Awards
ICLEI Europe recognises and celebrates towns and cities demonstrating outstanding contributions and commitment to excellence and leadership in sustainability. We do this through hosting our own awards and also being members of the jury for national and European-wide awards. As an organisation we have also picked up a few awards along the way!
Showcasing excellence in sustainability
ICLEI Europe hosts two annual awards:
The Transformative Action Award
The annual Transformative Action Award rewards current or concluded Transformative Actions that address the pathways of the Basque Declaration related to three categories:
- Socio-cultural transformation
- Socio-economic transformation
- Technological transformation
Meet the 2017 Winner, Nilüfer, Turkey, who won the award for its work in civic engagement and participatory local democracy >>
Meet the 2018 Winner, Ghent, Belgium, who won the award for their action which seeks to transform the city’s local food system through participative governance models >>
Procura+ Awards
The Procura+ Awards draw attention to innovation and sustainable procurements and tender procedures, and give visibility to the most dynamic, forward-looking and innovative public authorities and their initiatives. The winners of the Procura+ Awards have strong potential for replication and scaling-up and are excellent sources of inspiration for any public authority using procurement instruments to purchase cutting edge solutions.
The Procura+ Awards recognise outstanding achievements in four categories:
- Innovation Procurement of the Year - recognising the outstanding innovation of the procurement and the public authority as a launch customer
- Outstanding Innovation Procurement in ICT - Recognising the outstanding application of Procurement of Innovation and Pre-commercial procurement of ICT
- Sustainable Procurement of the Year - recognising the outstanding environmental, social and economic impacts of the procurement
- Procurement Initiative of the Year - recognising outstanding processes and actions towards strategic, sustainable and innovation procurement
More information about the Procura + Awards can be found here.
ICLEI Europe is also on the jury for European and national awards:
European Green Capital Award
Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis
Recognition of ICLEI's work
ICLEI Europe's work and project's in which it is a partner have been recognised through a number of awards:
Eurid web award
2017 - Winner (Laurels category) SMR-project
2016 - Winner & finalist (Better World category), European Mobility Week, GrowSmarter
The annual .eu Web Awards, launched in 2014, showcases outstanding .eu and .ею websites which deliver on content, structure, navigation, and functionality, visual design, and accessibility.
Family-friendly organisation
Certificate of Recognition
The Ministry of Labour for Baden-Württemberg and the Family Council for Baden-Württemberg awarded ICLEI European Secretariat GmbH in Freiburg with a certificate of recognition as "family-friendly company" for implementing family friendly workplace practices and benefits.
World Smart City Award
2017 - Finalist, GrowSmarter Project
The World Smart City Awards seek to reward pioneering projects, ideas and strategies that promote sustainable urban development around the globe. One of ICLEI's collaboration projects was a successful as a finalist in 2017.