About the Council and the Awards


The World Cultural Council is an international organisation, based in Mexico, whose objectives are to promote culture, values and goodwill throughout the world. The “Albert Einstein” World Award of Science and the “José Vasconcelos” World Award of Education and the “Leonardo da Vinci” World Award of Arts are one means to this end. These awards honour outstanding personalities whose work has had a significantly positive impact on the cultural legacy of mankind.

The members of the Council include several Nobel laureates. Since its foundation in 1981, the dedicated work of our members has produced a long list of distinguished award winners, selected on the basis of a careful evaluation of their merits.

The ultimate goal of these awards is to increase the efficient, positive use of knowledge and to achieve a rapprochement among people, nations and governments, regardless of ideology, opinion, religion, race or gender. As a means to this end, the World Cultural Council focuses on the academic and cultural vanguard of today’s world, seeking to enhance relations among prominent people and institutions worldwide.

Please visit the website of the World Cultural Council at http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/

The Albert Einstein Award

The “Albert Einstein” World Award of Science was
created to  recognise scientific and technological
achievements which have brought progress to
science and benefit to mankind.


The Leonardo da Vinci Award

The "Leonardo da Vinci" World Award of Arts has
been established as a means of acknowledgment
to those who offer a positive message to mankind
through different expressions of art.