The Hungarian Minister for National Resources decorated Mr. Jan Kennis, Dutch cultural diplomat – current vice president of SICA – with the award Pro Cultura Hungarica. The decoration was handed over, in the name of the Minister by H.E. Gyula Sümeghy, Ambassador of Hungary to the Netherlands during a short ceremony at the Embassy on 11 May 2012.

Mr. Jan Kennis worked as a cultural and press attaché at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Budapest between 2005 and 2010. He was the driving force behind numerous high profile cultural festivals and events, such as the LOW Dutch-Flemish Cultural Festival in Budapest, the “Nincs Lehetetlen” (“Nothing is impossible”) Festival, and his active participation contributed to the success of the cultural events of the “My City Budapest” project. During his time spent in Hungary and since then onwards, Mr. Jan Kennis played/ plays an active part in the deepening of Dutch-Hungarian cultural relations. Owing to his achievements, the interest for Dutch culture in Hungary and that of the Hungarian culture in the Netherlands has significantly grown.

(Embassy of Hungary in The Hague)