Marianne Andersson, Member of the Board and Jury of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation; Sven Bergström, Chairman of the Society for the Right Livelihood Award in the Swedish Parliament; and Ole von Uexkull, Executive Director, will announce the 2007 Right Livelihood Award Recipients at a press conference in the Swedish Foreign Office Press Room on October 2 at 10 am Central European Time. Jakob von Uexkull, founder of the Award, will be available for interviews on the phone.
 
84 candidates from 42 countries were proposed for the Right Livelihood Awards this year, whereof 44 from developed and 40 from ”developing” countries.

Executive Director Ole von Uexkull: ”Through the proposals for the Award, we learn about projects of hope from all around the world. Our international jury has now chosen those who most deserve the attention and support of the Award.”

The Right Livelihood Award was founded in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, who contributed the original funding. Since then, the Award has been supported by individual donors. Its aim is "to honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today". The prize money is SEK 2 million, which equals ca. USD 310,000 or EUR 220,000. The prize is often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”. It will be presented at a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament on December 7, 2007, at 6 pm, hosted by the Society for the Right Livelihood Award in the Swedish Parliament.

Website: www.rightlivelihood.org
Time: 2 October, 10.10 am Central European Time
 
Press conference: Swedish Foreign Office Press Room
Address: Fredsgatan 4-6, Stockholm (Journalist ID required)
Time: 2 October, 10.00 am Central European Time

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