PDF)
  3. 1 2 FROM PHOTO CAPTION ON on princeclausfund.org
  4. "Contact". aungzaw.net.

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