The Prince Claus Awards
- Nominations
Honorees are determined by a jury of honorary chairmen who are experts from fields relevant to its mission of culture and development.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- List of previous awards books
- Traoré, Aminita; Els van der Plas; Marlous Willemsen; Prince Claus Fund (1998). The Art of African Fashion (in English). The Hague, Netherlands: Prince Claus Fund. ISBN 0-86543-726-2.
- Plas, Els van der; Albie Sachs (1999). Creating Spaces of Freedom (in English). 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.
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