Meet the finalists of the Innovation in Politics Awards 2018
Dear friends and supporters,
We are glad to announce the 80 finalists in 8 categories for the Innovation in Politics Awards 2018 – chosen by the jury of 1,053 citizens from all over Europe. The winners will be announced on 17 November at the Innovation in Politics Awards Gala at Vienna City Hall.
FINALISTS
(by Category)
CIVILIZATION
(in alphabetical order)
A SCHOOL WITH A MUSICAL INFLUENCE
Joëlle Maison, Member of Parliament and Local Councillor
Belgium
BONN PARTICIPATES!-BONN MACHT MIT!
Ashok Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn
Germany
DIGITAL CULTURE: HERITAGE FOR THE FUTURE
Ivan Totev, Mayor of Plovdiv Municipality
Bulgaria
EBNER-INKLUSIV-ESCHENBACH
Jürgen Czernohorszky, City councillor for Education, Integration, Youth and Personnel of Vienna
Austria
EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission
European Union
INTEGRATED SENIOR POLICY PROJECT
Arkadiusz Wiśniewski, Mayor of Opola
Poland
OPEN COMMONS LINZ
Klaus Luger, Mayor of Linz
Austria
POLYTECHNIC AT PRIMARY SCHOOL
Joëlle Maison, Member of Parliament
Belgium
REVIVING THE EMPTY COMMUNITY OF ZIURAI
Vilma Miškinienė, Deputy Head of the Administration of Varėna District Municipality
Jurate Lebednykiene, Project Leader
Lithuania
WYMIENNIKOWNIA YOUTH CENTER FOR DESIGN AND SOCIAL INNOVATION
Wojciech Szczurek, Mayor of Gdynia
Poland
COMMUNITY
(in alphabetical order)
CITY WEST: ROOM FOR NEW CITY IDEAS
Eva Lohse, Mayor of Ludwigshafen
Germany
COMMUNITY MOBILISATION THROUGH CHILDREN TO HAVE ADULTS PARTICIPATE IN AND FURTHER DEVELOP NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS
Aušra Gužauskien, Project Leader
Eimuntas Raugevicius, Garliava District Elder, Project Guardian
Lithuania
COOKING AND CHATTING IN BIELEFELD
Wiebke Esdar, Member of Parliament
Germany
DUNMANWAY COMMUNITY GARDEN
Patrick Gerard Murphy, Councillor, Mayor of County Cork
Declan Hurley, Councillor, Cork County Council and Former Mayor of County Cork
Ireland
EVERY ONE EVERY DAY – BARKING AND DAGENHAM
Darren Rodwell, Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council
Saima Ashraf, Deputy Councillor
Tessy Britton, Chief Executive, Participatory City
Mike Haywood, Councillor
United Kingdom
FUTURE OF CITIZENSHIP: LOCAL FORUM TO PROMOTE ACTIVE SOCIETY
Yordan Yordanov, Mayor of Dobrich Municipality
Bulgaria
GLOBAL LITHUANIA – STATE AND DIASPORA COOPERATION
Linas Linkevicius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
Lithuania
INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF SOLIDARY SOCIAL ECONOMY IN CZESTOCHOWA
Adrian Staroniek, Head of the Czestochowa City Hall
Poland
RE-USE NETWORK
Ellen Ball, Councillor, Area Chair of East Sunderland Area Committee, Sunderland City Council
United Kingdom
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT: THE VOICE OF YOUNG PEOPLE REPRESENTED AND EXECUTED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Aleksandar Ivanov, Municipal Councillor
Bulgaria
DEMOCRACY
(in alphabetical order)
BUILDING TRUST AND SOCIAL INCLUSION WITH DIGITAL IDENTITIES
Doris Fiala, Member of the Swiss National Council and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Switzerland
CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT: PROBLEM SOLVING IN THE COMMUNITY
Georgi Georgiev, Mayor of Tundzha Municipality
Bulgaria
CITIZENS CABINET
Rachid Madrane, Minister for Assistance for Youth, Sports, and Brussels Affairs of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation
Sven Gatz Minister for Culture, Media, Youth and Brussels Affairs
Belgium
ENGAGEMENT FOR GLARUS!
