The first Future Policy Award was presented by the World Future Council at Hamburg’s historic town hall on October 1, 2009. The Future Policy Award recognizes international policies that promote sustainability and justice – this year the award acknowledges successful policies in the area of food security.

Guests from the political, science, arts and culture societies witnessed the presentation of the 2009 Future Policy Award to the food security programme of the city of Belo Horizonte. This policy ensures the Right to Food for everyone. One of the many significant improvements is that the child mortality rate  decreased by 60% within a decade of the programme's initiation in 1993!

The award was presented to Patrus Ananias, Brazil’s Minister for Social Development and the Fight against Hunger, by WFC councillor Hafsat Abiola after the laudatio by Hans-Christof Graf von Sponeck, former UN Assistant Secretary General.

The Senator for Science and Research and honorary councillor of the World Future Council, Dr. Herlind Gundelach, welcomed the 250 guests in the town hall’s large ballroom.