Awards
Since 2001, the Ministry of Culture has organised the annual book competition “Most Beautiful Books from Liechtenstein”. While the award serves as recognition at home, the competition is also a national elimination for Liechtenstein’s participation in the international competition “Most Beautiful Books from Around the World” in Leipzig.
The Josef Gabriel von Rheinberger Award, endowed with CHF 15,000, has been awarded every two years since 1976. In memory of the Liechtenstein composer, the municipality of Vaduz thus honours cultural or scientific achievements.
Vaduzer Medienhaus and Liechtensteinische Landesbank award the “Prix Kujulie”, the Young Liechtenstein Culture Prize. Since 2005, the award has been given annually to cultural movers and shakers who inject new momentum into the Liechtenstein cultural scene.
In 1980, the Liechtenstein PEN Club awarded the Liechtenstein Prize for the first time to promote young literary talent. This award gained international recognition and is mentioned in the “Fischer Literatur-Almanach”.
The small state of Liechtenstein makes only limited use of the important funding instrument of individual artist promotion through cultural and art awards – in keeping with the size of the country.
An award is international in scope. Since 2016, the Foundation of the International Academy of Music in Liechtenstein has been organising the Discovery Award, one of the 17 music award categories of the ICMA, together with the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). The prize is awarded to classical music musicians between the ages of 12 and 18.
EEA Grants
The three EEA/EFTA states Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein make a solidarity contribution to reducing economic and social inequalities in the EEA. Through the so-called “EEA Financial Mechanism 2014–2021” (EEA Grants), around 1.5 billion euros were made available for funding projects in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Liechtenstein contributed around EUR 16 million. EEA Grants are used to finance cultural projects in these 15 EU countries, among others, and Liechtenstein cultural creators can also participate in these projects.
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