Hans-Ueli Rhyner, Councillor
Simon Anliker, Team Leader engage.ch
Melanie Eberhard, Project Manager engage.ch
Marcel Federer, Head of Youth Work, Glarus
Sonja Tanner, Staff Youth Work, Glarus
Switzerland
HAVE YOUR SAY – 300K PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
Mark Ward,Councillor and Mayor of South Dublin
Guss O’Connell, Councillor, and Former Mayor of South Dublin
Dermot Looney, Councillor, and Former Mayor of South Dublin
Ireland
INCLUDING THE CITIZEN AT THE HEART OF PARLIAMENTARY WORK
François de Rugy, Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition, former President of the Parliament
Paula Forteza, Member of the Parliament
Cécile Untermaier, Member of the Parliament
Eric Buge, former Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the President of the Parliament
France
LEGISLATORY LABORATORIES
Laurent Saint-Martin, Member of Parliament
France
MAKE GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT THROUGH CHANGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Lukas Savickas, Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania
Lithuania
OPIN.ME
Tabea Rößner, Member of Parliament
Germany
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET IN ALYTUS: BRINGING MORE DEMOCRACY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITY RESIDENTS
Vilija Ramanauskiene, Deputy Executive Director of Alytus Municipality
Lithuania
ECOLOGY
(in alphabetical order)
GDYNIA RAIN GARDEN
Wojciech Szczurek, President of the city of Gdynia
Poland
GOOD FOOD STRATEGY: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM IN THE BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION
Céline Fremault, Minister of the Government of the Brussels Capital Region
Belgium
GREEN BUDGET
Krzysztof Żuk, President of the City of Lublin
Poland
NATURAL RESOURCES HEATING: USING MINERAL WATER SPRING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HEATING
Atanas Kirov, Mayor of Straldzha Municipality
Bulgaria
OUR SOIL FOR OUR BEES
Rudi Anschober, Member of the Government of Upper Austria
Austria
REGIOTHEK
Erika Träger, 3rd Mayor of the City of Passau
Germany
SUSTAINABILITY STREET BY STREET (THE HAGUE)
Liesbeth van Tongeren, Former Member of Parliament
Netherlands
THE “FREIBURGCUP”
Gerda Stuchlik, Mayor Dezernat II Freiburg
Germany
THE BANK OF RECYCLING
Vincenzo Castellano, Deputy Mayor of Latronico
Italy
THE FIRST HYBRID BUS LINE IN SCANDINAVIA
Boel Godner, Chair of the Municipal Board of Södertälje
Sweden
HUMAN RIGHTS
(in alphabetical order)
ABORTION PREVENTION THROUGH FREE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVES
Agneta Granström, County Council Commissioner of Norrbotten Region
Sweden
CITIZEN INCOME GRANTED
Ina Dhimgjini, Councilor for Social, Health, Third Sector and Housing Policies, Livorno municipalityItaly
FACTORY OF HOPE
Diego Iacono, Mayor of Chieuti
Giuseppe D’Onofrio, Mayor of SerracapriolaItaly
GDANSK IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION MODEL – AN INNOVATION LEADING TO MORE JUSTICE
Paweł Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdansk
Poland
HANDICAP EQUALITY MISSION
Adrien Taquet, Member of Parliament
France
HARRAGA BOYS
Giuseppe Mattina, Councilor for Department of Solidarity Citizenship, Law and Dignity of Living, Common Good and Participation, Palermo municipalityItaly
IRELAND’S LGBTI+ YOUTH STRATEGY
Katherine Zappone TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
Ireland
LEGISLATION & POLICY TO PROTECT VICTIMS AND TACKLE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Frances Fitzgerald TD, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister for Justice and Equality
Ireland
PERSPECTIVE STUDIES FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIESRuth Thommen
Switzerland
PODKARPACKA’S COUNCIL OF WOMEN
Tadeusz Ferenc, President of the City of Rzeszów
Patricia Mitro, Chairwoman
Poland
JOBS
(in alphabetical order)
BOOST BY FC ROSENGARD
Sedat Arif, Deputy Mayor for Labour Market and Social Services in Malmo Sweden
CARE FOR INTEGRATION AND RELATED SERVICES
WELCOME@HEALTHCARE.DE
Barbara Steffens, Former Minister of Health, Emancipation and Care of the Elderly
Germany
