The Innovation in Politics Awards is proud to announce the finalists for this year’s prestigious award distributed in 8 categories. After receiving 337 submitted political projects from 26 countries, our jury of 1045 citizens has narrowed it down to just 80 finalists. The winners will be announced at a gala event on 11 May 2023 at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw.
DEMOCRACY
- 4 Day Week Campaign, United Kingdom
- Improving the Living Environment in Kedainiai District Municipality, Lithuania
- Innovation.linz.at – Citizen Participation Platform, Austria
- Megafon – My Voice for My Neighbourhood, Belgium
- Nothing about youth without youth!, Lithuania
- Participatory Methods in the Process of Revitalisation, Poland
- Politik Akademie der Vielfalt (Politics Academy of Diversity, Germany
- Vienna Climate Teams, Austria
- WoMeN’s Regional Caucus, Ireland
- Youth Travel Card, Ireland
CLIMATE PROTECTION
- Amorgorama, Greece
- Hamburger Gründachstrategie (Hamburg’s Green Roof Strategy), Germany
- Just Go Zero Tilos, Greece
- Mettons fin au #GaspillageAlimentaire en Europe! (#StopFoodWaste in Europe!) , France
- People-Owned Wind Turbine Against Fuel Poverty, United Kingdom
- Poligono Circular, Spain
- Rexcatering – for intelligent food consumption, Spain
- Rybnik’s Model of Action for Sustainable Consumption and Production, Poland
- Tamarinden – where people meet and buildings share energy, Sweden
- Tirana Orbital Forest, Albania
DEMOCRACY TECHNOLOGIES
- Digital Participation in Legislation in Latvia, Latvia
- Gdynia Dialogue Platform, Poland
- Helsinki Youth Budget – Participatory Budgeting with Youth, Finland
- Kyiv Digital – Public Services and E-Democracy in one App, Ukraine
- Open Parliament TV, Germany
- Participatory Budgeting in Rybnik, Poland
- PLACEm – the Democracy-App, Germany
- Smart Maps – Information at a glance, Slovakia
- The Local Level of Rahvaalgatus.ee – People’s Initiative, Estonia
- Valongo Switch to Innovation, Portugal
GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT
- Bridging the Digital Gap (AL21, Cyberkiosks, and Smart Centres), Spain
- BRISE-Vienna, Austria
- Communication without barriers, Slovakia
- Design-Thinking Reform of Support Measures in the Estonian Public Sector, Estonia
- Easy-to-Read: enhancing information accessibility in the public sector, Lithuania
- Gdynia – Deaf-Friendly City, Poland
- Suomi.fi Quality Tools, Finland
- TEP – Transparency in Private Entities, Spain
- Vorarlberg mitdenken & Bürger*innenrat – Faire Wahlen (Digital Consultation Platform & Citizens Council – Fair Elections), Austria
- War & Sanctions Database, Ukraine
SOCIAL COHESION
- Anstellung und Bezahlte Pflege für Angehörige – Employment and paid care for relatives, Austria
- Creative Home(less), Lithuania
- Feel Free, Belgium
- HEROES Berlin – against oppression in the name of honour, Germany
- Housing and Work for the Homeless, Greece
- OV-Coaches for Public Transport, The Netherlands
- Points4Action, Austria
- Second Home for Ukraine – Connecting Communities, Organisations and Individuals in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Solution for Vertical Transportation-Assistance, France
- The Family Card, Spain
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
- Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. (Cultural Hidden IDentities ReAppear through Networks of WaTer), Greece
- H22: the making of a smarter, thoughtful, and sustainable city, Sweden
- Improving Energy Efficiency in Lithuania, Lithuania
- International House Vilnius, Lithuania
- Kindred LCR, United Kingdom
- Madrid Innovation Sandbox, Spain
- MAGMA : the world’s first job guarantee project for long-term unemployed, Austria
- Mobilli – accelerating a modal shift to public transport at a regional level, Belgium
- Reims Grand Centre, France
- Wiener Gusto: the new organic brand from the City of Vienna, Austria
EDUCATION
- Ausbildungscampus (Training Campus): Advise, Education, Accompaniment, Encounter, Social Cohesion, Germany
- Creating STEAM – An Open-Access Centre, Lithuania
- Digital Transformation of Education (EdTech), Lithuania
- Entrepreneurial Kids, Poland
- Escuela de Pequeñ@s Cientific@s Espiciencia (School of Little Scientists), Spain
- future_fabric: demokratie digital denken (thinking democracy digitally), Germany
- HackShield in the Class, The Netherlands
- Municipal University of Ilion: paving the way towards a sustainable learning city, Greece
- Preschoolers from Ostrów Wielkopolski Catch the Rain, Poland
- Sophia: the world’s first chatbot for survivors of domestic violence, Switzerland
PARTY INNOVATION
- Brand New Bundestag, Germany
- Camp Bratislava – Embracing emerging leaders, Slovakia
- Empowering a Party for Agile Interactions, Germany
- Engaging Citizens in Deliberative Assemblies and Presenting their Proposals in the Brussels’ Parliament, Belgium
- Il fera beau demain – Mouvement positif (Tomorrow will be Sunny – Positive Movement), Belgium
- JoinPolitics: empowering more talent to join politics and incubate innovative approaches for party politics, Germany
- Online Voting in the Hungarian Opposition Primaries, Hungary
- Podemos Participation System, Spain
- Policy Sprint: fostering cross-party collaboration for effective political solutions, Switzerland
- Primarie Siciliane del Campo Progressista (Progressive Primaries in Sicily), Italy
