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Prix Nobel Alternatif : the Right Livelihood Awards
by fran Monday October 20, 2003 at 11:33 PM

Le Right Livelihood Award, créé en 1980, a rapidement été considéré comme le Nobel alternatif. Ses prix sont attribués lors d'une cérémonie au parlement suédois, la veille de la cérémonie officielle du Prix Nobel.

* Walden Bello and Nicanor Perlas from the Philippines play crucial and complementary roles in developing the theoretical and practical bases for a world order that benefits all people. The Jury honours Bello and Perlas "for their outstanding efforts in educating civil society about the effects of corporate globalisation, and how alternatives to it can be implemented".

* The Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (South Korea) has since 1989 worked successfully to make Korean economic development more just, inclusive and democratic. The Jury commends "the rigour with which it has developed and disseminated its wide-ranging reform programme, based on social justice and accountability and the skill with which it is now applying the same values to promoting reconciliation with North Korea".

* SEKEM (Egypt) shows how a modern business can combine profitability and engagement in world markets with a humane and spiritual approach to people and respect for the natural environment. The Jury sees in SEKEM "a business model for the 21st century in which commercial success is integrated with and promotes the social and cultural development of society through the ‘economics of love’ ".