Constance Council Prize
The Constance Council Prize. The prize for European encounters and dialogue is awarded every two years in Konstanz to personalities or initiatives who work in a special way for a Europe of encounters and make a contribution to the dialogue about Europe and its future. The Constance Council Prize was first awarded in 2015 as part of the 600th anniversary of the Constance Council and is endowed with € 10,000. The award is given primarily to engagement in the areas of civil society, science, art and culture, politics and business.
The date of the award ceremony is always around November 5th and thus reminds of the beginning of the Constance Council on November 5, 1414. The idea of the Constance Council Prize is that a godfather known throughout Europe appoints a previously little-known prize winner and passes it through its prominence helps to attract more attention.
history
The Constance Council Prize 2014 was initiated by the city of Constance as part of the five-year anniversary celebrations on the occasion of 600 years of the Constance Council . With the Council of Constance , the largest congress of the Middle Ages and the international peace conference immediately before the First World War, Konstanz was repeatedly a place of discussion and development of the European idea.
For the Council of Constance from 1414 to 1418 people from all over Europe came together in Constance to put an end to the occidental schism , the division of the church. Church and faith were the only institutions of the time that enjoyed unlimited recognition across Europe. Without knowing today's idea of a united Europe, the church members sought an agreement across principalities and imperial borders. To do this, they followed the conciliar path of encounter and dialogue. The Council of Constance connects today's Europe with the idea of overcoming borders through encounter and understanding, stimulating intercultural exchange and strengthening the awareness of a European commonality.
Award mode
Every award of the Konstanz Council Prize is sponsored by a person who can be identified with Europe. The sponsor is appointed by the selection committee set up by the Board of Trustees , the Concilium. The Concilium sifts through the proposals received from the citizens and selects a sponsor from them.
The godfather is a person known for their European commitment, who is present in public, feels connected to European history and is widely known. After being appointed, the godfather selects the winner, acts as a “door opener” to help him attract media attention and gives the laudatory speech at the award ceremony.
The prizewinner is a personality or initiative that promotes exchange in Europe and makes a contribution to the discussion of European issues for the future. Usually, the award winner has so far only little awareness, which the award can significantly increase.
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees of the Konstanz Council Prize consists of 35 personalities from politics, media, business, science, culture and religion, who contribute their knowledge and contacts on a voluntary basis for the benefit of the Konstanz Council Prize, promote the further development of procedures and committees and the independence of the award from daily politics guarantee.
Members of the Board of Trustees are (as of June 2020):
- Werner Allgöwer
- Ruth Bader, Managing Director Bodenseeforum Konstanz
- Bettina Bernadotte , Managing Director Mainau GmbH
- Edgar Bohn, Chairman of the BGV Badische Insurance
- Thomas Martin Buck, Professor of History and its Didactics, Freiburg University of Education
- Uli Burchardt , Lord Mayor of the City of Konstanz
- Jochen Cornelius-Bundschuh , regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Baden
- Antje von Dewitz , managing director Vaude
- Ulrich Dohle
- Lisa Sophia Friedrich, Managing Director Kliniken Schmieder
- Peter Friedrich , former Minister for Federal Council, Europe and International Affairs in Baden-Württemberg
- Evelyne Gebhardt , Member of the European Parliament
- Ulrike Guérot , Professor for European Politics and Democracy Research, Danube University Krems
- Ernst Hebeker
- Dieter Jahn , University Council of the University of Konstanz
- Andreas Jung , member of the German Bundestag
- Julia Klöckner , Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture
- Hanns-Peter Knaebel, CEO of Röchling SE & Co. KG
- Monika Knill-Kradolfer , Member of the Canton Thurgau Government
- Renate Köcher , Managing Director of the Allensbach Institute for Demoscopy
- Kerstin Krieglstein , Rector of the University of Konstanz
- Kristina Larischová, Consul General of the Czech Republic in Munich
- Klaus Mangold
- Carsten Manz , President of the Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, Technology, Economy and Design
- Wolfgang Schäuble , President of the Bundestag
- Peter Schneider, President of the Baden-Württemberg Savings Banks Association
- Stefanie Schneider, SWR State Broadcasting Director Baden-Württemberg
- Linn Selle
- Dorothea Weltecke , Professor of the History of Religions, History Department at the Goethe University in Frankfurt
- Götz Werner , founder and supervisory board member of dm-drogerie markt
- Jossi Wieler , director
- Rainer Wiesner
- Bettina Würth , Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Würth Group
- Tomáš Zima, Rector of Charles University in Prague
- Robert Zollitsch , Archdiocese of Freiburg
Concilium
The Concilium is the body used by the Board of Trustees to appoint the sponsor. It has 13 members and is made up of six representatives from the Board of Trustees, three representatives from the Konstanz Council Association, two representatives from the Konstanz City Council, one representative from the Konstanz students, who is sent for two years by the student representatives of the University of Konstanz or the ASTA of the HTWG Konstanz becomes and the Lord Mayor of the City of Konstanz as a born member.
The Concilium is composed for a period of four years, starting with years with an even number.
List of sponsors and award winners
| year | Godfather | Award winners |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Adolf Muschg | Milo Rau |
| 2017 | Reinhard Cardinal Marx | Prelate Peter Klasvogt |
| 2019 | Herman Van Rompuy | Mohamed El Bachiri |
layout
As part of the award ceremony, the winner will receive a sash made of five colored ribbons. For each award, the names of the godfather and the award winners are embroidered so that over time the sash becomes a testimony to European commitment and the history of the Konstanz Council Prize. The sash is unique and stays in Konstanz. It was designed by Michael Huyn as part of a competition.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e About the Constance Council Prize - City of Constance. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
- ^ Anniversary of the Council - 600 years of the Council of Constance - Europe as a guest - Idea. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
- ↑ First award of the Constance Council Prize: Luther2017. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Submitted: Konstanz Council Prize initiated. November 10, 2014, accessed on June 23, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Christof Widmer: marching steps drown out the peace conference. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
- ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: widower of attack victim from Belgium receives council award. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Adolf Muschg: Now or never | NZZ. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Jörg-Peter Rau: Constance: A signal for Europe: Peter Klasvogt receives the Constance Council Prize. September 26, 2017, accessed June 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Constance Council Prize for Mohamed El Bachiri. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Elisabeth Schwind: Islam: Mohamed El Bachiri: "Love is my anger". November 8, 2019, accessed June 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Understand Europe from its edges. June 23, 2020, accessed on July 7, 2020 (German).