Quadriga is an annual German award sponsored by Netzwerk Quadriga gGmbH, a non-profit organization based in Berlin. The award recognizes four people or groups for their commitment to innovation, renewal, and a pioneering spirit through political, economic, and cultural activities.

The award consists of a small statue resembling the quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Werkstatt Deutschland presents the award every year on German Unity Day, which commemorates German reunification in 1990. The award has been presented by prominent individuals, including Viktor Yushchenko, Bernard Kouchner, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

The award was first given in 2003. For the first two years, the award ceremony took place at Konzerthaus Berlin. From 2005 until 2008, the ceremony was held at Komische Oper Berlin opera house. In 2009, the award ceremony was hosted at the seat of the Foreign Office of Germany.

The announcement that Vladimir Putin would receive the award in 2011 was widely condemned. As a result of protests by Quadriga board members and former recipients, the 2011 awards and ceremonies were cancelled.

Steffen Seibert is a German former journalist and television anchor, and the current head of the German governmental press- and information-agency, which resembles the British Central Office of Information, making him the de facto press secretary of the Chancellor's office.

Previously he worked for the German ZDF as a journalist and presenter of the popular heute-journal (until 2010).

Steffen Seibert was born in Munich in 1960, and went to school at the Tellkampfschule in Hannover. He then studied history in Hamburg and at the London School of Economics.

Seibert is married (his wife is an artist), and has a daughter and two sons.

Steffen Seibert worked for the ZDF from 1989 to 2010.

Steffen Seibert is bearer of "Golden Camera" (for Special Show 9/11) and the "Bambi" (for a Show for the disaster victims of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean 2004).

Seibert is an important representative of UNICEF. He was also head of the "Club for early born babies" until 2008. He is an official partner of "Kinderhospiz Bethel".