Procedure for awarding the Aleksandrs Čak’s Award
Amendments by the Riga City Municipality Department of Education, Culture and Sports of 10.04.2025. Regulation No. DIKS-25-35-nos
I. General issues
1. These regulations determine the procedure for awarding the Aleksandrs Čak’s Award.
2. The Aleksandrs Čak’s Award (hereinafter – the Award) is awarded every two years in the following nominations:
2.1. for an artistically high-quality and innovative interpretation of Riga in literature, music, film, theater or visual arts, bookselling, design, architecture;
2.2. for significant achievements in the research, preservation and popularization and translation of the works of A. Čaks.
3. The award is organized by the Riga City Council Department of Education, Culture and Sports (hereinafter – the Department) in cooperation with the association “Aleksandra Čaka biedrība” (hereinafter – the Association), the Association of Cultural Institutions of Riga Municipality (hereinafter – the Association) and the Association’s Aleksandrs Čak’s Memorial Apartment - Museum.
(as amended by the Riga City Municipality Department of Education, Culture and Sports Regulation No. DIKS-25-35-nos of 10.04.2025)
4. The call for nominations for the Award is published on the Department’s website www.kultura.riga.lv; On the website of the Association www.kulturasapvieniba.riga.lv, on the website of the Aleksandrs Čak’s Museum www.cakamuzejs.riga.lv and in the mass media”.
(Riga City Municipality Department of Education, Culture and Sports, 10.04.2025. Regulation No. DIKS-25-35-nos)
II. Procedure for nominating applicants
5. Any natural or legal person is entitled to nominate an applicant who has created an artistically high-quality product that is eligible for submission in any of the nominations for the Award.
5.1 The evaluation will accept works that have been implemented in the period from the moment of the previous Award announcement to the next Award announcement.”
(Riga City Municipality Education, Culture and Sports Department Regulation No. DIKS-25-35-nos of 10.04.2025)
6. The application form for the applicant is available on the Aleksandrs Čak’s Museum website www.cakamuzejs.riga.lv, in the section – Čak’s Prize. The completed application form must be sent to the e-mail caks@riga.lv or submitted to the Aleksandrs Čak’s Museum, Lāčplēša Street 48-8, Riga with the attached presentation, video or publication.”
(as amended by Regulation No. DIKS-25-35-nos of the Riga City Municipality Department of Education, Culture and Sports of 10.04.2025)
III. Evaluation Committee
7. To evaluate the applicants, the Director of the Department shall establish a committee consisting of five people, including the chairman of the commission and the deputy chairman of the commission, including three representatives of the Department of Culture and two representatives of the Association”.
(Riga City Municipality Education, Culture and Sports Department of 10.04.2025. as amended by Regulation No. DIKS-25-35-nos)
8. If necessary, specialists in the relevant field may be invited to the work of the commission.
9. The commission meeting shall be recorded by a member of the commission - a representative of the Association. The minutes of the commission meeting shall be signed by the minutes-keeper and the chairman of the commission.
10. The commission shall evaluate the applications received and make a decision by open voting. Each applicant shall be voted on separately.
11. The commission shall have the right to make a decision if at least three members of the commission participate in the commission meeting. The decision on awarding the Prize shall be made by a simple majority of votes. If the number of votes is divided equally, the vote of the chairman shall be decisive. If any of the members of the commission disagree with the decision, then his opinion shall be recorded in the minutes of the commission meeting. In the absence of the chairman, the committee meetings are chaired by the deputy chairman.
(Riga City Municipality Education, Culture and Sports Department, 10.04.2025. Regulation No. DIKS-25-35-nos)
12. If a member of the commission is personally interested in the consideration of an application, he/she shall inform the other members of the commission and shall not participate in the evaluation of the application.
13. If necessary, the commission may decide on changes in the number of Awards and the distribution of nominations, as well as changes in the number of nominees, recording this in the minutes of the commission meeting.
14. Upon the decision of the commission, the award may not be awarded in any of the nominations or several equivalent Awards may be awarded in each of the nominations, as well as a special award may be awarded.
15. The commission has the right to decide on the amount of the prize money in each of the nominations.
16. The commission minutes are stored at the Association in accordance with the document classification scheme.
(as amended by Regulation No. DIKS-25-35-nos of the Riga City Municipality Department of Education, Culture and Sports of 10.04.2025)
IV. Procedure for awarding the prize
17. In accordance with the decision of the commission, the Director of the Department issues an order on awarding the laureates with cash prizes.
(as amended by the Riga City Municipality Education, Culture and Sports Department Regulation No. DIKS-25-35-nos of 10.04.2025)
18. Each laureate is awarded with a sculptural prize of the Prize and a Certificate of Appreciation of the Department.
19. The laureates of the Prize are awarded a cash prize within the framework of the budget approved by the municipality.
20. The total fund of cash prizes is 4500.00 euros (four thousand five hundred euros and 00 cents) before payment of taxes specified in legal acts.
21. The cash prize is transferred to the bank accounts specified by the laureates of the Prize.
22. Information about the laureates of the Award after the award ceremony can be found in the mass media, on the website of the Department, Aleksandrs Čak’s Museum and the Association.
(Riga City Municipality Education, Culture and Sports Department 10.04.2025. Regulation No. DIKS-25-35-nos)
Acting Director of the Education,
Culture and Sports Department
of the Riga City Municipality
I. Balamovskis
