Max van der Stoel Award 2014

The Max van der Stoel Award, a prize of €50,000, is presented every two years to a person, group or institution for extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) participating States.

This year, the winner is Kyrgyzstan-based NGONGO
non-governmental organization Spravedlivost.

Established in 2001 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the Award honours Max van der Stoel, a prominent Dutch statesman who was the first OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. The Award highlights issues related to national minorities and supports the High Commissioner’s conflict-prevention work.

2014 Programme

• 16:00: Registration and refreshments
   
• 16:30: Award ceremony: 
  - Music to open the ceremony
  - Welcoming speech by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors, and statement on behalf of the Jury in her capacity as Chairperson
  - Short film about the laureate
  - Presentation speech by His Excellency Frans Timmermans, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
  - Acceptance speech by the laureate
  - Speech by Mira Karybaeva, Head of Department of Ethnic and Religious Policy and Co-operation with Civil Society, Kyrgyz Republic Presidential Administration
  - Music to close the ceremony
   
• 17:30 – 19:00: Reception
  Final words by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors