Charlemagne Youth Prize
What is that?
Young guardians of European values
2008
Foundation
Presentation of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize
16-30
Years
the participants are on average
27
EU member states
are the participants' origins
15.000
Euro prize money
for the top three finishers
5000+
contributions
have been submitted since the beginning
10.000+
participants
young people
In 1950, the twelve founders of the Charlemagne Prize established the ‘Gesellschaft für die Verleihung des Internationalen Karlspreises der Stadt Aachen’ (Society for the Award of the International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen) (Karlspreisgesellschaft), which was tasked with carrying out all duties related to the Charlemagne Prize. Its statutes took up and specified the objectives of the Charlemagne Prize as set out in the 1949 proclamation. In 1987, the society was renamed the ‘Society for the Award of the International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen’ and has been registered as such in the register of associations ever since.
The Board of Directors of the Charlemagne Prize Society plays a prominent role in the Charlemagne Prize, as it is this body that selects the Charlemagne Prize winners. The meetings of the Charlemagne Prize Board of Directors are confidential.
The first Charlemagne Prize Board was identical to the twelve founders of the prize and the signatories of the proclamation, eight of whom were elected to the Board.
The Lord Mayor of the City of Aachen, the Chief City Administrator, the Bishop of the Diocese of Aachen as guardian of the Charlemagne tradition of the cathedral, and the Rector of the Technical University were ‘ex officio members’ of the Board.
The twelve members elected the spokesperson for the Charlemagne Prize Board of Directors from among their ranks. He chaired the meetings of the Board of Directors and represented the society externally.
This basic structure of the Charlemagne Prize Board of Directors has been retained to this day, although the committee has since been expanded to 19 members and the bishop has been replaced by the cathedral provost as a ‘born member’. (Members of the Charlemagne Prize Board of Directors). Since 1974, the political groups on the city council have sent representatives to the Board of Directors. Since 1990, the city council has also had the right to nominate two additional members, known as ‘world citizens’, who are not based in Aachen but have a special connection to Europe. Finally, two representatives of the Charlemagne Prize Foundation have been members of the Board of Directors since its establishment in 1997.
The continuity of the Charlemagne Prize is demonstrated by the fact that there have only been five spokespersons/chairpersons of the Charlemagne Prize Board of Directors to date.
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