We invited eleven innovation-driven project owners, local changemakers and best practice creators to share their views on what constitutes political innovation today.
Category: The Innovation in Politics Awards
ProxyAddress: Lifeline for UK’s homeless
ProxyAddress, winner of The Innovation in Politics Award 2020 in the category Human Rights, gives UK’s homeless their lives back by giving them an address. We spoke with architect Chris Hildrey about how he came up with the idea and how not even a pandemic could stop him from making the project come to life.
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This municipal farm changed the eating habits of a whole community
We spoke with Gilles Pérole, Mayor of Mouans-Sartoux, and Léa Sturton, Head of the sustainable food department in the municipality of Mouans-Sartoux, about what it takes to change the eating habits of a whole community.
How a project that helps people survive may ease homelessness long-term
With his project Home Quarantine without a Home, Matúš Vallo, Mayor of Bratislava and his team won the 2020 Innovation in Politics Award in the category Coping with Covid-19. We spoke with him about teamwork, discipline, and leadership in times of crisis.
Empowering citizens to become anti-corruption activists with just a few clicks
The Map of Repairs is an innovative online tool, created to allow taxpayers to monitor the implementation of repair works throughout Ukraine, which are paid for with allocated national budget funds.
“With us, no innovation disappears into a drawer.”
RemiHub proves that successful cooperation between research, public and private companies and politics is not only possible, but can be extremely innovative
6 gardening and farming projects that harvest food for thought
Urban gardens provide communities with a host of incredible opportunities. They literally offer the grounds to sustainably grow nourishing greenery, as well as contribute to community health as spaces to develop meaningful friendships, educational initiatives and inspiring “food for thought”.
David leal: “We believe the time has come to reinvent the way politics works in Spain and all across Europe.”
“The Innovation in Politics Awards are an invitation to define together what great politics is all about in the 21st century. As an independent non-partisan European organisation, we believe the time has come to reinvent the way politics works in Spain and all across Europe”, says Leal.
Europe’s first circular residential area keeps both building structures and social structures alive
With their circular building project Super Circular Estate, the Dutch city of Kerkrade won the 2020 Innovation in Politics Award in the category Ecology.
Trust in local government makes entrepreneurs more courageous: How Gdynia is navigating the COVID-19 crisis.
With her project Covid-19 Support for Gdynia’s Entrepreneurs, Katarzyna Gruszecka-Spychała and her team won The Innovation in Politics Award 2020 in the category Economy. We spoke to her two months after the Awards to learn more about her project and how her city has changed in the pandemic.
The Innovation in Politics Awards 2021
Welcome to the fifth edition of The Innovation in Politics Awards! We invite politicians from all over Europe to submit their most outstanding political initiatives. A jury of 1,000 citizens will then select the winning projects in nine categories.
Bringing up The Innovation in Politics Awards 2020
2020 challenged us to find solutions for problems we did not know existed. The Innovation in Politics Awards proved that global crises could not curb the innovative spirit of politicians across Europe. We only had to find a way to make it visible.
The 2020 Awards jury has started their work
1,050 Europeans have joined the 2020 Innovation in Politics Awards jury. Now the evaluation process has begun.
The Innovation in Politics Awards 2020
Become a part of the Innovation in Politics Awards 2020 and help us to improve politics and democracy in Europe. Nominate a project! Become a juror! Spread the word!
Submit or Nominate a project!
Do you innovate? Then join us in this year’s Innovation in Politics Awards! Submit your project or nominate your favourite political initiative in Europe.
Europe-Wide institute for Innovation in Politics launched
The newly founded “Innovation in Politics Institute”, based in Vienna, starts with a Europe-wide award for innovation in politics.
