The Municipality of Halandri’s Food Loss and Waste Prevention Unit combines food-waste monitoring, awareness raising, and citizen-science education, with the optimisation of bio-waste using chemical-engineering processes.
Programme: The Innovation in Politics Awards
Next Generation Academy (Academia Próxima Geração)
The Next Generation Academy is a non-partisan political leadership incubator which aims to sustain the renewal of political candidates across all political parties and boost the quality of Portuguese democracy.
DECIDE MADRID
DECIDE MADRID allows citizens to make direct contributions via the platform, which are evaluated and incorporated into Madrid City Council’s public policies.
Lithuania’s Testbed Programme for EdTech Startups
The Testbed Programme is a practical way for schools and creators to test the latest educational technologies in a real learning environment.
Madrid Innovation Lab
Madrid City Council launching the Madrid Innovation Lab to bring knowledge of new technologies to citizens and small companies and create a robust ecosystem around them.
Lyon Metro: an occupancy warning system pilot
Real-time occupancy indicators help make using the metro more fluid, avoiding delays during rush hour, and makes the trip more pleasant and less stressful.
La Noche es Joven (The Night is Young)
La Noche es Joven (The Night is Young) is a programme initiated by the City Council of Santander that opens its facilities to the youth of the city at night, on weekends, to offer a series of different activities.
SYMON: An Intelligent Monitoring System for the Elderly
The SYMON intelligent monitoring system uses innovative technology to address the wellbeing of older citizens from three perspectives: health, loneliness, and leisure.
Healthy villAGE: a participatory & comprehensive model for active ageing in rural areas
This project sees the conversion of an abandoned building into a multipurpose centre for elderly people, hosting various social innovation activities.
Phosphoros Theatre
Phosphoros Theatre builds bravery, creativity, and belonging for young refugees and asylum seekers, co-delivered by practitioners who have experienced forced migration.
Policy Sprint by Expedition Future
A collaborative approach to policy design brings together politicians and key stakeholders from across the political spectrum, and equips them with the skills and mindset needed for effective collaboration.
International House Vilnius
International House Vilnius is a one-stop-shop providing services, support, and information to help foreign talent when relocating to Vilnius.
Suomi.fi Quality Tools
The Suomi.fi Quality Tools service aims to improve public digital services by developing unified measurement tools that collect data from all levels of the public sector, increasing accessibility and transparency for end users.
Easy-to-Read: Enhancing Information Accessibility in the Public Sector
The Easy-to-Read programme helps to significantly improve quality of life for inhabitants with intellectual or reading disabilities in Lithuania by increasing access to public information and incorporating feedback from users.
Reims Grand Centre
This development project has transformed an industrial wasteland and under-used promenades into public spaces, improving social links between inhabitants while providing new infrastructure and access to nature.
OV-Coaches for Public Transport
The OV-Coach programme provides coaching to children with special needs to learn to use public transport, cycle, or walk to their destination, fostering independent life skills and inclusion for people with disabilities.
The Family Card
The Family Card programme is an innovative social aid project that provides cash cards to vulnerable families for the purchase of food and hygiene products, allowing them to save their income for other essential expenses.
Points4Action
Points4Action brings together young and elderly people to combat social isolation and improve quality of life, while offering young people exposure to careers in caregiving roles and supporting local businesses.
Poligono Circular
An industrial estate takes a collaborative approach to waste-management by valuing waste materials and implementing circular-economy principles.
Anstellung und Bezahlte Pflege für Angehörige (Employment and Paid Care for Relatives)
By offering people who care of their relatives at home the opportunity to become paid employees, this project makes it possible for more people in need of care to remain at home with their families.
