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15 November 2018

Ghent wins European sustainability award

Ghent (Belgium) was announced as the winner of the 2018 Transformative Action Award at an award ceremony held today at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels (Belgium). The European sustainability award, co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the Basque Count...

Sustainable Mobility Membership

14 November 2018

Glasgow invests in eBikes

ICLEI Member Glasgow (United Kingdom) has recently pledged to match a near 180,000 GBP funding award from Transport Scotland to help kick-start the city’s eBike revolution. The 180,000 cash grant from Transport Scotland will ensure that 63 electrically assisted eBikes can now be introduced in...

Biodiversity & NBS Sustainable Food Systems Procurement Governance Innovation Membership

8 November 2018

2018 Transformative Action Award Ceremony to take place at the European Committee of the Regions

The 2018 Tranformative Action Award Ceremony is set to take place on 15 November 2018 at 12:30 (CET) in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Brussels (Belgium). The award ceremony, organised by ICLEI, the Basque Country and the City of Aalborg (Denmark) and supported by the European Committe...

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6 November 2018

Nijmegen wins green destinations gold award

ICLEI Member Nijmegen (The Netherlands) was recently awarded the much-coveted Green Destinations Gold Award during the Global Green Destinations Day. The ceremony was also hosted by Nijmegen, which is the current European Green Capital. Nijmegen scored highly for their work related to nature, ecol...

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23 October 2018

ICLEI Members secure European Commission funding to implement innovative projects

The European Commission has recently announced the winning cities of the third call for projects under the Urban Innovative Actions, a funding mechanism which provides EU cities with resources to finance innovative projects, which aim to provide concrete solutions to common urban challenges. Of the...

Governance Innovation Membership

19 October 2018

Florence based NGO receives special mention from European sustainability award for work with migrants

Associazione Amici del Nidiaci in Oltrarno Onlus, Florence (Italy) was honoured today with a special mention by the jury of the 2018 Transformative Action Award for their work on the inclusion and integration of immigrant families in their local community. The special mention came in advance of the ...

Procurement Membership

5 October 2018

Barcelona and Rotterdam win procurement awards at 2018 Procura+ awards ceremony

The biggest successes in public procurement were honoured last night at the EcoProcura conference in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, with a clutch of top class projects in sustainability and innovation winning the 2018 Procura+ Awards. ICLEI Members Barcelona (Spain) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands), an...

Sustainable Mobility Membership

21 September 2018

Ghent wins Bold Measure Award at the 2018 CIVITAS Awards

The winners of the 2018 CIVITAS Awards were recently revealed during an award ceremony in Umeå (Sweden). This year’s “Bold Measure Award”, which is given to the city that adopts a daring and innovative approach that has not been widely implemented yet, was given to ICLEI Memb...

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13 September 2018

Bologna, Ghent and Tirana shortlisted for 2018 Transformative Action Award

The shortlisted candidates for the 2018 Transformative Action Award were revealed today at the URBACT Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. The award, which is co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, The Basque Country and the City of Aalborg (Denmark), rewards current or conclu...

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