RECON Director, Andrés Santamaría Garrido, recognized as one of the five iconic leaders of Latin America that build a better world

The award was given for promoting and promoting Social Entrepreneurship in Colombia with a vision of sustainable development and for his career as a Human Rights Defender, especially for making visible and protecting the rights of women to guarantee a life free of violence . Actions that contribute to the construction of a better world.

In total, the WEF 2019 awarded 30 women, 5 men and 15 companies that, from their work, promote and promote actions that build a better world. Among the recognized are the organization Tierra Grata and Camila Cooper, social entrepreneurs who are part of the RECON network and who have been beneficiaries of training, visibility and support processes for their strengthening, in addition, having been finalists of the RECON Call 2017-1

The award ceremony was held at the Hilton Hotel in Cartagena in the framework of the First Women Economic Forum Latin America and was awarded by ALL Ladies League -ALL-, a multinational network of women entrepreneurs and leaders around the world, which encourage conversations , connections and collaborations for the empowerment of women and the Women Economic Forum –WEF-

*The winners were chosen by the selected members of the Advisory Council of the Women Economic Forum 2018-19, composed of 21 world leaders

* Selected members of the Advisory Council of the Women Economic Forum 2018-19:

1. HRH, Her Royal Highness Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid, Princess of Denmark
2. HRH, Her Royal Highness Princess Firyal of Jordan
3. H.E. Judge Joyce Aluoch, First VP, International Criminal Court, Netherlands
4. Prof. Richard D’Aveni, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth, USA
5. Clas Neumann, Senior VP – Fast Growth Market Strategy at SAP, China
6. Anneli Jaattenmaki, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels, Finland
7. Lisa M. Gillmor, Mayor of Santa Clara, USA
8. Julie Girling, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels, United Kingdom
9. Giulia Moi, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels, Italy
10. Dr. Eduardo J. Padron, President, Miami Dade College, Florida, USA
11. Pamela Trotman Reid, President Emerita, University of Saint Joseph, USA
12. Dr. Rolando A. Flores, Dean, New Mexico State University, USA
13. Ivana Maletić, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels, Croatia
14. Kaja Kallas, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels, Estonia
15. Ziya Ma, Vice President of Big Data, Intel, USA
16. Dr. Chiara Hensley, VP, Eastern Michigan University, USA
17. Adina Loana Valean, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels, Romania
18. Danuta Hübner, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels, Poland
19. Alexandra Pascalidou, Journalist, TV Producer Radio host, Sweden
20. Sevim Arbana, Women Human Rights Activist, Albania
21. Lord Raj Loomba, Founder, Loomba Foundation, United Kingdom