The International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) has announced the call for nominations for the third edition of the ICIP Peace in Progress Award. This prize aims to publicly recognize individuals, entities or institutions that, in an outstanding and extensive manner, have worked and contributed to the promotion and building of peace. To be considered for the award, nominations must be submitted between April 12 and June 29. If you need more information please contact ICIP by sending an email to icip@gencat.cat or by phoning 93 554 42 70.
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 4,000 euros.
The first edition of the ICIP Peace in Progress Award , corresponding to the year 2011, recognized the struggle of conscientious objectors and insubmisos (people who refuse to do military service or any substitute social work), symbolized in Pepe Beunza, first conscientious objector for ideological reasons in Spain.
In 2012, the ICIP Peace in Progress Award was granted to five “Madres de Soacha” (Mothers of Soacha) for their fight for peace and human rights in Colombia. With this Award, ICIP wanted to recognise the courage and exemplariness in their claim for truth, justice and repair after the extrajudicial killings of their sons by the Colombian security forces in the so-called “falsos positivos”incident.
Before that, in October, a special edition of the award was presented to the Parliament of Catalonia for representing the continuity and legacy of the institutions Pau i Treva and Consolat de Mar.
How to send in your nomination?
Nominations must be submitted before 29 June 2013 both electronically (icip@icip.cat) and in paper format, delivering it the ICIP office (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 658, 08010, Barcelona, Spain), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 38.4 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November 1992, on the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and Common Administrative Procedures.
This means that nominations may, for example, be handed in and registered at Spanish post offices or at official organs of the Spanish Public Administration with “registros administrativos”, including administrative organs that belong to the General State Administration, Administration of the Autonomous Communities, Administration of the Provincial Councils, and the Local Governments.
Sending in a nomination from outside of Spain can be done by handing in and registering the documentation at one of the Diplomatic Representations of consular offices of Spain abroad or by sending it by regular mail. It should be noted, however, that if the nomination is send by mail, it will be registered with the date on which the documentation reaches the ICIP office; whereas registration at a diplomatic consular post shall be with the date of presentation at the consular office. Moreover, ICIP does not accept any responsibility in case the nomination is lost or misplaced in the mail and therefore not registered before the deadline for submitting applications.
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