Regulations for granting the Małopolska Region Award of John Paul II Veritatis Splendor
Regulations for granting the Małopolska Region Award of John Paul II Veritatis Splendor, called the Veritatis Splendor Award, for outstanding contributions to the promotion of intercultural dialogue between cultures in a cultural, social and interreligious dimension.
Preamble
The Małopolska Region Assembly is an initiator and organiser of the Małopolska Region Awardof John Paul II Veritatis Splendor, called the Veritatis Splendor Award, for outstanding contributions to the promotion of intercultural dialogue between cultures in a cultural, social and interreligious dimension.
The Award is intended to highlight the importance of actions and attitudes open to other cultures, overcoming stereotypes, and aimed at knowing and coexisting with other people.
The Award is granted in recognition of attitudes, achievements and merits of the Holy Father John Paul II in the field of dialogue between cultures and the entire mental achievements related to the adoption of the idea that attitudes of mutual respect are a prerequisite for any fruitful cooperation between people.
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- The Małopolska Region Award of John Paul II Veritatis Splendor, called the Veritatis Splendor Award, is granted for outstanding contributions to the promotion of intercultural dialogue between cultures in a cultural, social, interreligious dimension, taking into account the overall and individual achievements.
- The Award is granted to individuals or legal persons in recognition for their lifetime accomplishments or achievements of significant importance for the Małopolskie Voivodeship, whose activities and achievements are based and linked with the following values:
1) Stimulation of creative processes and promotion of the opportunities for people and communities for development through respectful dialogue with others;2) Promotion of an active attitude of tolerance treating cultural identity as a value rather than a reason for exclusion;
3) Search and exploration of fields of dialogue and cooperation among different cultures, in particular for the protection of inalienable natural rights of individuals;
4) Promotion of solidarity and social justice;
5) Acceptance of an ethics of solidarity (understood as the idea of the common good and care for marginalised people in modern societies);
6) Dissemination of knowledge about the values and rules respected in various cultural groups;
7) Respect for human rights and dignity;
8) Skillful transformation of conflict situations into the conditions of cooperation and collaboration of individuals or groups representing different cultural traditions;
9) Promotion of the need for making intercultural dialogue and deeper understanding of various views and practices;
10) Creation of places for intercultural dialogue and teaching intercultural competence.
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- The organiser of the Veritatis Splendor Award is the Małopolskie Voivodeship Assembly, called the Organiser.
- The Veritatis Splendor Award is awarded every year.
- The procedure for granting the Veritatis Splendor Award takes place in the following stages:
a) First stage – the announcement by the Board of the Małopolskie Region by resolution of the edition of the Veritatis Splendor Award, made publicly known, together with the deadline for the applications of candidates for the Veritatis Splendor Award, not later than 6 months before the day on which a laureate or laureates are selected;
b) Second stage – sending candidates for the Veritatis Splendor Award;
c) Third stage – evaluation of candidates by the Veritatis Splendor Award Committee;
d) Fourth stage – selection and announcement of a laureate or laureates of the Veritatis Splendor Award;
e) Fifth stage – granting of the Veritatis Splendor Award; - The Veritatis Splendor Award may be granted to no more than four laureates in a given edition.
- The Veritatis Splendor Award can only be received once.
- The Organiser may withdraw from granting the Veritatis Splendor Award in a given edition.
- The pool of means designated by the Małopolskie Region for the Veritatis Splendor Award in a given edition amounts to the equivalent of 450 000 Polish zloty.
- The amount of the Veritatis Splendor Award depends on the number of laureates and each of the awarded candidates in a given edition receives an equal amount. The granted Veritatis Splendor Awards are of equal rank.
- The amount of the Veritatis Splendor Award is decreased by applicable income tax due.
- The Veritatis Splendor Award is accompanied by a commemorative emblem.
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- A laureate or laureates of the Veritatis Splendor Award shall be selected by the Board of the Małopolskie Region by resolution, as recommended by the Veritatis Splendor Award Committee.
- The Committee of the Veritatis Splendor Award selects a laureate or laureates from among the applications.
- The Veritatis Splendor Award Committee includes 13 members appointed by the Board of the Małopolskie Voivodeship. Members of the Veritatis Splendor Award Committee comprise:
– President of the Małopolskie Voivodeship Assembly,
– Marshal of the Małopolskie Voivodeship, acting as the Chairman of the Committee,
– 11 individuals coming from intellectual, social and cultural circles. - The members of the Veritatis Splendor Award Committee will be listed in the content of the announcement about the Award.
- Members of the Veritatis Splendor Award Committee shall perform their functions for one term. The term begins upon the announcement of an edition, and ends on the day of presenting the Award in this edition.
- The membership in the Award Committee ceases as a result of resignation submitted by the Member of the Award Committee, the loss of the Member’s full legal capacity or death. In this case, the Board of the Małopolskie Voivodeship shall appoint a new member of the Award Committee for the period lasting until the end of the term of the Member whose membership has ceased.
- In justified cases, the Board of the Małopolskie Voivodeship has the right to dismiss the Member of the Veritatis Splendor Award Committee.
- Membership in the Veritatis Splendor Award Committee is honorary, and its Members shall be entitled to reimbursement of travel expenses to and from the place of meeting of the Veritatis Splendor Award Committee and the Veritatis Splendor Awards ceremony, as well as to the reimbursement of related costs of accommodation and meals.
- The Veritatis Splendor Award Committee, when assessing candidates submitted for the Veritatis Splendor Award, takes into account the criteria mentioned in § 1, section 2 hereof.
- The Veritatis Splendor Award Committee decides about the selection of a laureate of the Veritatis Splendor Award by simple majority vote. The presence of at least 7 members of the Veritatis Splendor Award Committee is required for making a decision in this regard. In the case of an equal number of votes, the Chairman’s vote prevails.
- The Veritatis Splendor Award Committee is permitted to work and vote by using electronic means or mail.
- The selection of a laureate or laureates of the Veritatis Splendor Award is final and without appeal.
- The works of the Veritatis Splendor Award Committee are handled by the Organiser, on behalf of which the Intercultural Dialogue Institute of John Paul II in Krakow operates.
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- The applications for the Award may be submitted by individuals, legal persons or other entities within the time specified in the announcement (date of receipt shall be taken as a proof).
- The application for the Award constitutes acceptance by the applicant of the Regulations of the Award.
- The application for the Award must include, in accordance with the model annexed to the Regulations:
1) application form (including an electronic version on CD, DVD or similar with saved files in a non-editable format), including in particular: candidate’s name and surname or the name of institution / organisation submitted for the Award, details of submitting person and information about candidate’s achievements.2) submitting person and applicant’s statement about the consent to the processing of personal data.
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Any changes to these Regulations will remain valid after their official adoption.