The Prince Claus Fund was established in 1996, named in honor of Prince Claus of the Netherlands. It receives an annual subsidy from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Fund has presented the international Prince Claus Awards annually since 1997 to honor individuals and organizations reflecting a progressive and contemporary approach to the themes of culture and development. Recipients are mainly located in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The Prince Claus Awards Nominations Honorees are determined by a jury of experts from fields relevant to its mission of culture and development.PCF, "About the Prince Claus Awards", op. cit. Criteria The most important consideration of the jury is the positive effect of a laureate's work on a wider cultural or social field. The Prince Claus Fund interprets culture in a broad sense to encompass all kinds of artistic and intellectual disciplines, science, media and education. Outstanding quality is an essential condition for an award. Awards presentation The Principal Award of is presented during a ceremony at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam in December every year. The additional awards of each are presented in the Dutch embassies in the countries where the recipients live in December and January. The Prince Claus Awards books Every year, the Fund publishes a book including the awards speech by one of the Honorary Chairmen, an extract of the lecture by a leading thinker, the jury's report and extensive discussions of the laureates' work by experts qualified in the laureates' fields. List of previous awards books The 1997 Prince Claus Awards Theme The winners of the 1997 awards embody the policy aims of the Prince Claus Fund: Exceptional work in the field of culture and development in Asia, Latin America and notably in Africa. Laureates The Zimbabwe International Book Fair (Principal Award) Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (Senegal) Index on Censorship (United Kingdom), organization for the freedom of speech Malangatana Ngwenya (Mozambique), artist painter and poet Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (Ghana), ethnomusicologist and composer Sardono Waluyo Kusumo (Indonesia), choreographer, dancer and filmmaker Bruno Stagno (Chile/Costa Rica), architect Jim Supangkat (Indonesia), sculptor, art critic and curator Abdeljelil Temimi (Tunisia), historian Ernest Wamba dia Wamba (D.R. Congo/Tanzania), political philosopher Committee Adriaan van der Staay, Lolle Nauta, Anil Ramdas. The 1998 Prince Claus Awards Theme "The Art of African Fashion" Laureates Alphadi (Niger) (Principal Award), fashion designer Oumou Sy (Senegal) (Principal