06. cOmmITmEnT TO SOcIETy AnnUAL REPORT 2011 COLOMBIA Lecture series: A new look at Independence. To mark the bicentenary of Latin American independence, the Fundación Santillana held from march 11 to September 30 this lecture series, divided into eight modules. Santillana Education Experiences Award. On December 1, 2010, Bogotá hosted the awards ceremony for the sixteenth annual Educational Experiences Award, presided over by the minister of Education of colombia, maría Fernanda campo and the President of the Fundación Santillana for Iberoamerica, Belisario Betancur. There were 113 papers received from around the country. MEXICO Isabel de Polanco Essay Prize. In this, its second year, the prize was awarded to Humberto López morales for his work La andadura del español en el mundo Awards ceremony for the second Isabel Polanco International Essay in the FIL (published by Taurus, 2010). The awards ceremony took place in Guadalajara, méxico, coinciding with the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) on november 2 . The award was established by the book fair, in collaboration with the Fundación Santillana, in honor of the late cEO of Grupo Santillana, Isabel Polanco Education as the engine of social development PRISA is active in the defense and promotion of social and cultural values in the regions where it operates, especially in the fields of education and teaching. An example of these efforts is its cooperation with prestigious universities in Spain and Latin America in the promotion of education and training. Among the participating universities are: the Universidad Autónoma of madrid, the carlos III University, the menéndez Pelayo International University and the Instituto Universitario de Posgrado, associated to the Universidad Autónoma of Barcelona, the University of Alicante and the carlos III University. to education and culture as a means to developing and building freer and fairer societies. This goal is inseparable from the company’s strategy in all its operations and day-to-day activities, and we work under strict criteria of professional quality and respect for our users, that allow us to maintain and increase our presence and lead in all those societies where we operate. ARGENTINA Stand at the Iberoamerican Congress of Education: Goals 2021. The slogan was A conference for us to think about the education we want, and the congress was held at the Parque norte convention center on September 13-15, 2010. Guests were shown books from the Fundación and on the Bicentennial. Santillana All the operations of Santillana are informed by these values, and the company’s goal is to contribute 88