The Prince Claus Fund was established 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. The awards honor individuals and organizations that reflect 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

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Nominations

Honorees are determined by a jury of 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
  • Traoré, Aminita; Els van der Plas; Marlous Willemsen; Prince Claus Fund (1998). The Art of African Fashion. The Hague, Netherlands: Prince Claus Fund. ISBN 0-86543-726-2.
  • Plas, Els van der; Albie Sachs (1999). Creating Spaces of Freedom. The Hague, Netherlands: Prince Claus Fund. ISBN 90-76162-04-2.
  • Urban Heroes. The Hague, Netherlands: Prince Claus Fund. 2000.
  • Carnival. The Hague, Netherlands: Prince Claus Fund. 2001.
  • Languages and transcultural forms of expression. The Hague, Netherlands: Prince Claus Fund. 2002.
  • The Survival and Innovation of Crafts. The Hague, Netherlands: Prince Claus Fund. 2003.
  • The positive results of Asylum and Migration. The Hague, Netherlands: Prince Claus Fund. 2004.
  • Humour & Satire. The Hague, Netherlands: Prince Claus Fund. 2005.
  • 10 years Prince Claus Awards. The Hague, Netherlands: Prince Claus Fund. 2006.

The 1997 Prince Claus Awards

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Malangatana Ngwenya
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

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Carlos Monsiváis
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

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Patrick Chamoiseau
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

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Jaime Lerner
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

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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

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Youssou N'Dour
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

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Carlinhos Brown
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

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Mahmoud Darwish
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

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Jonathan Shapiro
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

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Theme

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

Laureates
Committee [5]

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

The 2007 Prince Claus Awards

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Augusto Boal
Theme

"Culture and Conflict"

Laureates
Committee[5]

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

The 2008 Prince Claus Awards

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Theme

"Culture and the Human Body"

Laureates

The 2009 Prince Claus Awards

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Gastón Acurio
Theme

« Culture and Nature »

Laureates

The 2010 Prince Claus Awards

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Theme

« Borders to reality  »

Laureates

The 2011 Prince Claus Awards

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Woeser
Theme

« Breaking taboos »

Laureates

The 2012 Prince Claus Awards

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Zarganar

Theme

«Frontiers of Reality »

Laureates

The 2013 Prince Claus Awards

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Laureates

The 2014 Prince Claus Awards

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Rosina Cazali (Guatemala, 2013)
Laureates

The 2015 Prince Claus Awards

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Laureates
Committee

Bregtje van der Haak, Suad Amiry, Salah Hassan, Kettly Mars, Ong Ken Sen, Gabriela Salgado

The 2016 Prince Claus Awards

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Laureates
Committee

Emile Fallaux, Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, Dinh Q Lê, Visual Artist, Neo Muyanga, Manuel de Rivero, Suely Rolnik

The 2017 Prince Claus Awards

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Laureates
  • Vincent Carelli (Brazil) (Principal Award), filmmaker
  • Ma Jun (China) (Principal Award), environmental activist
  • Khadija Al-Salami (filmmaker, Yemen)
  • L’Art Rue (art collective, Tunisia)
  • Brigitte Baptiste (scientist, Colombia)
  • Amar Kanwar (film director, India)
  • Diébédo Francis Kéré (architect, Burkina Faso)

The 2018 Prince Claus Awards

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Theme ‘Louder than Words’ New, the Next Generation Award, which honours an outstanding creative initiative that contributes positively to the lives and possibilities of young people.

Laureates
  • Market Photo Workshop, (South Africa), (Principal Award), Training institute and cultural platform
  • Dada Masilio South Africa) (Next Generation Award)(dancer and choreographer)
  • Adong Judith (playwright, film and theatre-maker, Uganda)
  • Marwa al-Sabouri (architect and urban thinker, Syria)
  • Kidlat Tahimik (artist in many disciplines, Philippines)
  • Eka Kurniawan (writer, Indonesia),
  • O Menelick 2 Ato (independent platform, Brazil)

The 2019 Prince Claus Awards

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Mónica Ojeda

The 2020 Prince Claus Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d PCF, "About the Prince Claus Awards", op. cit.
  2. ^ FROM BOTTOM-OF-PAGE DOCUMENT on princeclausfund.org (PDF)
  3. ^ "Network, Reza Abedini". Prince Claus Fund. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Prince Claus Award for Reza Abedini". The Power of Culture. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b FROM PHOTO CAPTION ON on princeclausfund.org Archived 20 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Contact". aungzaw.net.
  7. ^ "Prince Claus Fund". www.princeclausfund.org. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Report from the 2020 Prince Claus Awards Committee" (PDF). Prince Claus Fund. Retrieved 8 October 2021.