GRAZ FUND FOR PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Kurt Hohensinner, City Councillor
Austria
INTEGRATED HOME CARE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN LITHUANIA AT LONG LAST
Ramune Jurkuviene, Adviser to the Minister for Social Security and Labor at the time of the project start; Currently she is the Chair of Social Work
Lithuania
ON/OFF FACTORY
Michele Guerra, Councilor for Culture, Parma municipality
Italy
PROTECTION FOR FREELANCE WORKERS
Ivana Bacik, Senator
Ireland
THE CHEF DUEL
Camilla Andersson Sparring, Member of the board of the local municipality council of Falun
Sweden
WAFF EDUCATION ACCOUNT
Renate Brauner, Former Executive City Councillor of Finance, Economic and International Affairs
Austria
WALTHAM FOREST SERVICESTORE
Clare Coghill, Councillor, Leader of Waltham Forest Council
United Kingdom
YOUTH IN LODZ
Hanna Zdanowska, Mayor of the City of Lodz
Poland
PROSPERITY
(in alphabetical order)
ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CORRIDOR
Sean Kyne TD, Minister of State for Rural Affairs and Natural Resources
Seamus Coyle, Councillor, Chairperson of the Northern and Western Regional Assembly
Patsy O’Brien, former Chairperson of the Northern and Western Regional Assembly
Ireland
VILLEURBANNE AT HEART
Bruno Bonnell, Member of Parliament
France
CREATIVE & DIGITAL DISTRICT CHARLEROI
Paul Magnette, Former Chief Minister of Wallonia Region, Mayor of the City of Charleroi
Belgium
DIGITAL VILLAGES
Randolf Stich, State Secretary in Rheinland-Pfalz
Steffen Hess Research Program Manager, Smart Rural Areas
Germany
HELIX (NEWCASTLE)
Nick Forbes, Leader of Newcastle City Council
United Kingdom
HOTEL VILLAGE
Michelangelo Giansiracusa, Mayor of Ferla
Italy
KMU DIGITAL – THE AUSTRIAN DIGITIZATION INITIATIVE
Harald Mahrer, President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Former Federal Minister of Science and Economy
Austria
REGIONAL INVESTMENT SOCIETY
Dominique David, Member of Parliament
France
TORINO CITY LAB
Paola Pisano, Councilor for Innovation, Turin municipality
Elena Deambrogio, Head of Smart City & EU Projects UnitItaly
WATERFORD GREENWAY
Declan Doocey, Councillor, Mayor of County Waterford
Damian Geoghegan, Councillor, Waterford City and County Council, and former Mayor of County Waterford
Gerard Barron, Former Mayor of County Waterford and Former Councillor of Waterford City and County Council,
Ireland
QUALITY OF LIFE
(in alphabetical order)
#FREEINTERRAILAlexander Graf Lambsdorff, Member of German Parliament
Rebecca Harms, Member of the European Parliament
Vincent-Immanuel Herr, Initiator
Martin Speer, Initiator
Manfred Weber, Member of the European Parliament
Germany
Istvan Uhjelyi, Member of the European Parliament
Hungary
ADOPT A GRANDAD
Anna Scavuzzo, Deputy Mayor of Milan
Laura Galimberti, Councillor for Education
Pierfrancesco Majorino, Councillor for Social Policies, Health and RightsItaly
CIVIC CROWDFUNDINGCristina Tajani, Councilor for Labour Policies, Economic Development, Commerce and Human Resources, Milan municipalityItaly
COMMUNITY LABS
Giuliano Barigazzi, Councilor for Health and Welfare, Bologna MunicipalityItaly
DUBLINBIKES
Councillor Andrew Montague, Dublin City Council and former Lord Mayor of Dublin
Nial Ring, Councillor Lord Mayor of Dublin
Ireland
FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: REDUCING THE COST FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PUBLIC TRAVELS
Georgi Maradzhiev, Mayor of Stamboliyski Municipality
Bulgaria
HOSPITAL OF CERDANYA
Alba Vergés, Minister of Health of Catalonia
Co-owners: Ministry of Health of France and Administration Région Languedoc-Roussillon
Spain
PEACE LINK – BUILDING RELATIONS THROUGH SPORT
David Maxwell, Councillor, Chairperson of Monaghan County Council
Pat Treanor, Councillor, Monaghan County Council
Sean Gilliland, Councillor, Chairperson of Ballybay and Clones Municipal District
Ireland
SECURE ONLINE ACCESS TO YOUR OWN MEDICAL RECORDS
Daniel Forslund, Commissioner for Innovation, Region of Stockholm
Sweden
SUGAR SMART BRISTOL
Asher Craig, Councillor, Deputy Mayor of Bristol City Council with Responsibility for Communities (Public Health, Public Transport, Libraries, Parks), Events and Equalities
United Kingdom
