11/02/2026
The third edition of the National "Segni di Pace" Award is underway at Palazzo Valentini, Rome, April 15, 2026 – National Made in Italy Day.
Applications are officially open for the 2026 "Segni di Pace" Award – the third edition of the National Award promoted by the Chair of Peace, as the lead association.
The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at Palazzo Valentini, Rome, as part of National Made in Italy Day (information and updates on the official website cattedradellapace.it).
After the first two editions, held in Assisi in spring 2024 and online in 2025—celebrated on the occasion of National Made in Italy Day with the support of the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy, the participation of over 50 institutions, universities, research centers, and associations, and over 500 awarded Signs of Peace—the third edition consolidates the Award as an Italian platform for cultural diplomacy with global reach. Previous editions were also included in the official Made in Italy Day calendar and covered by numerous local and national publications (e.g., CSV Lombardia Sud, Ancoraonline, Il Resto del Carlino, Sempionenews, Il Vibonese).
The Prize was created to highlight women and men, communities, institutions, social, cultural, and spiritual entities that, in ordinary or crisis-ridden contexts, build "positive peace," according to the definition of the Institute for Economics and Peace: not merely the absence of war, but the presence of structural, cultural, and social conditions that promote human development, cohesion, justice, and the protection of the dignity of every person.
A Diverse Promoting Committee
For the three-year period 2024–2026, the Prize is supported by a Promoting Committee that represents a true "parliament of civil society," composed of national and international organizations active in the fields of culture, education, research, volunteering, spirituality, human rights, and social innovation.
The Committee is led by the Chair of Peace—an academic project launched in 2022 in Assisi.
The "Made in Italy" area includes:
• Academy of Arts and Philosophical Sciences
• Léopold Sédar Senghor International Academy
• Agire Sociale News – Magazine of Culture and Society
• Anbina APS
• Apai
• Akbaraly Association Onlus
• Art, Cinema, and Volunteer Theater Association
• Carlo Bo Association
• Mani d'Oro Cultural Association
• European Association "Friends of San Rocco"
• Gurdwara Singh Sabha Association Cortenuova Bergamo Italy
• Cultural Intersections Association
• Life Association APS
• Maria Santissima del Soccorso Association
• Women's Chair
• Luigi Einaudi International Cultural Center APS
• Olim Flaminia Study Center APS – International "Anita Fidelis" Project
• Italian Forestry Fund ETS (Foundation)
• Friends of L. Ron Hubbard Foundation
• Pina Alessio Onlus Foundation
• Foundation M. T. Cicerone
• Jacques Maritain International Institute
• Sant'Anselmo Laboratory
• Italian Movement for Kindness
• OSHA A.S.D. – APS
• Poets for Peace
• Sacred Convent of Assisi
• Donata Doni Literary Salon – Lagonegro
• Society for International Peace and Justice
• Still I Rise
• WikiPoesia
• WikiSemiotica
• WikiTeatro
The "foreign" section of the Committee includes organizations working in key contexts for peacebuilding and human rights in Africa, Asia, Europe, and other countries around the world:
• Tigrai Mass Media Agency – Ethiopia
• Rotaract Club of Quisqueya University – Haiti
• Youth International Leadership Institute – Liberia
• Global African Village Care Alliance – Liberia
• GPBNet – Liberia
• Scouts Nepal – Greenland Scout Troop – Nepal
• People's Association for Rural Development – Tamil Nadu, India
• Saba Story Research Organization – Kabul, Afghanistan
• Literary Center – Afghanistan
• KCDC – Nepal
• Glory Future Foundation – Bangladesh
• Shai Studio of Art – Pakistan
• All Nations Christian Outreach Council – South Africa
• Crown Spring – Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Fundatia Parada – Romania
• Made for a Woman – Madagascar
• Family World International (FAWOI) – Cameroon
• The Peace Narrators – Germany
• Rotary Club of Owerri Metropolitan – Nigeria
• Rotary Club of Jaipur Round Town – India
• International Cities of Peace – India
The joint presence of academies, study centers, foundations, religious communities, youth associations, artistic networks, environmental projects, and digital platforms makes the Award a true "community of communities": a laboratory of concrete cooperation, where different experiences, languages, faiths, and professionalisms come together in a common goal: giving voice to those who build peace every day.
Nominations for the third edition
For the third edition in 2026, individuals, groups, schools, universities, local authorities, associations, social enterprises, and information organizations may nominate their names.
