NGO Education for the 21st Century from Serbia to receive Max van der Stoel Award 2026

THE HAGUE, 29 October 2026 ‒ The 2026 Max van der Stoel Award will be presented to the NGONGO
non-governmental organization Education for the 21st Century from Serbia at the Peace Palace in The Hague on Tuesday, 3 November.

Erik Weststrate, Netherlands Ambassador for International Organizations, will present the award on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Netherlands.

Education for the 21st Century from Serbia was selected as the winner of the 2026 Max van der Stoel Award in recognition of its work to promote tolerance, inclusion and respect for diversity through education.

Director of Education for the 21st Century Lidija Županić Šuica, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Christophe Kamp and Ambassador Weststrate will address the event.

The Max van der Stoel Award has been organized by the High Commissioner on National Minorities and sponsored by the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Netherlands every two years since 2003. It is awarded to an organization, group or individual in recognition of their extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities across the OSCE countries. Recipients of the award receive €50,000.

Event material can be found here.

The event programme is available here.

Media representatives who wish to attend the event at the Peace Palace in The Hague on 3 November 2026 starting at 15:30 should send their name, contact details and the name of the media organization they represent to Michelle Pirotta, michelle.pirotta@osce.org, before 15:30 on 2 November.

It will also be possible to follow the ceremony live here.

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