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31.01.2011 20:48

Unescocat award for the Foundation

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On Monday, the Fundació FC Barcelona received the International Unescocat


The UNESCO centre in Catalonia, Unescocat, presented the Fundació FC Barcelona with the II Premi Internacional Unescocat in recognition, according to its report, “of its adhesion to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and its pioneering alliances with international organisations like Unicef, UNESCO and ACNUR, in the fight against extreme poverty and sickness affecting the most vulnerable members of society, promoting universal education and gender equality, fighting racism and using sport to defend the values of civilian duty, freedom and democracy, which have always been values that FC Barcelona has exemplified.

"Projecting Barça’s values"

2011-01-31_ENTREGA_2N_PREMI_INTERNACIONAL_UNESCOCAT_011.jpgThe award was presented at a gala held at the Centre UNESCO de Catalunya, in Barcelona, and was collected by Ramon Pont, vice president of the Foundation and a Club director. In his acceptance speech, Pont spoke about “the values that through the Foundation we have to promote on a worldwide level in a way people can understand.”.
The ceremony was also attended by other patrons: Lola Bou, Ramon Canela, Sergi González, Josep Maldonado, Marta R. de Llauder, Antonio Tombas and Ramon Palou, as well as the director general of the Foundation Josep Cortada. The jury for this award was constituted by representatives of Catalan entities in the fields of education, science, culture and communication.

These awards were created in 2009 to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Centre UNESCO de Catalunya, and are awarded Catalan people or entities that have made a decisive contribution to the promotion of UNESCO’s values and principles, and to the programmes associated to the Centre UNESCO de Catalunya.
Unescocat award for the Foundation


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