The UNIMONT Campus of the University of Milan is sponsoring the 14th edition of the Marcello Meroni Award, “dedicated to those who manage to be a positive example in the mountains”, and invites you to attend the awards evening to be held on Friday 25th November 2022 at 7.45 pm in the Sala Vitman of the Civic Aquarium of Milan.
Set up in 2008 by CAI-SEM thanks to the “Silvio Saglio” School of Mountaineering and Ski Mountaineering, with the consent and support of Marcello’s family and the patronage of the Lombardy Regional School of Mountaineering, the Marcello Meroni Prize is in memory of Marcello, after his premature death in December 2007. The prize is awarded every year to people or groups of people who have worked, with particular commitment on a voluntary basis, in one of the following areas: mountaineering, Alpine solidarity, conservation and enhancement of the mountain environment and resources, knowledge and promotion of alpine and mountaineering culture, science, education, history and traditions of mountain people.
In its fourteenth edition, the award wishes to highlight the commitment made by the winners in the fields of culture, the environment, sustainability, solidarity and mountaineering.
The award ceremony of the winners of the Marcello Meroni Prize 2022 will be held on Friday 25th November 2022 at 7.45 pm in the Sala Vitman of the Civic Aquarium of Milan (via Gadio n.2). The event is open to the public and free.