The Jury has voted – meet the 10 finalists in each of the 8 categories
Dear friends and supporters,
We’re happy to announce the 80 finalists in 8 categories for the Innovation in Politics Awards 2017 – chosen by our jury of 1,022 European citizens. The winners in each category will be announced on December 6, 2017 at the awards gala at the great hall of Vienna’s city hall.
Information about the projects can be found via the link under each category title.
CIVILISATION
(In alphabetical order)
LINK: Full descriptions
Academy of Culture
Teresa Kot, Commune Head of Jastków
POLAND
ASPIRE Dundee
Stewart Hunter
UNITED KINGDOM
Breaking Segregation – The Nyköping Model
Veronica Andersson, former president of the Children and Youth Committee of Nyköping
SWEDEN
Connected parents – Genitori Connessi
Council of Mayor Luca Vecchi, Municipality of Reggio Emilia / Valeria Montanari, Councillor
ITALY
Digitization of the educational processes in the municipal schools in Plovdiv
Stefan Stoyanov, Deputy Mayor, Plovdiv Muni
BULGARIA
Lighthouse Project School Farm
Gemeinde Täferrot
GERMANY
Music School in the Country
Elżbieta Wróbel / Wójt Gminy Niwiska
POLAND
RES Exposures Prepared by the Children of Sevlievo
Ilhan Kyuchyuk, MEP, Vice President of ALDE party
BULGARIA
South London Special Educational Needs Commissioning
Alisa Flemming, Councillor
UNITED KINGDOM
The intergenerational canteen of Bioule – La cantine intergénérationnelle de Bioule
Gabriel Serra / Maire de Bioule
FRANCE
COMMUNITY
(In alphabetical order)
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Administrative Swap – Baratto Amministrativo
Roberto Del Conte, Mayor of the Municipality of Invorio
ITALY
Athens Coordination Centre for Migrant and Refugee issues (ACCMR)
Lefteris Papagiannakis – Vice Mayor for Migrants, Refugees and Municipal Decentralisation, Athens
GREECE
CIVIC-LINE – A citizen-run innovative public space in a contested territory
Civic Line Collective
FRANCE
Communecter / Connect with your municipality – Communecter, se connecter à sa commune
Région La Réunion
FRANCE
First Paris’ donation box – La 1ère boîtes à dons de Paris
Antoinette Guhl. Adjointe à la Maire de Paris chargée de l’Economie sociale et solidaire, de l’Innovation sociale et de l’Econom
FRANCE
Introducing smart city: citizens’ engagement
Tadeusz Ferenc, Mayor of the City of Rzeszów
POLAND
Online Public Space Problem-Reporting System
Dietlind Grabe-Bolz, Oberbürgermeisterin der Stadt Gießen
GERMANY
Open Gdansk – Otwarty Gdansk
Pawel Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdansk
POLAND
Senior Universities, a project to the whole community
Pedro Mota Soares, former Minister of Labor, solidarity and Social security, Member of the Portuguese Parliament
PORTUGAL
Towards Zero Waste – Verso Rifiuti Zero / Tariffa puntuale
Alessio Ciacci, former Councillor for Environment at Capannori
ITALY
DEMOCRACY
(In alphabetical order)
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Alternativet
Uffe Elbæk, political leader of Alternativet
DENMARK
Citizens round tables / urban walks – A Tables citoyennes / balades urbaines
Bernard Debaecker
FRANCE
Co-drafting of national bills with citizens – Co-construction citoyenne de la Loi pour une
République numérique
Axelle Lemaire, Secrétaire d’Etat en charge du Numérique dans le gouvernement français d’avril 2014 à février 2017
FRANCE
Engage.ch
Damian Müller, Ständerat / Lisa Mazzone Nationalrätin / Cédric Wermuth Nationalrat / Marco Romano, Nationalrat / Lukas Rei, Nationalrat
SWITZERLAND
Irish Constitutional Convention 2013
Eamon Gilmore, former Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Irish Labour Party
IRELAND
Liverpool – Budget Simulator
Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Paris’ participatory budget – Le Budget Participatif
Ville de Paris
FRANCE
Parlement & Citoyens
Joël Labbé, Sénateur du Morbihan
FRANCE
The Mayor Delivered to your House
Thorsten Krüger, Bürgermeister der Stadt Geestland
GERMANY
The open political laboratory / glpLab – Das offene Politlabor / glpLab
Kathrin Bertschy, Member of the National Council and vice president of the Green Liberal Party
SWITZERLAND
ECOLOGY
(In alphabetical order)
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Actors of a sustainable Paris – Acteurs du Paris durable
Célia Blauel, Maire adjointe chargée de l’environnement
FRANCE
AlmLammProjekt – Alpine Lamb project
Gerhard Schütter, Bürgermeister von Haus im Ennstal
AUSTRIA
An Electric Car for All Citizens
Volker Schuler, Bürgermeister von Ebhausen
GERMANY
Arcueil Ville Comestible / Arcueil Edible City
Simon Burkovic
FRANCE
Integrated ecological education in Słupsk
Robert Biedroń, Mayor of Słupsk
POLAND
London Ealing Council – Trees for Cities Partnership
Julian Bell, Leader of Ealing Council
UNITED KINGDOM
Plus belles nos vies
Catherine Heuzey
FRANCE
R-URBAN Ecological Transition Movement involving citizen in Civic Resilience Networks
