“President Aylwin Award: Recognition of Excellence in Political Leadership”

The Forum seeks to provide incentives for leadership by recognizing individuals who have advanced a civic culture based on transparency, accountability, reciprocity, and consistency. These principles form the prerequisites of honest leadership, solid democratic institutions, social inclusion, and equitable economic growth. An annual award will be granted to an individual from the Americas who embody these criteria and has made a significant contribution to good governance and institutional consolidation in the Western Hemisphere.

“For he who exposes himself to the risks of public life, and for he who comes to accept such a challenge, the course is not recognizable, nor is it controllable. For him, the present is only an instrument, for his mission is to join the past with the future. This virtue in turn transforms itself into a gift for humanity.”

“Enrique V. Iglesias Humanism Award”

Forum Americas Awards are granted to individuals from the Americas who exemplify the abovementioned criteria and make a significant contribution to good governance and institutional consolidation in the Western Hemisphere.