Andrew Hillier has presented the highly coveted European Association of Communication Directors (EACD) 2024 annual Award for European Communications Excellence to Ana Godinho, CERN’s Head of Education, Communications and Outreach, at a special ceremony at the EACD Annual Summit in Brussels (27 – 28 May 2024).

CERN wins the 2024 EACD European Communications Excellence Award

The EACD European Communications Excellence Award jury panel acknowledged CERN’s communication in particular for its commitment to transparency, knowledge sharing and transnational communications. Accepting the award from EACD Board Member Andrew Hillier, Ana Godinho said:

I am proud to accept this very special award which I know will mean so much to the CERN Communications community. I represent all my colleagues, including the many CERN physicists and engineers we work with every day. Recognition of communication what the organisation achieves at the cutting edge of science is in itself rewarding, and particularly so for my team when it comes from peers in an organisation as respected as the EACD.

The criteria for the annual EACD award are:

  • A communications team that demonstrates excellence and best practice in communications.
  • That breaks barriers and builds bridges through effective communications, contributing to broader society.
  • Is pan-European with an international outlook.
  • Demonstrates commitment to the EACD’s principles and values.

EACD President, Kim Larsen commented:

The EACD is proud to present its annual award to the CERN Education, Communications and Outreach team. In its 70th birthday year CERN continues to lead not just in scientific research, but in engaging the world and communicating its discoveries and innovation.

CERN demonstrates a commitment to transparency and the sharing of knowledge, to transnational communications and our two organisations share the same values and ethos.

This year, 2024, CERN celebrates its 70th anniversary.

The first resolution concerning the establishment of a European Council for Nuclear Research (in French Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) was adopted at an intergovernmental meeting of UNESCO in Paris in December 1951. Two months later, an agreement was signed establishing the provisional Council – the acronym CERN was born. On 29 September 1954, the European Organization for Nuclear Research officially came into being.

Today, our understanding of matter goes much deeper than the nucleus, and CERN’s main area of research is particle physics. Because of this, the laboratory operated by CERN is often referred to as the European Laboratory for Particle Physics.

Lithuanian PR Impact Awards 2024

In addition to being on the EACD European Communications Excellence jury panel and presenting the 2024 award, Andrew is a member of the jury panel for the Lithuanian PR Impact Awards 2024.