King Baudouin Prize
The King Baudouin Prize for Development in Africa ( French Prix Roi Baudouin pour le Développement en Afrique , Dutch Koning Boudewijnprijs voor Ontwikkeling in Africa ) is an award from the Belgian King Baudouin Foundation ( French Fondation Roi Baudouin , Dutch Koning Boudewijnstichting ) with Based in Brussels and New York City . The foundation was set up in 1976 by the Belgian King Baudouin on the occasion of his 25th anniversary to the throne.
The award, which has been awarded every two years since 1980 and is endowed with 200,000 euros (as of 2016), is intended to honor successful projects that are carried out by Africans for Africans and that make a remarkable contribution to development in Africa. The aim is also to improve the visibility of the award winners vis-à-vis organizations such as the United Nations including sub-organizations, the World Bank and the European Union . For a number of years, one of the foundation's main focuses has been on projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi , but the prize has also been awarded to projects outside of Africa.
The International Congress of Distinguished Awards placed the 2014 award in the second highest category of international prestige - together with awards such as the Crafoord Prize , the Heineken Awards , the Lasker Awards , the Pulitzer Prize and the Wolf Prize .
Award winners
Individual evidence
- ↑ Awards By Prestige (PDF, status 2014) at the International Congress of Distinguished Awards (icda.org); accessed on December 27, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.kbs-frb.be/fr/Activities/Themes/Africa-and-developing-countries/99626 accessed on August 20, 2020
Web links
- www.afrique-frb.org (French, Dutch, English)