Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award

The Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award (CSTA) is an award given to individuals who have substantially contributed to freedom and democracy in Central Europe, to strengthening of transatlantic relations and integration of Central Europe to Euro-Atlantic Institutions. It is awarded by the Jagello 2000 Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation from the Czech Republic and implemented jointly by Jagello 2000 and the Slovak Atlantic Commission since 2012. The Awards are presented two times a year: in spring in Slovakia at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Global Security Forum and in autumn at the NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The recipients are Czech, Slovak and international diplomatic and military personalities.

Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award

Honorary Committee

The CSTA awardees are chosen by the Honorary Committee, created for this purpose from distinguished personalities from the diplomatic, political and military areas of Czechia and Slovakia. Members of the Honorary Committee are:^[1]

• Mikuláš Dzurinda, President of Wilfriend Martens Centre for European Studies, Former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia
• Ján Figeľ, Former Special Envoy for the Promotion of the Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the European Union, Former Member of the European Commission
• Štefan Füle, Diplomat, Chairman of the Administrative Board of the Czech China Chamber of Cooperation in Prague, Former European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
• Rastislav Káčer, Former Chairman of Globsec, Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic and Ambassador of the Slovak Republic in Prague
• Jan Kohout, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Roma, Former Deputy Minister of Justice and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
• Ivan Korčok, Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
• Gen. Pavel Macko, Former First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic
• Zbyněk Pavlačík, CEO & Co-Founder of Jagello 2000
• Jiří Schneider, Former Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Central Europe, Former First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
• Gen. (Ret.) Jiří Šedivý, Former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic
• Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, European Commissioner for the Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight

List of Awardees

Year	Place	Awardee
2012	Bratislava	Ron Asmus (in memoriam),[2] Prominent US diplomat and political analyst
		Alexandr Vondra,[2] Former Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic
	Ostrava	Gen. (Ret.) Klaus Naumann, Former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
		Jozef Stank (in memoriam), Former Minister of Defence of Slovakia
2013	Bratislava	Jan Krzysztof Bielecki,[3] Former Prime Minister and Minister for European Integration of Poland
		Oldřich Černý (in memoriam),[3] Former Director General of the Czech Foreign Intelligence Service
	Ostrava	Gen. (Ret.) David Petraeus,[4] Former Commander of the ISAF and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
		Eduard Kukan,[4] Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia
2014	Bratislava	Anders Fogh Rasmussen,[5] Former NATO Secretary General and Former Prime Minister of Denmark
		Karel Kovanda,[5] Former Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the North Atlantic Council and Western European Union
	Ostrava	Bronisław Komorowski,[6] President of the Republic of Poland
		Martin Bútora,[6] Honorary President of Institute for Public Affairs, Former Slovak Ambassador to the USA
2015	Bratislava	Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
		Prof. Otto Pick, Founder and Former Director of the Institute of International Relations Prague
	Ostrava	Tomasz Siemoniak, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Poland
		František Šebej, Slovak Politician and Academic
2016	Bratislava	Madeleine Albright, Former U.S. Secretary of State
		Michael Žantovský, Czech diplomat, politician and author
	Ostrava	Daniel Fried, U.S. diplomat
2017	Bratislava	Michael Chertoff, Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security
		Luboš Dobrovský, Czech journalist, former Czechoslovak Minister of Defence
	Ostrava	Gen. (Ret.) Philip M. Breedlove, Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)
		Pavol Demeš, Former Slovak Minister of International Relations
2018	Bratislava	Damon M. Wilson, Executive Vice President at the Atlantic Council
		Gen. Petr Pavel, Former Chairman of NATO Military Committee
	Ostrava	Gen. (Ret.) Ben Hodges, Former United States Army Europe Commander (USAREUR)
		Ivan Korčok, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
2019	Bratislava	Timothy Garton Ash, British historian, author and professor at Oxford University
		Jiří Šedivý, Former Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic and former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to NATO
	Ostrava	Andrej Kiska, Former President of the Slovak Republic
2020	Bratislava	Karel Schwarzenberg, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
	Ostrava	Christian Schmidt, Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of the Federal Republic of Germany
		Miroslav Lajčák, Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
2021	Bratislava	gen. (ret). John Allen, Commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces
		Václav Havel (in memoriam), last president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech republic
	Ostrava	gen. Richard W. Scobee, Commander of Air Force Reserve Command, U.S. Air Force
2022	Bratislava	Ukrainian nation
		gen. Karel Řehka, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces
	Ostrava	gen. Ingo Gerhartz, The Inspector of the German Air Force
		Jaroslav Naď, Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic
2023	Bratislava	Kersti Kaljulaid, former President of Estonia
		Jaroslav Šedivý (in memoriam), former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
	Ostrava	gen. Daryl L. Bohac, former Adjutant General for the State of Nebraska
		gen. Daniel Zmeko, Chief of the General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces

Artist's design

Original creation of the renowned Slovak glass-designer Patrik Illo, the Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award symbolizes the transatlantic link by opposite side edges through transparent glass.