Marie-Hélène AMIABLE, Mayor of Bagneux / Patrice LECLERC, Mayor of Gennevilliers / Alexis BACHELAY, City Councillor of the city of Colombes / Constantin Petcou and Doina Petrescu, co-founders of R-URBAN
FRANCE
Revegetating license – Permis de végétaliser
Pénélope Komitès, Adjointe à la Maire de Paris chargée des Espaces verts
FRANCE
Villages Compete for Climate Protection
Bernhard Reuter, Landrat / Landkreis Göttingen
GERMANY
HUMAN RIGHTS
(In alphabetical order)
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Barcelona, refugee city – Barcelona, ciutat refugi
Jaume Asens, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona / Ignasi Calbó, Project Coordinator
SPAIN
Diversity management – Vielfaltsmanagement
Peter Kurz, Oberbürgermeister von Mannheim
GERMANY
Entourage
Jacques Boutault, maire du 2ème arrondissement de Paris
FRANCE
Good Godesberg
Simone Stein-Lücke, Bürgermeisterin von Godesberg
GERMANY
Integration project Kistlerhofstrasse – Integrationsprojekt Kistlerhofstrasse
Dieter Reiter, Oberbürgermeister der Stadt München
GERMANY
Improving Outcomes for Young Black Men in Hackney
Anntoinette Bramble, Councillor
UNITED KINGDOM
Led By HER
Axelle Lemaire / Isabelle Jegouzo
FRANCE
Marriage Equality
Eamon Gilmore, former Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Irish Labour Party
IRELAND
Physical, mental and societal support for women who have been victims of violence
Farida Adlani, Vice-president in charge of social action, health and family for the region Île-de-France
FRANCE
We are asylum – Wir sind Asyl
Angelika Schwarzmann, Bürgermeisterin
AUSTRIA
JOBS
(In alphabetical order)
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ART2WORK
Wim Embrechts
BELGIUM
Inclusive employment in park maintenance
Laia Ortiz, Third Deputy Mayor
SPAIN
Integrationsjahr – The Integration Year
Muna Duzdar, Staatssekretärin
AUSTRIA
Engaging the long term unemployed by greening public spaces and training
City of Zagreb, Vesna Helfrih
CROATIA
Lower Silesian Economic Activity Zone – S3 Jawor
Emilian Bera – członek partii politycznej Platforma Obywatelska, Burmistrz Miasta Jawora od listopada 2014 r.
POLAND
Municipal Apprenticeship Initiative – Kommunale Ausbildungsinitiative Asyl
Jens Marco Scherf, District Chief Executive, Miltenberg, Bavaria, Germany
GERMANY
One-Day Labor Contracts
Mariana Georgieva Todorova
BULGARIA
Pilot project to develop the apprentices long-term mobility within Europe – Projet pilote pour développer la mobilité longue des apprentis en Europe
Jean Arthuis, Député au Parlement européen
FRANCE
Plymouth 1000 Club
Tudor Evans, Councillor
UNITED KINGDOM
The Skill Mill Newcastle
Chi Onwurah, MP
UNITED KINGDOM
PROSPERITY
(In alphabetical order)
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A farmers’ supermarket – Coeur Paysan
Denis Digel, municipal councillor in Sélestat
FRANCE
Calliope mini
Gesche Joost, Digital-Botschafterin in der Initiative Digitale Champions der EU-Kommission
GERMANY
Crowdfund Angus
Lynne Devine, Councillor
UNITED KINGDOM
Marketplace for Good Business, Bocholt
Peter Nebelo, Bürgermeister der Stadt Bocholt
GERMANY
Robin Hood Energy – Nottingham
Cllr Jon Collins & Cllr Alan Clark (1951 – 2017)
UNITED KINGDOM
Salford Credit Union
Jim King, Councillor
UNITED KINGDOM
The Bristol Pound
George Ferguson, Mayor of Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
The Skill Mill Tallinn
Avo Uprus
ESTONIA
The Shop Tester – Le Testeur de commerce
Joëlle Morel, Présidente de la Semaest, Conseillère de Paris, Jean-Louis Missika, Adjoint à la Maire de Paris, chargé de l’urb
FRANCE
Virtual Power Plant as an local joint venture – Virtuelles Kraftwerk als kommunales Gemeinschaftsprojekt
Robert Niedergesäß, Landrat Landkreis Ebersberg
GERMANY
QUALITY OF LIFE
(In alphabetical order)
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Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness
Jo Cox (1974 – 2016), MP / Seema Kennedy, MP / Rachel Reeves, MP
UNITED KINGDOM
KAPS – Koloc ‘A Solidarity Projects
Jean Paul Bret, Mayor of Villeurbanne
FRANCE
More influence for the elderly when Stockholm reform the domestic care service
Clara Lindblom, Vice Mayor of Stockholm
SWEDEN
Municipal programs as a basis for the improvement of the quality of life of citizens of Ostrów Wielkopolski
Beata Klimek, Mayor of Ostrów Wielkopolski
POLAND
North Yorkshire County Council – No Wrong Door
Janet Sanderson, County Councillor
UNITED KINGDOM
Praxagora – Feminist City Planning is Making the Men Move
Banar Sabet
SWEDEN
Silver Fourchette – a national awareness program dedicated to the alimentation of seniors
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, former Minister
FRANCE
Uist and Barra Public Bus Redesign Project – Outer Hebrides
Roddie Mackay, Councillor
UNITED KINGDOM
Vienna Urbanites / Guidance through the network of social services in Vienna – Stadtmenschen Wien
Tanja Wehsely, Abgeordnete des Wiener Landtags und Mitglied des Gemeinderats
AUSTRIA
Videotranslator / sign-language translation at your hand – Wideotlumacz.pl
Piotr Kowalski – działacz społeczny i miejski / Członek Platformy Obywatelskiej
POLAND
