29/04/2009 | Prizes
The 2009 Europe Prize has been awarded to the Turkish town of Ankara. The decision was taken unanimously by PACE Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs meeting today in Strasbourg. Through its forty twinnings in the world, Ankara has developed a very dense network of international contacts and attaches great importance to the development of cultural relations by organising every year Cultural Days. And thanks to its international conferences (such as the 5th Glocal Forum) it has contributed to strengthening friendship and understanding among people.
13/03/2009 | Prizes
British Irish Rights Watch has been selected as the winner of the first ever PACE Human Rights Prize, which honours “outstanding civil society action in the defence of human rights in Europe”. The independent non-governmental organisation – which has been monitoring the human rights dimension of the conflict in Northern Ireland, and latterly the peace process, since 1990 – was unanimously selected from among fourteen individuals and NGOs nominated for the prize by a distinguished panel including leading figures from the world of human rights.
12/12/2008 | Prizes
Nominations for PACE's annual Human Rights Prize, which will reward "outstanding civil society action in the defence of human rights in Europe", should be submitted by 31 December 2008 at the latest. Individuals and NGOs can be nominated for the prize, which will be selected by a seven-member panel from nominations put forward by at least five sponsors.
09/12/2008 | Prizes
The Council of Europe Museum Prize for 2009 has been awarded to the Zeeuws Museum in Middelburg in the Netherlands. The museum, housed in a twelfth century abbey, presents regional collections in unexpected visual and sensory contexts. Zeeuws is a regional language spoken in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The museum’s focus on “excitement, liveliness, interaction” and its appeal to a younger audience were particularly appreciated.
29/10/2008 | Prizes
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today called for nominations for an annual Human Rights Prize, which will reward "outstanding civil society action in the defence of human rights in Europe".
15/09/2008 | Prizes
The Polish town of Katowice yesterday received the 2008 Europe Prize in a ceremony which took place during the town’s annual festival. A delegation of parliamentarians, led by the Chair of PACE’s Environment Committee Alan Meale (United Kingdom, SOC) and the Chair of its Europe Prize Sub-Committee Danuta Jazlowiecka (Poland, EPP/CD), presented the prize to Katowice’s Mayor Piotr Uszok at a ceremony attended by several hundred invited guests.
17/04/2008 | Prizes
The 2008 Europe Prize has been awarded to the Polish town of Katowice. The decision was taken unanimously by PACE's Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs meeting today in Strasbourg. This town in Upper Silesia, developed a very dense network of international contacts with municipalities in central, western and eastern Europe, the United States of America and China.
10/12/2007 | Prizes
The Council of Europe Museum Prize for 2008 has been awarded to the Svalbard Museum in Longyearbyen, Norway. Located in Spitzbergen, the museum is the northernmost museum in the world, displaying Svalbard’s 400-year history and explaining the factors which help support life and activities in the Arctic. It also explores the close relationship between the land and the sea, and between natural and cultural history. The jury was impressed by the dynamic and holistic approach of the museum by its design, and by its key message of environmental awareness.
04/10/2007 | Prizes
After an introductory speech by René van der Linden, PACE President, Walter Schmied, Chairperson of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs, together with Danuta Jazlowiecka, Vice-Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize, today awarded the European Diploma 2007 to the mayors of the 24 prize-winning municipalities at a ceremony attended by some 100 participants. Mr. van der Linden welcomed the great interest shown in the award by the municipalities represented at the ceremony.
09/08/2007 | Prizes
A ceremony to award the 2007 Europe Prize to the German city of Nuremberg took place at the Tucher Mansion on Saturday 11 August 2007 during the city’s “twinning” festival. The prize rewards local and regional authorities for their active promotion of the European ideal. During the ceremony French Senator Guy Lengagne presented the Prize trophy to Nuremberg’s mayor Ulrich Maly.
01/06/2007 | Prizes
The 2007 Europe Prize has been awarded to the German town of Nuremberg in Germany. The decision was taken unanimously by PACE's Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs meeting today in Paris. This Bavarian town developed fourteen twinnings throughout the world, nine of them in Europe, supported by ten twinning committees but also by numerous associations and volunteers. Nuremberg’s International Relations Office, which co-ordinates all twinning activities, estimated that more than 55,000 people had been involved in more than 5,000 twinning activities since 1991.
21/02/2007 | Prizes
On 23 February 2007, the European Foundation for Culture, Pro Europa, will award the “European prize for Human Rights 2007” to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The ceremony will take place in the hearing room of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, at 3pm. Bernard Schreiner, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and President of the French delegation to PACE, will award the prize.