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Tuesday, 19.03.2024, 04:38
The Latvian philanthropist presents two prestigious Medals to Mayors in USA and Taiwan
The
Honorary Medal of World NGO Day is a prestigious award to city mayors
or heads of municipalities and NGO leaders for their outstanding
work in civil society and NGO sector.
The Mayor of Taichung City Lu Shiow-Yen became the first Mayor to be awarded the
Honorary Medal of World NGO Day 2020 in the East Asia. In addition,
the medal was awarded to Zafar Iqbal the
NGO leader and activist from Pakistan, on behalf of Skadmanis the Award was
presented by Malik Amin Aslam Khan, the Federal Minister and Advisor to the
Prime Minister for Climate Change in Islamabad, Pakistan.
In
welcome speech, Marcis Skadmanis highlighted ”We
would like to take this opportunity to thank both Mayors and their city
governments for the great work and support to the NGO sector and civil society
in their cities”.
Mayor
of Taichung, Lu Shiow-Yen said: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank
for the recognition of Taichung’s
City efforts of the promotion of NGO. I am honoured to accept this award on
behalf of Taichung City. In addition to the dedication of all my colleagues in
the Taichung City Government, we feel very lucky that there are a lot of NGO
organisations in this city working together to participate in the municipality
projects.”
Taichung is an industrial city with population 2.817
million people on the
western side of central Taiwan and Fort Lauderdale is a city on Florida's
southeastern coast, known for its beaches and boating canals.
The
Honorary Medal of World NGO Day is a private international award and presented
annually, it was created in 2019. This Medal is awarded to Mayors, Heads of
counties, Governors and NGO leaders for achievement in the promotion and
support of Sustainable development of NGO (Nonprofit organization) sector; have
made a significant positive impact on local NGO, non-profit sector; or raised
awareness of the international day of NGOs in their city, county or country.
Every
year World NGO Day is marked from New Zealand and Australia to the North and
South Americas and has been marked in 96 countries between 2014-2020. This year Mr Josep Borrell, the High Representative
of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and
Vice-President of the European Commission has stated "On World Non-Governmental
Organisation Day, the European Union applauds the fundamental contribution made
by civil society organisations to the promotion of human rights, good
governance, democracy and the rule of law."
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