The Bay Awards international prizes
Bilbao Metropoli 30 is launching the 1st Edition of The Bay Urban Visioning Awards, which will be granted to initiatives and projects around the globe which contribute to a long-term, sustainable, and collaborative vision for the urban regions in question.
The awards are based on the following categories:
# Horizon Shaper Award
# Partners in Progress Award
# SDG Champions Awards
# Prosperity Catalyst Award
# The Bay Urban Pioneers Award
As a result of intense work over the last few months, more than 100 applications have been received from projects and initiatives from all over the world. Without any doubt, the international response has validated the great opportunity of this project, the international recognition of the revitalization process of our metropolis and the driving and catalyzing role of Bilbao Metropoli 30, combining public and private efforts of our environment to make this project possible and also as an international interlocutor of relevance in the field of urban strategy.
As a sample, some of the cities that have presented projects from all continents and that have wanted to join this exciting initiative because they share its objective of making our cities and metropolises better places to live:
– Europe: London, Amsterdam, Lyon, Glasgow, Munich, Milan, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Vienna, Gothenburg, Aarhus, Bologna, Bonn, Manheim, Kiel, Tirana, Prague, Bucharest….
– America: Bogota, Medellin, Santiago de Chile, Curitiba, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, San Jose de Costa Rica, San Salvador, San Francisco, Washington, Miami, Detroit, Buffalo, St. Louis, Memphis, Halifax…
– Africa: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kisongo, Nakuru, Minawao, Accra, Tharaka Nithi, Ojodu…
– Asia and Oceania: Istanbul, Aleppo, Dubai, Ramallah, Mumbai, Jaipur, Sapa, Fukushima, Singapore, Melbourne, Java…
Now the phase of evaluation of the candidatures begins with the local technical team, whose job will be transferred to the members of the international jury for their verdict on the three finalist candidatures in each of the five categories that will be presented at the Congress and The Bay Awards Gala on October 9 and 10.
More information: www.thebayawards.com
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Why The Bay Awards (jury members):
