The Aspen Awards for leadership were awarded on Monday evening at the National Military Centre.
"This is the annual gala of our institute where we give the Aspen awards for leadership in various fields of activity, for exceptional services for the country or service with dignity for our troops, to technology, culture, sports, and it is also an occasion for the Aspen community to meet. There are more than 500 young people who graduated our leadership programmes. (..) Practically, what we honour today is what brings us together as an organization, our mission, the leadership based on value and the attempt to make from Romania a better society," said the President of the Aspen Romania Institute, Mircea Geoana.
The leadership award based on values was handed to Sorin Ducaru.
According to the Aspen Romania Institute, on September 1, 2013, Ducaru took over the position of assistant to the NATO Secretary General for emerging security risks. He is in charge with endorsing the North Atlantic Council and advising the Secretary General on the developments of challenges in emerging security and their possible impact on NATO's security.
The prize for leadership in sports and society was given to Romania's rowing team, made of Ionela-Livia Lehaci and Gianina-Elena Beleaga, who won the gold medals in the women's lightweight doubles sculls category, in September, at the World Rowing Championships in Sarasota-Bradenton (Florida/USA).
The leadership prize for innovation and technology went to Cosmin Negrescu, who is the founder of a software product that brought him the prize for the best software innovation at the "European Search Awards" in 2016.
The Aspen Award for leadership in arts and society went to artist Mircea Cantor.
In its turn, the Invictus Romania team received the Service with dignity leadership award.
The team represented Romania, for the first time, in the Invictus Games Toronto - 2017, over September 23-30, participating in seven athletic events, with 15 athletes, wounded military or militaries who became disabled after participating in missions in theatres of operation abroad or in the country.
By teams, the gold medals were won - in the compound target bow event - by Colonel Nicusor Pegulesc, wounded in 2009 in Afghanistan, Colonel (r) Dorin Petrut, wounded in 2007 in Iraq and Master Sergeant Ionut Butoi, wounded in 2008 in Afghanistan. The silver medal in the individual compound target bow event went to Master Sergeant Ionut Butoi. Lieutenant Ciprian Iriciuc, wounded in 2015 in Afghanistan, won the bronze medal in the inside rowing event. Laurentiu Serban also won a bronze medal in the 1,500 athleticism event and Major laurentiu Serban, the captain of Invictus Team Romania, wounded in 2006 in Afghanistan.
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