Daniel Millor Vela, winner of the 2024 Princess of Girona Social Award
Daniel Millor Vela has been awarded the 2024 Princess of Girona Social Award. The name of the winner was announced today during the main event of the Talent Tour, which is being held in Cadiz until 22 March. H.M. the King presided over the event and was accompanied by Elma Saiz Delgado, Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration; Pedro Fernández Peñalver, Government Delegate in Andalusia; Patricia del Pozo Fernández, Regional Minister for Educational Development and Vocational Training of the Regional Government of Andalusia; Almudena Marina Martínez del Junco, President of Cadiz Provincial Council; Bruno García de León, Mayor of Cadiz; Francisco Belil, President of the Princess of Girona Foundation, among other authorities and trustees of the organisation.
- Daniel Millor Vela (Alicante, 1990)
- Talent Tour: More than 40 activities designed by and for young people
- A city project
The Princess of Girona Foundation announced the name of the winner of the Award in the Social category during the Princess of Girona CongressFest, part of the main event of the Talent Tour in Cadiz and presented by Begoña Arana and Miriam Reyes, Princess of Girona Social Award winners in 2019 and 2017, respectively. A jury of experts met this morning at the Palacio de Congresos de Cádiz to decide which project deserved the award and decided that the work of Daniel Millor Vela and Berta Argenté Izquierdo would be finalists. Finally, the jury decided to recognise the trajectory of Daniel Millor Vela for "his vital commitment as an architect and social and solidarity activist; promoting the community regeneration of vulnerable neighbourhoods, empowering their inhabitants in the development of their own wellbeing and improvement of their health".
From a leadership with purpose, Daniel weaves networks for social transformation, promoting the connection between knowledge and practice. An innovative and replicable approach involving people in the construction of their homes and neighbourhoods.
The award winner, present at the main event of the Tour del talento, expressed his gratitude for the award and stated that "the people who are changing the neighbourhoods are in the neighbourhoods and we have to transform the systems so that these people have all the possible support and tools to change their environment and thus transform the world on a small scale".
The jury was chaired by Consuelo Crespo, former president of UNICEF Spain, and comprised Héctor Colunga, social entrepreneur and 2015 Princess of Girona Social Award winner, who acted as secretary; Therese Jamaa, vice-president of the Spanish Red Cross Foundation; Irene Milleiro, director of ASHOKA Spain; Isabel de Oriol, former president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) and its Scientific Foundation; Sergio Rodríguez, vice-rector of the Abat Oliba CEU University and Nacho Sequeira, director of the Exit Foundation and winner of the 2010 Entity Award.
Daniel Millor Vela (Alicante, 1990)
Daniel is an architect with a degree from the Polytechnic School of the University of Alicante. He is the coordinator of the Asertos desde Quatorze Programme and Arquitectura Sin Fronteras. His work is based on the conviction that everyone should have an adequate home and work, and that community participation is the greatest engine for social change.
Thus, some of their social initiatives seek the community regeneration of vulnerable neighbourhoods, areas of our cities that suffer the consequences of social, economic and residential problems. These social projects have enabled nine buildings to be fully rehabilitated and sixty-seven emergency interventions to be carried out (electrical and structural risk, damp, etc.). Its initiatives have been recognised by UN Habitat Mexico in 2021 and have earned it the award for social innovation from "la Caixa" Welfare Projects in 2022.
Talent Tour: More than 40 activities designed by and for young people
The Talent Tour 2024 in Cadiz will last until Friday 22 March, with more than 40 activities aimed at improving the employability of young people and which will be held in different areas of the city. The Tour focuses on centennials and their main concerns. Workshops, inspiring conferences, debates, expeditions, concerts, exhibitions, mentoring and networking opportunities to inspire and develop the potential of young people are some of the proposals.
A city project
The 2024 Talent Tour is possible thanks to the strategic alliance of the Princess of Girona Foundation with TRIVU and the collaboration of Norvento Enerxía, Renfe, Fundació Banc Sabadell and the Vertex Bioenergy Foundation. The Cadiz Talent Tour is organised together with the Cadiz City Council and also has the collaboration of the Andalusian Regional Government and the Cadiz Provincial Council and the support of the University of Cadiz (UCA), the Cadiz Free Trade Zone, the Cadiz Chamber of Commerce, Lideremos, the Royal Theatre, APD, AECOC and CESUR.
Check here the programme of the Tour of Talent in Cadiz
More information: www.tourdeltalento.org
