This project sees the development of a platform which serves as a meeting point for property owners and individuals interested in using abandoned and under-utilised rural properties.
Programme: The Innovation in Politics Awards
Big Bocs Bwyd
Big Bocs Bwyd empowers future generations to care about the food they eat, understand how it is produced, and learn about how they can live healthy lives.
Housing First Austria – Arriving Home
Housing First Austria aims to end homelessness for more than 2,000 individuals and establish a system in Austria that will eradicate homelessness altogether.
Mayority
Children learn about democracy through the game “Mayority”, in which players take on the role of a Mayor.
Drone-Integrated Rescue System, Pilsen
This project marks a significant innovation by seamlessly blending drone technology into Pilsen’s urban emergency framework.
Open Data Catalogue & Data Portal, Hradec Králové Region
This data portal is a central information point for the public, providing citizens with a high-quality catalogue of open data from the region.
SeaProtectorOne, Aarhus
The SeaProtectorOne robot is installed at the river mouth in Aarhus, where the river flows into the harbour, removing rubbish before it enters the sea.
Testing the City – Living and Working in Görlitz
This project offers interested people the opportunity to try out living and working in Görlitz, for free, with the aim to stabilise the number of inhabitants in the long term.
Project HELIX
Project HELIX supports food and drink businesses of all sizes in Wales, ensuring they have access to world-leading thinking and support.
Panda Labs Junior for Just Transition
Panda Labs Junior for Just Transition (PLJ4JT) engaged more than 750 high school and university students in the key coal regions of Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia.
e-Justice Portal for Inmates
This digital platform is unique, not only in Estonia but across the world, as it enables paperless court proceedings for inmates serving sentences in detention facilities.
Mini.Stadt 2025 Strategy
The Mini.Stadt participation strategy has led Lichtensteig to become an innovative, modern, and cosmopolitan place, in the middle of rural and mostly conservative surroundings.
Rein ins Rathaus! (Into the City Hall!)
For one week in summer, children aged 6 to 13 year old come to the City Hall to study and work in their own Children’s City, governed by them.
Understanding – the Key to Political Participation
The capito.digital app is an AI writing assistant which automatically translates highly complex language into three easy-to-understand language levels.
Schwammstein (Sponge Stone) – Sustainable Rainwater Management for Urban Green Spaces
The Schwammstein offers an efficient and innovative new solution to the market that regulates the discharge of rainwater into tree pits and green spaces.
Change It (Změň To)
The participatory budget “Change It” (in Czech, Změň To) encourages young people aged 12 to 25 to submit their proposals to enhance the public space in Říčany.
Preschool Hoppet: Sweden’s First Fossil-Free Construction Project
Preschool Hoppet is a best-practice example of fossil-free, low-emission construction in Sweden.
Apadrinaunolivo.org
This non-profit organisation creates rural jobs by increasing the number of olive trees in production.
Youth Participatory Budgeting in Rybnik
Youth Participatory Budgeting aims to support the development of ideas, engage students in selecting the most appropriate initiatives, and help young people learn how to make collective decisions in their school communities.
Building Hope: Lenartov’s Journey to Inclusive Living
This transformative housing project in Lenartov shifts marginalised Roma families from poverty to self-sufficiency, sparking a profound cultural shift.
