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Bases for participation
  1. The Premi Internacional Catalunya is awarded annually by the Generalitat of Catalonia.
  2. The jury of the Premi Internacional Catalunya is made up of noteworthy personalities from the world of science, economics, culture and the arts.
  3. Any person whose creative work has made a signifi cant contribution to the development of cultural, scientifi c or human values anywhere in the world may be nominated for the Premi Internacional Catalunya.
  4. Nominations for the Premi Internacional Catalunya may be made by academies, cultural and research centres and other similar institutions, or by the members of the jury, and they should include the candidate's curriculum vitae. Submissions must be received at the Secretariat (Teresa Sala, Secretaria General Adjunta, Sant Jaume square 4, 08002, Barcelona, premicat.gencat@gencat.cat) on or before December 31st 2008.
  5. The Premi Internacional Catalunya may not be awarded posthumously.
  6. The Premi Internacional Catalunya may only be granted to a single individual, except in those cases in which the jury establishes a justifi cation for awarding it jointly to more than one person.
  7. The Premi Internacional Catalunya must be awarded to the winner at a ceremony presided over the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, in the presence of the members of the jury.
  8. The XXI Premi Internacional Catalunya 2009 is endowed with an award of 100 000 euros and the sculpture "The key and the Letter" of Antoni Tàpies.