Casa África launches the 2009 Casa Africa Prize for essays on African topics.

This Prize aims to recognize, encourage and disseminate original and unpublished essays which enhance knowledge about Hispano-African relations with respect to the two following contexts or issues: economic relations between Sub-Saharan Africa and Spain and democratic consolidation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The jury will evaluate the quality and current relevance of the papers, as well as their contribution towards improving knowledge of each of these subject matters.

All natural persons who are citizens of any EU country and/or any African country are eligible to apply to the Prize.

Essays may be submitted either in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.

The application form, together with four copies of the essay, must be sent before 31 October 2009 to the following address:
Casa África
Calle Alfonso XIII, no. 5
C.P. 35003 - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Spain

The jury shall submit its proposal to Casa África before 20 December 2009 and Casa África shall publicly announce the prize decisions by 15 January 2010.

For more information and to access and download the required application form please visit Casa Africa website: www.casafrica.es 

Regulations of the Prize on Africulture website.

• Points of the 1997 Declaration related to this subject:
  - Parag. 18: (...) New means of private funding, from major foundations to small companies, must be encouraged as supplementary sources of funds, particularly with a view to supporting the creation, the expression and the dissemination of contemporary works.
  - Parag. 19: Public and private funding sources are invited to respond favourably to requests made by artists in developing countries or countries in transition. UNESCO’s intervention is particularly necessary in order to identify and publicize existing opportunities for private funding of the arts worldwide.

• Source:Africultures
• 14-09-2009