The Niwano Peace Prize Visionary Award (NPPVA) is to honor and encourage individuals and promote the further development of organizations that, based on the spirit of religious principles, make outstanding achievements in the creation of activities for building peaceful and harmonious societies that, while still emergent, we believe possess an as-yet-unrecognized promise of future development. We seek to foster the potential of such activities for peace that are pioneering, experimental, rooted in the community, and address specific issues that are germane to the lives of community members.
Aspiration of the Niwano Peace Prize Visionary Award (NPPVA)
The aspiration of the Niwano Peace Prize Visionary Award is to honor and encourage individuals and promote the further development of organizations that, based on the spirit of religious principles, make outstanding achievements in the creation of activities for building peaceful and harmonious societies that, while still emergent, we believe possess an as-yet-unrecognized promise of future development. We seek to foster the potential of such activities for peace that are pioneering, experimental, rooted in the community and address specific issues that are germane to the lives of community members.
The prize is awarded annually to living individuals or organizations, up to three recipients each year.
-Selection-
The Niwano Peace Prize Visionary Award Committee (NPPVAC) selects recipients based on prescribed selection criteria, in principle by reviewing submitted documents and holding several selection meetings.
-Nature of Award Presentation-
The presentation will be conducted in the latter half of September 2022, visiting the areas where the recipients are active. The result will be posted on the Foundation’s official website around mid-October.
-Nature of Award-
1. A certificate
3. Monetary prize (2,000,000 yen)