Meeting of the jury for the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation

The Jury responsible for conferring the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation will meet this coming 19th and 20th May in Oviedo. This is the fourth of the eight international awards convened by the Princess of Asturias Foundation this year, now in their 46th year. A total of 32 candidatures encompassing 17 different nationalities are in the running for the Award. The meetings will be held at the Reconquista Hotel.

As stated in the Foundation’s Regulations, the Princess of Asturias Awards are aimed at rewarding “the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out at an international level by individuals, institutions or groups of individuals or institutions”. In keeping with these principles, the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation is to be granted to “recognizing individual or collective work, in cooperation with another or others, to develop and promote public health, universal education, the protection and defence of the environment, as well as the economic, cultural and social advancement of all peoples”.

Each Princess of Asturias Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the Award, a diploma, an insignia and a cash prize of fifty thousand euros.

On the first day of the meeting at 11:00am on Tuesday 19th, there will be a family photo of the jury members in the hotel’s “Salón de Consejos”, followed by a meeting with the media, immediately prior to its formal constitution and the start of its deliberations, which will commence at 11:30am. Each jury shall have a chairperson and an acting secretary. Both shall be appointed by the Princess of Asturias Foundation and shall have voice and vote.

The Jury’s decision will be announced at 12:00 noon (GMT+2:00) on Wednesday 20th, in the “Salón Covadonga” of the same Hotel (Ground Floor), following which the members of the Jury will be available for interview.

Composition of the Jury

The Jury will be made up of the following persons:

• Gustavo Suárez-Pertierra (chair)
• Gloria Fernández-Lomana García (acting secretary)
• Miguel Ballenilla y García de Gamarra
• Miguel Carballeda Piñeiro
• Ana Covarrubias Velasco
• Pedro Duque Duque
• Pilar García Ceballos-Zúñiga
• Rodrigo García González
• Cristina Garmendia Mendizábal
• Charo Izquierdo Martínez
• Íñigo Méndez de Vigo y Montojo, barón de Claret
• Pol Morillas i Bassedas
• Juan Carlos del Olmo Castillejos
• María del Mar Pageo Giménez
• Isla Ramos Chaves