The 2000 Prince Claus Awards
- Theme
"Urban Heroes"
- Laureates
- Jaime Lerner (Brazil) (Principal Award), architect
- Viva Rio (Brazil) (Principal Award), social work peace organization
- Francisco Toledo (Mexico) (Principal Award), artist painter
- Bush Radio (South Africa), independent radiostation
- Communalism Combat (India), human rights organization
- Cui Jian (China), singer-songwriter, trumpeter, guitarist and film actor
- Film Resource Unit (South Africa), independent film distributor
- Arif Hasan (Pakistan), architect, urban planner, socio-philosopher and poet
- Bhupen Khakhar (India), visual artist
- Komal Kothari (India), ethnomusicologist
- Werewere Liking (Ivory Coast), art painter, film maker and writer
- Ayu Utami (Indonesia), radio broadcaster and writer
- Van Leo (Egypt), photographer
- Committee
Adriaan van der Staay, Charles Correa, Emile Fallaux, Mai Ghoussoub, Gaston Kaboré, Gerardo Mosquera, Bruno Stagno.
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