The International Catalan Institute for Peace has been giving the ICIP Peace in Progress Award every year since 2011 to publicly recognize people, entities, or institutions that have worked and contributed prominently and extensively in promoting and constructing peace.
The Peace in Progress Award consists of public recognition, a sculpture created by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, artist and activist Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, called Porta del Sol, and an economic endowment of 6,000 euros. The award ceremony occurs annually in an institutional ceremony at the Parliament of Catalonia.
The ICIP has announced the call for nominations for the ICIP Peace in Progress Award 2023, which aims to publicly recognize individuals, entities or institutions that, outstandingly and extensively, have worked and contributed to promoting and building peace. It is the twelfth edition of the Award, corresponding to 2023, and the call will be open until March 20, 2023. The applications can be registered electronically, through this site (in Spanish), or they can be registered in person at any administrative register of the Spanish state and an embassy or consulate outside Spain. The ICIP Peace in Progress Award consists of public recognition, a sculpture created by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, artist and activist Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, called Porta del sol, and 6,000 euros. The award ceremony takes place annually in an institutional ceremony at the Parliament of Catalonia.
In previous editions, the Award was granted to the Basque Country’s associative network in favour of peace (2022), the activist from Congo, Julienne Lusenge (2020), the Coalition of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (2019), the Mexican organization Cauce Ciudadano (2018), the activist Arcadi Oliveres (2017), Peace Brigades International (2016), the Capuchin friar Joan Botam (2015), WILPF (2014), the ex-general Jovan Divjak (2013), Madres de Soacha (2012), and the struggle of conscientious objectors and “insubmisos” (people who refuse to do military service or any substitute social work) represented by Pepe Beúnza (2011). The same year, in 2011, in a special edition of the Award, the Parliament of Catalonia was honored for representing the continuity and legacy of the institutions “Pau i Treva” and “Consolat de Mar.”
Any natural or legal person can submit nominations to the ICIP Peace in Progress Award, but self-nominated candidates will not be accepted.
Benefits
- The ICIP Peace in Progress Award 2023 consists of an honorary
distinction, public recognition, a sculpture created by Adolfo Pérez
Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and a 6,000€ reward.
Eligibilities
- Eligible for this award are natural and non-profit legal persons from around the world that have made an outstanding contribution to the construction and promotion of peace in Catalonia or in any other country.
- No award will be granted posthumously.
- Nominations that were not successful in previous editions may be submitted again this year.
- Only a maximum of two applications per applicant will be accepted. If any applicant presents more than two applications, only the last two applications registered will count.
Eligible Regions: Open to all.
Application Process
- Nominations must be submitted through the application form available at ICIP’s office, ICIP’s website and at Tràmits Gencat.
- Additional documentation such as complementary information and/or letters of support to the nominee may also be attached to application form.
Application Deadline: May 20, 2023
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