Open for applications: 31 March 2020
Closing date: 23.59 (CEST), 31 July 2020
Transformative Action Award ceremony: 30 September 2020, during the 9th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns – Mannheim2020
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The European sustainability award, co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the Basque Country, and the City of Aalborg (Denmark) and supported by the European Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank, is given to a city, region or civil society organisation, which implements the 15 pathways outlined in the Basque Declaration to bring about the socio-cultural, socio-economic, and technological transformation of their community.
The actions taken are local or regional contributions to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.
The competition is open to any local or regional authority, or civil society organisation located in an EU Member State, EEA country or EU candidate or accession country that has endorsed the Basque Declaration. Endorsing the Basque Declaration only takes a few minutes and can be done on our website. For more information about the Basque Declaration and how to endorse it, click here.
We are looking for transformative actions with a high level of innovation, for example in terms of social innovation and civic economy, that inspire others to replicate the action elsewhere in Europe. Actions are preferably part of a local strategy or vision rather than standalone.
Transformative actions should combine various pathways and address one or more agendas of the Basque Declaration, and should achieve a comprehensive transformation with a positive local or regional impact.
Applicants should complete and submit their application form by 23.59 (CEST), 31 July 2020 through the Transformative Actions Database.
All questions need to be answered using no more than the number of words allowed for each question. The insertion of links to videos, images and documents is allowed.
All submissions in the database, which fulfill the eligibility criteria and were not considered for the 2019, 2018, or 2017 editions of the award, will be automatically entered into the 2020 Award.
Lousada won the 2019 Transformative Action Award
for using environmental education to promote
environmental practices, create conservation areas
and create job opportunities in the environmental sector.
Ghent won the 2018 Transformative Action Award
for their action which seeks to transform the city’s local food system
through participative governance models.
Nilüfer won the 2017 Transformative Action Award
for their action which aims to increase civic engagement and
participatory local democracy through Neighbourhood Committees,
the Nilüfer Energy Cooperative and the Nilüfer Innovation Center.
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