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The Guangzhou Award is open to all city and regional governments around the world
Deadlines: 30 June – Registration // 31 August – Submission
Prize: 20,000 USD
The Guangzhou Award is co-sponsored by the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the World Association of the Major Metropolises (Metropolis), and the City of Guangzhou. The Award aims to recognize innovation in improving social, economic and environmental sustainability in cities and regions and, in so doing, to advance the prosperity and life quality of their citizens.
The Guangzhou Award will be discerned to 5 cities for each award cycle. Besides the 5 awards, the Organizing Committee of the Guangzhou Award also intends to recognize one of the short-listed initiatives for its popularity with the public.
Winning submissions should be original and applicable undertakings that are still ongoing or have been recently completed. They should provide evidence and/or indicators of substantial impact and/or success in meeting the initiative’s stated objective(s).
Eligibility:
- It should be an original undertaking such as a new policy, project, business model or practice that promotes social, economic and/or environmental sustainability in a city or region;
- It should be an ongoing or recently completed initiative (within the past two years);
- It should provide evidence and/or indicators of substantial impact and/or success in meeting the initiative’s stated objective(s).
Assessment Criteria
The following criteria are applied in the Guangzhou Award assessment:
- Innovativeness: the extent to which a forward-looking policy, an original project, new business model or creative practice has been developed to address a major social, economic, environmental or governance issue; ii) Effectiveness: the extent to which the initiative has achieved or is well on its way to achieving its stated objective(s) and/or desirable outcomes;
- Replicability/Transferability: the value of lessons learned from the initiative in inspiring others to adopt new policies or good practices;
- Significance: the importance or relevance of the initiative in addressing problems and issues of public concern.
Process:
Registration by 30 June. Submissions should be sent to the Guangzhou Award Secretariat before 31 August 2016 by Email at info@guangzhouaward.org, or by mail at 3901, Pearl River International Building 112#, Yuehua Lu, Guangzhou, P.R. China (510030).
Applicants can register and submit initiatives online: http://www.guangzhouaward.org/register/site/login