04/09/2010
European Civil Award winner - Brussels, 2006

Awardings

A year after its establishment, in 1991 the Future of Europe Association' decided to set up an award 'For the Future of the Children of Europe' for personalities — Hungarian as well as foreign — who successfully contributed to creating a nicer, happier, and more peaceful future perspective for children. In the first few years the Association awarded persons appointed by its own members: Hungarians in every even year and foreigners in odd years until 1996. Recently the Association has called upon personalities already awarded to appoint their new peers. Since 1998 the awards have been presented during the Future of Europe International Children Meetings, usually on the closing ceremony.

The award was given to:

1992

Rózsa Gellér

Editor at the Radio of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

 

Éva Szabó

Journalist, Hungary

 

Farkas Bertalan

Astronaut, Hungary

 

László Vásárhelyi

Choreographer, Hungary

1993

Angela Melcesu

Professor, Bucuresti, Romania

 

Ib Spang Olsen

Graphic artist, director of children's movies, Coppenhagen, Denmark

 

Peter Krešanek

Chief Mayor of Bratislava, Slovakia

 

Peter Gillingham

School manager, Folkestone, England

1994

József Kerényi

Architect, Hungary

 

Sándor Vida

Film director, Hungary

 

The staff of 'Duna Television'

Hungary

1995

Sándor Kányádi

Poet, Cluj Napoca, Romania

 

Rudolf Mézes

Secretary of Csemadok, Galanta, Slovakia

 

Joseph von Ferenczy

Media manager, Munich, Germany

 

The15-year-old 'Szórakaténusz' Toy Museum and Workshop

Kecskemét, Hungary

1996

László Katona

Mayor of Kecskemét, Hungary

 

László Balogh

President of Bács-Kiskun County Assembly, Hungary

 

Siegfried Zoels

Children's psychiatrist, Berlin, Germany

 

Peter Lauritzen

Director of the Youth Centre of the Council of Europe, Budapest

1997

János Kis

Lutheran priest, the first president of the 'Future of Europe Association' 1990-1995, Hungary

 

József Merász

Mayor of Kecskemét 1990-1994, Hungary

 

Erzsébet Kovács

Youth resarcher, Hungary

 

Gábor Rácz

Marketing manager, British Amercian Tobaco

1998

Smaranda Enache

Professor, Tirgu Mures, Romania

 

Thomas Bernsten

Director of the Institute of Danish Culture, Kecskemét

 

Stephan Filvig

General manager of Signal Assurance Company, Vienna, Austria

 

Mrs. Kovács Ágnes Bíró

Head of department of Ministry of Culture and Education, Budapest, Hungary

2000

HE Eeva Ahtissari

Wife of the President of the Finnish Republic

 

Erdogan Erken

Businessman, Tekirdag, Turkey

 

ifj. Jos Vranken

Professor, Netherlands

 

Eva Jonasson

Professor, Sweden

 

Jolán Foltin

Choreographer, Hungary

2002

HE Jolanta Kwasniewska

Wife of the President of the Polish Republic

 

Judit Halász

Artist, Hungary

 

Peter Berben

Director of the International Muziekfestival voor de Jeugd in Neerpelt, Belgium

 

Kärt Mere Nomme

Leader of the Nomme Lastekaitse Liit, Estonia

 

HE Marta Moszczenska

Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Canada

 

Imre Vörösmarty

Owner of the Pongrácz Farm in Kerekegyház, Hungary

2004

Ali Kabul

Director of Rákóczi Memorial Museum — Tekirdag, Turkey

 

Alicja Derkowska

Education expert, Poland

 

Jan Coninx

President of the International festival for youth choirs — Neerpelt, Belgium

 

É. Márta Szabó

Editor of children's programmes at Hungarian Television Studios, Hungary

2006

István Sipos

Calvinist priest Sighetul Marmatiei, Romania

 

Tamás Vásáry

Kossuth-award winner pianist and conductor, Hungary

 

Wolfgang Ziegler

Choir leader, Austria

2008

Dóra Kenéz

Social worker, Coimbra, Portugal

 

Hong-Ky Cho

Conductor, President of the Korean Kodály Society, Seoul, Republic of Korea

 

Böjte Csaba

Fransiscan monk, Deva, Romania

 

Mall Hellam

Youth expert, member of the European Economic and Social Committee, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Hungary, Tallinn, Estonia

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