Asia's premier prize
and highest honor
The Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s premier prize and highest honor, celebrates greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia. Since 1958, the Ramon Magsaysay Award has been bestowed upon over three hundred outstanding individuals and organizations whose selfless service has offered their societies, Asia, and the world successful solutions to some of the most challenging problems
of human development.
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2021 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees
Each year, transformative leaders working in Asia are added to the roster of distinguished Ramon Magsaysay laureates.asd
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Celebrate greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia
The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation was created by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, in concurrence with the Philippine government, in 1957, the year the world lost a leader who was
well-loved for his simplicity and humility, his passion for justice, particularly for the poor, and his advancement of human dignity: Pres. Ramon Magsaysay.
well-loved for his simplicity and humility, his passion for justice, particularly for the poor, and his advancement of human dignity: Pres. Ramon Magsaysay.
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Ramon Magsaysay Awards
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) established the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation in 1957 to honor the memory and perpetuate the example of integrity in public service of Pres. Ramon Magsaysay.
1958
The first Ramon Magsaysay Awards were given on August 31, 1958 to a Philippine-based organization and five outstanding individuals working in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Sri Lanka.
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Since 1958, the award has been given to individuals and organizations working in Asia—regardless of race, nationality, creed or gender—who address issues of human development in Asia with courage and creativity, and in doing so have made contributions which have transformed their societies for the better.
Republic Act No. 3676
The Philippine Congress in 1959 made a gift of land to the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) equivalent in value to the original RBF grant. This is where the Ramon Magsaysay Center continues to reside today. In 1963, a subsequent legislation gave RMAF full tax exemption.
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Until 2008, the award was given in each of the six fields of activity: Government Service; Public Service; Community Leadership; Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts; Peace and International Understanding; and Emergent Leadership.
Emergent Leadership
The Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership is conferred to outstanding young individuals who are 40 years old or below, and to organizations not more than 10 years old that are engaged in exceptionally worthy work. It is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation.
340 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees
As of 2021, 314 individuals and 26 organizations from 22 countries across Asia have been elected to receive Asia’s premier prize and highest honor.
Ramon Magsaysay Transformative Leadership Institute (RMTLI)
Created in 2009, RMTLI was established as a major program of the RMAF, to further expand the impact of the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the transformative work of the Magsaysay laureates
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Ramon Magsaysay Transformative Leadership Institute
In 2009, the Ramon Magsaysay Transformative Leadership Institute (RMTLI) was established as a major program of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, to further expand the impact of the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the transformative work of Magsaysay laureates.
RMTLI presents an avenue for creative collaboration; a hub for sharing and connecting the solutions of Magsaysay Laureates across sectors and borders. So that more lives can become full and productive.
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Three things stand out in the Ramon Magsaysay Center: discipline, elegance, and technique. There seems a unique union of ideology common among its creators, anchored in efficient planning, cost of building, and structural integrity. - BluPrint Magazine
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