The Awards Jury Casa Asia 2022, meeting yesterday, December 20, 2021, having considered and evaluated the 47 candidacies presented and admitted for the four categories established in the Rules, has adopted the decision to award the following candidacies:
- To Tomás Mazón Serrano, in the Culture and Society category, for his research and dissemination work on the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano, making the First Tour of the World known to a non-specialized public through the website rutaelcano.com, with a new vision based on the original sources.
- To Saurabh Kirpal and Shinta Ratri, in the category of Diversity and Sustainable Development, for her contribution to gender equality in Asia and in particular for her fight, from legal practice and social activism, in favor of the dignity and rights of LGTBIQ+ people in India and Indonesia.
- To Mondragón Cooperative Corporation, in the Economy and Business category, for its pioneering commitment to Asia and for its corporate philosophy based on the values of social responsibility and integration.
- To Dolors Folch Fornesa, in the Education and Science category, for his academic career, for contributing to the introduction of Asian studies in Spain, and for his dedication of more than three decades to the knowledge of Chinese culture.
The Jury was made up of the following people: Javier Parrondo, general director of Casa Asia, Agustín Paniker, editor and writer, Florentino Rodao, professor of Asian History at the Complutense University of Madrid, Anna Terron, director of the FIIAPP and former Secretary of State for Immigration and Emigration, Gabriel Castañares, general director of Lever Policies for the Compliance of the 2030 Agenda (Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030), Taciana Fisac, professor of East Asian Studies at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Immaculate Riera, general director of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Joan Rosas, director of International Financial Institutions at CaixaBank and Antonio Montes, director of Strategic Development of the Instituto de Empresa – IE Business School.
The following people from the jury team have acted as secretaries of the jury (with voice and vote in their respective categories). Casa Asia: Menene Gras in Culture and Society, Gaelle Patin Laloy in Diversity and Sustainable Development, Amadeo Jensana in Economy and Business and Rafael Bueno in Education and Science.
This award was established for the first time in 2004. The winners in previous editions have been, among others, the philosopher and thinker Raimon Pannikar, the China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS) of Shanghai, the Spanish Department of the University of Foreign Studies of Beijing, the Spanish Network for the Coordination of NGOs for Development, the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, the journalists Rosa Mª Calaf and Miguel Frau Rovira, the Jesuit Father Enrique Figaredo, or the Malaysian NGO «Sisters in Islam ».
In 2021 the winners were Sinólogo Xulio Ríos, in the Culture and Society category, the Afghan parliamentarian and activist Fawzia Koofi in the Diversity and Sustainable Development category, Satori Ediciones, in the Economy and Business category, and the University of Santo Tomás (Philippines), in the category of Education and Science.
The award consists of a commemorative engraving and 1.500 euros per category, which will be awarded at the awards ceremony during 2022 on a date and place that will be announced in advance.
