The award-giving ceremony of the Princesa de Girona Awards 2027, chaired by Princess Leonor, will be held again for the third consecutive year at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona on July 22. This was communicated by the Princesa de Girona Foundation, which also detailed the cities that the Talent Tour will pass through in this edition.
Felipe VI and Queen Letizia led this Thursday the meeting of the Delegated Commission of the Princesa de Girona Foundation at the Palacio de la Zarzuela. At this meeting, the Foundation’s 2027 Action Plan was presented, whose honorary chair is held by the eldest of the Kings’ children.
As in previous calls, the sixth edition of the Talent Tour will begin in Catalonia. Specifically, it will take place from February 8 to 12 in the surroundings of the Besòs River, with a shared capital between Badalona, Santa Coloma de Gramanet, and Sant Adrià de Besòs. These three municipalities will collaborate with the Foundation, with the backing of the Diputación de Barcelona, to carry out various activities aimed at the youth of the territory, as the press release explains.
In this first stop, the award in the Social category will be announced. Subsequently, the Tour will move to Ciudad Real, from March 8 to 12, where the CreaEmpresa award will be announced; to Cáceres, from April 12 to 16, where the winner in the Art category will be revealed; and to Huelva, from May 3 to 7, where the Research recognition will be communicated. The route will conclude in Las Rozas (Madrid), from June 7 to 11, with the proclamation of the winners in the two international categories: CreaEmpresa and Research.
"From the Foundation, we believe that all young people have talent and that what they need are spaces for inspiration, activation, and connection, where they can hear the experiences of other young people and discover new opportunities. And that is precisely what the Talent Tour offers," the Foundation’s executive director, Salvador Tasqué, highlighted.
Talent Tour schedule
Throughout the Tour’s five stages, an agenda of activities will be developed aimed at promoting the personal and professional growth of young people, boosting their capabilities, and providing them with tools, role models, and options to put their talent into practice, as the Foundation has specified.
The proposal will be structured around several thematic axes of special interest to the new generations, including employability and entrepreneurship, academic and professional guidance, health and emotional management, sport, vital purpose and social impact, sustainability, technology, and artificial intelligence.
In addition, in line with its aim to consolidate the Tour’s legacy, the Foundation will work to link the activities developed in each city with projects that can be sustained over time and continue generating opportunities for young people once the week of events has ended. The goal is for this journey to act as a “starting point for generating connections, projects, and opportunities with continuity”.
At the meeting of the delegated commission, three new working groups of the Foundation have also been set in motion: Values and Sport, led by Carlos Godó, from the Godó Group; Art and Wellbeing, headed by Ana Vallés Blasco, from Sorigué, and Tour of Talent Princesa de Girona, directed by José Luis Rodrigo Escrig, from Fundación Ibercaja. These new areas join the seven commissions already in existence (Awards, Talent, Education, Communication, Audit and Compliance, Ecosystem, and Finance).