UNESCO invites Members States in consultation with their National Commissions, and non-governmental organizations in official partnership with UNESCO and active in a field covered by the Prize to submit nominations for the International UNESCO/José Martí Prize, which will be awarded for the seventh time in 2016.
The deadline for submitting nominations is 16 October 2015.
"People must live
in the natural and inescapable enjoyment of freedom, just as they enjoy
light and air ... [and] being educated is the only way to be free." - José Martí
The purpose of the International UNESCO/José Martí
Prize is to promote and reward an activity of outstanding merit in
accordance with the ideals and spirit of José Martí. The prizewinner
shall receive a monetary award.
José Martí was a great apostle and a man of action,
recognized as the intellectual author of the liberation of Cuba. A
political thinker and eminent writer, he was also the chief precursor of
the literary movement called "modernismo".
The International UNESCO/José Martí Prize was
instituted in November 1994 by the Executive Board at the initiative of
the Government of Cuba. In creating the Prize, the Members of the
Executive Board recognized the universality and supreme value of the
ideals of José Martí.
Candidates shall have made a significant
contribution, in any region of the world, to the unity and the
integration of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and to the
preservation of their identities, cultural traditions and historical
values. The Prize may be conferred upon individuals, institutions, other
entities or non-governmental organizations.
How to submit your nomination
Nominations for the Prize should be submitted, no later than 16 October 2015, by filling out the nomination form in either English, French or Spanish.
Since UNESCO is committed to promoting geographical
distribution and gender equality, you are strongly encouraged to submit
nomination files for women candidates.
