Shaping change – Strategies for transformation

With this award, the Bertelsmann Stiftung recognizes development and transformation achievements that can serve as a guide and a model for others. The prize singles out representative agents of change who have skillfully and effectively steered development and transformation processes in their countries.

The winners: Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Leszek Balcerowicz and Adam Michnik as outstanding examples of successful transformation in Poland — René Blattmann and Ana María Romero de Campero for outstanding developmental achievements in Bolivia

Project duration: August 1, 2000 to December 31, 2001