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Physicist and researcher Eleonora Viezzer, 2022 FPdGi Scientific Research Award

The winner was chosen for her contribution to tackling the global energy problem using nuclear fusion.

Psychologist and social entrepreneur Claudia Tecglen García, 2022 FPdGi Social Award

The winner was chosen for her social impact through the promotion of equal opportunities in her actions and for the quality of her management and transparency. The jury also highlighted her “exemplarity as an inspiring role model for other young people”.

Catalan engineer Elisenda Bou-Balust, 2022 FPdGi Business Award

Actor María Hervás, 2022 FPdGi Arts and Literature Award

Actor, dramatist and producer María Hervás has won the 2022 Princess of Girona Foundation Arts and Literature Award.

Salvador Tasqué, new director general of the FPdGi

Last Thursday 1 July, coinciding with the 2020-2021 FPdGi Awards ceremony at CaixaForum in Barcelona, the ordinary meeting of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, under the presidency of HM the King, approved the appointment of Salvador Tasqué as Director General of the Foundation (replacing Mònica Margarit Ribalta).

Ten stories of leadership demonstrate young people’s leading role nowadays

The winners of the 2020 and 2021 Awards received their prizes in an audiovisual ceremony focusing on the new generation’s capacity for transformation after COVID-19.

Colombian social entrepreneur Juan David Aristizábal, 2021 International Award

The winner was chosen for “supporting young people in Latin America through training, education, technology and an entrepreneurial spirit”, and for transforming personal adversity into a virtue by leveraging it to create social projects for the common good.

Biotechnologist César de la Fuente Núñez, FPdGi Scientific Research Award

The winner was chosen for his leadership and outstanding scientific work in the field of computational biology, which unites extraordinary scientific productivity with the capacity to transfer the technology developed.

Founder of the NGO NASCO Feeding Minds, Ousman Umar, 2021 Princess of Girona Foundation Social Award

The winner was chosen for “constructing a transformative project that brings education, technology and alliances together to deliver solutions to the migratory phenomenon”. The jury also praised him for his “exemplary work, resilience, spirit of self-improvement and for seizing the opportunities offered by society through great personal effort”.