The Awards Ceremony brought day two of the ninth edition of the Peace and Sport Forum to a close following a busy day.

Created in 2008, the annual awards recognise organisations and individuals who make an "outstanding contribution to peace, dialogue and social stability in the world through sport".

The ITTF collected their award for Initiative of the Year following their World Table Tennis Day on April 6 held in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. 

The city held the main event of the programme at the Khagendra New Life Jorpati Training Centre, which was damaged by last year’s devastating earthquake, where around 8,000 people were killed.

The WTF also picked up a prize in the Federation of the Year category. 

This year, the sport's governing body established the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation and the "World Taekwondo Cares" programme. 

The latter is intended to help promote the sport in developing countries and supports them with infrastructure, equipment and related educational programmes which "teach the values of Olympism, global citizenship and world peace".

Another notable winner this evening was Flavio Canto, who claimed the prize of Champion of the Year. 

Canto is the founder of the Instituto Reação, which is a group of judo training centres located in the poorer communities of Rio de Janeiro. 

It is estimated that 1,000 children and young people aged between four and 25 have been trained in the sport through this project but there is one notable alumni. 

The Olympic under 57 kilogram gold medallist and 2013 world judo champion Rafaela Silva Lopes began her career in one of Canto's training centres.

The final award of the night, the "Special Jury Prize", was awarded to AISTS which is the International Academy of Sports Science and Technology. 

They produced in-depth coverage of the daily life of refugee athletes ultimately following them all the way to their historical participation at Rio 2016.

The project "documents the broader issues relating to refugees and sport within the international sports community".

Diplomatic Action of the Year was awarded to the International School Sport Federation, while the Right to Dream Academy received the Foundation of the Year accolade.

Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year was won by the Moby Group, who collaborated with the Afghan Football Federation to create a league receiving promotion, funding and sustained coverage.

Other award winners were Right to Movement for Non-Governmental Organisation of the Year, the Korea Refugee Project for Adapted Programme of the Year and the Homeless World Cup for Event of the Year.