The Chair of the ICA Awards Committee is Ramón Lorenzo Martínez (Spain). The Committee is willing to receive nominations for ICA Awards from national and affiliate members of the Association. The Chair can be contacted at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The other members of the Committee are Elri Liebenberg (South Africa), Bob McMaster (USA), Miroslav Miksovsky (Czech Republic) and Kira Shingareva (Russia). 

• The Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal honours cartographers of outstanding merit who have made significant contributions of an original nature to the field of cartography; it is awarded only on rare occasions in order to emphasise its distinction.
• The ICA Honorary Fellowship is for cartographers of international reputation who have made special contribution to the ICA. It includes a bronze medal.

Cartographers should not be awarded when they serve in the Executive Committee, except for very special circumstances. National ICA Committees or Commission chairs may submit nominations for ICA Awards to the Committee until 6 months prior to an ICA Conference. The nominations must be accompanied with draft citations for the nominees. The Awards Committee submits its proposals to the ICA President with draft citations for the nominees 3 months prior to an international cartographic conference.

Carl Mannerfelt Gold medal

ICA Honorary Fellowship

Diplomas for outstanding services to ICA

Barbara Petchenik Children's World Map Competition