UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, April 22-24, 2020, Netherlands

Publish Date: Nov 08, 2019

Deadline: Feb 15, 2020

Event Dates: from Apr 22, 2020 12:00 to Apr 24, 2020 12:00

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 

UNESCO invites the governments of Member States, in consultation with their National Commissions, as well as international and regional professional non-governmental organizations, active in the field of press freedom, to nominate candidates for next year’s UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

This Prize was established by UNESCO’s Executive Board, in 1997, in honour of Guillermo Cano, a Colombian journalist who died in the exercise of his profession. Its purpose is to reward each year a person, organization or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially if risks have been involved. 

Awarded annually, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May), the Prize is marked by a ceremony and the winner is presented with the sum of US$25,000. In 2020, the Prize is scheduled to be awarded on 23 April.

World Press Freedom Day 2020 will take place in The Hague (Netherlands) from 22 to 24 April 2020.

The Prize is funded by the Cano Foundation (Colombia) and the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation (Finland).

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Disciplines

Journalism

Media

Opportunity Types

Prize

Eligible Countries

International

Host Countries

Netherlands