Baltic Assembly Prizes and Medals 2023

The Baltic Assembly Prizes 2023

On November 23, 2023, the awarding ceremony of the Baltic Assembly Prizes and Medals, as well as the Baltic Innovation Prize 2023 took place in the Concert Hall of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. The Baltic Assembly Prize highlights the importance of cooperation between the Baltic States and celebrates the creativity of the Baltic people. President of the Baltic Assembly Timo Suslov noted that by supporting the people who value the importance of unity, we can encourage more progress in the work for the advancement of the Baltic States.

The winners of the Baltic Assembly Prize in 2023 were Antanas A. Jonynas (Lithuania) in Literature, Peeter Laurits (Estonia) in the Arts and Arnolds Laimonis Klotiņš  (Latvia) in Science.

Read more about the winners here: https://www.baltasam.org/BA-Prize-winner-2023

The Baltic Innovation Prize 2023

The Baltic Innovation Prize is established by the Baltic Assembly and the Baltic Association of Science/ Technology Parks and Innovation Centres (BASTIC) with the goal of recognizing an example of Baltic entrepreneurs who have implemented new economically successful developments in their product(s), service(s) or business model(s). GScan OÜ from Estonia was congratulated as the winner of the prize. GScan uses naturally occurring cosmic ray-induced muons, electrons, and positrons as the source for performing 3D scanning and chemical composition analysis. Utilising a natural source makes every GScan system radiation-safe - no harm to the surrounding people or the environment itself. Their solutions are modular and highly scalable, using the in-house developed 1m x 2m detector array modules.

The national winners and receivers of diplomas were UAB Vilimed from Lithuania, which specialises in the development, certification, and commercialization of innovative medical devices, as well as SIA InPass from Latvia - one of the lead companies, which manufactures time attendance and other smart monitoring solutions in the Baltics.

Recipients of the Baltic Assembly Medals in 2023

The medal of the Baltic Assembly is an award for upholding the unity and cooperation of the Baltic states, outstanding contribution and cooperation in implementing joint cooperation projects and promoting regional cooperation in an enlarged Europe. This year it was awarded to the following list of recipients:

• H.E. Volodymyr Zelenskyy for being the hero of Ukraine, who defends the free world and human values by stopping Russia on the battlefield and taking back the occupied territories, and for his merits in the fight for freedom and independence, which is also a fight for the freedom of the Baltic States and Europe
• Christine Bogaert for her contribution to strengthening the cooperation between the Baltic Assembly and the Benelux Parliament
• Guntars Godiņš for translating Estonian works into Latvian, thus strengthening the common cultural space of the Baltic States
• Evelin Krõlov for active and outstanding contribution to promote and strengthen cooperation of and in the Baltic States
• Orinta Leiputė for her contribution to the work of the Presidium of the Baltic Assembly
• Aiva Plauča for being an active representative of the Estonian Society of Latvia and a dedicated teacher for over 30 years, and for honouring the Estonian language and culture and helping to strengthen good relations between Estonia and Latvia
• Linas Slušnys for his contribution to the work of the BA Health, Welfare and Family Committee
• Urve Tiidus for her excellent contribution to the work of the Presidium and Baltic Assembly
• Prof. Toms Torims for his coordinating the outstanding scientific activities between the Baltic States and the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in cooperation involving the Baltic Assembly

Photos of the Award Ceremony

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