Future Policy Award

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The Future Policy Award , also known as the "Political Oscar", honors laws that promote better living conditions for current and future generations. The aim of the award is to spread the outstanding laws around the world and thus promote political action for a sustainable, just and peaceful future. It is the first prize that, in the opinion of representatives and council members of the organization, honors the best laws at international level.

history

The Future Policy Award is presented annually by the Hamburg World Future Council Foundation, since 2010 in collaboration with UN partners and the Interparliamentary Union and other partner organizations. The foundation identifies best policies worldwide (i.e. the best laws and solutions) that already exist and have been successfully implemented and helps to spread them internationally. It is the only prize in the world that does not honor outstanding personalities, but rather effective political solutions. Every year the World Future Council selects a topic for which, in view of global challenges, there is a particularly urgent need for action.

Principles

The 192 participating states of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (World Congress for Sustainable Development) developed the seven principles for legislation for sustainable development in 2002. These principles are based on 10 years of academic research by the International Law Association and encompass complex and current challenges. When the Future Policy Awards are presented, the best laws are judged based on these principles.

The seven principles include:

  1. Sustainable use of natural resources
  2. The precautionary principle in dealing with human health, natural resources and ecosystems
  3. Justice and Poverty Reduction
  4. Public participation, access to information and justice
  5. Good governance and human security
  6. Integration and interrelationships
  7. Common but different responsibilities

Prizes / award winners

In addition to a gold prize, silver prizes are also awarded. In addition, some laws are awarded Honorable Appreciations or a “Vision Prize”.

2009

For the first time in 2009, the Food Security Prize was awarded to the Food Security Program of the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte . The program promotes urban and suburban agriculture, food banks, folk kitchens and school lunches and has been able to reduce child mortality by 60% and malnutrition by 75%.

2010

In 2010, laws were awarded that promote the conservation of biodiversity. The award ceremony took place at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan. The Gold Prize winner is the Biodiversity Act from Costa Rica, 1998, which is a milestone in achieving the goals of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

2011

In 2011, in the International Year of Forests, the world's best laws to protect forests were honored at an awards ceremony at the Central Park Zoo, New York during the UN General Assembly. Gold winner is the national forest program in Rwanda. The prize was awarded by the World Future Council in partnership with the UN Forest Forum, the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD) and the World Food Organization (FAO).

2012

In 2012, effective ocean and coastal protection laws were recognized. The winners were the Shark Haven Act, 2009 and the Protected Areas Network Act, 2003 from Palau. The award ceremony took place during the 11th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad, India, and the winners were announced at a press conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The award was presented by the World Future Council in partnership with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the World Food Organization (FAO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

2013

In 2013, the Future Policy Gold Prize was awarded to the Tlatelolco Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons in all of Latin America and the Caribbean and the associated sustainable disarmament. The award ceremony took place at the UN headquarters in New York. The prize was awarded by the World Future Council in partnership with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the UN Bureau for Disarmament.

2014

Ending violence against women and girls was the theme of the Future Policy Awards in 2014. During an award ceremony at the 131st General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, the gold award was given to the coordinated approach of all institutions (“Duluth model”), USA forgive. The prize was awarded by the World Future Council in partnership with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women.

2015

In 2015 the best children's rights laws were recognized. At the 133rd General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Zanzibar's Children's Law was awarded gold. The prize was awarded by the World Future Council in partnership with the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women.

2017

In 2017 the World Future Council recognized the best anti-desertification laws. At the 13th UNCCD Conference of States (COP) in Ordos (Inner Mongolia, China), Ethiopia's law on food self-sufficiency, economic development through the careful use of land and the promotion of sustainable agriculture was awarded gold. The prize was awarded by the World Future Council in partnership with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

2018

In 2018 the Future Policy Award honored the best laws to strengthen agroecology. The policy for organic farming of the state of Sikkim (2004) and “Sikkim Organic Mission” (2010) received the gold award. The award ceremony took place during World Food Week 2018 in Rome at the FAO headquarters. The award was presented by the World Future Council in partnership with the World Food Organization and IFOAM Organics International.

2019

The FPA 2019 recognized the best laws to empower young people. The award ceremony took place during the 141st General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Belgrade, Serbia. The winning law “Initiative YouthConnekt”, 2012 comes from Rwanda. The prize was awarded by the World Future Council in partnership with the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the UN Development Program with support from the International Labor Organization and YouthPolicyLabs.

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Foundation World Future Council: Strengthen agroecology. In: Worldfuturecouncil.org. World Future Council Foundation, 2018, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  3. ^ A b Foundation World Future Council: Future Policy Award. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c Jakob Uexküll: Shaping the future . Ed .: Jakob Uexküll. Hamburg 2017, p. 191 .
  5. ↑ based on: The Seven Principles for Sustainable Development Law
  6. ↑ More at: https://www.ila-hq.org/
  7. ^ Foundation World Future Council: Future Policy Award 2018: Agroecology. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, 2018, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  8. ^ Foundation World Future Council: Future Policy Award 2010: Biodiversity. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, 2010, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  9. ^ Foundation World Future Council: Future Policy Award 2011: Forests. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, 2011, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  10. ^ Foundation World Future Council: Future Policy Award 2012: Oceans. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, 2012, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  11. ^ Foundation World Future Council: Future Policy Award 2013: Disarmament. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, 2013, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  12. ^ Foundation World Future Council: Future Policy Award 2014: Ending violence against women and girls. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, 2014, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  13. ^ Foundation World Future Council: Future Policy Award 2015: Children's Rights. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, 2015, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Future Policy Award Foundation: Future Policy Award 2017: Desertification. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, 2017, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  15. ↑ World Future Council Foundation: Future Policy Award 2018: Strengthening agroecology. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, 2018, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  16. ↑ World Future Council Foundation: Future Policy Award 2019: Empowering young people. In: World Future Council. World Future Council Foundation, 2019, accessed February 6, 2020 .