Best Practice in Politics
We curate exemplary political work that successfully tackles today’s most pressing issues. This platform is a hub of tried and tested best practices in politics.
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.
Basic Income for Care Leavers in Wales Pilot
The Welsh Government’s basic income pilot tests how a limited period of basic income payments helps support care leavers in Wales to transition from care into adulthood.
Beatriz Galindo Center for Homeless Women Victims of Violence
The Beatriz Galindo Centre incorporates the gender perspective into the municipal network of homeless care resources by addressing the specific needs of homeless women.
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.
Creative Home(less)
The Creative Home(less) project addresses homelessness in Panevėžys through the use of art therapy, providing participants with an opportunity to express themselves, gain employment, and live independently.
Feel Free
The Feel Free project aims to tackle period poverty among teenagers and young adults living in the City of Liège by distributing free sanitary products and useful information on menstruation, with the goal of increasing accessibility, reducing waste, and raising awareness.
Foodcard: dignified state food aid for people in need
The Foodcard is an innovative solution which gives people the freedom and dignity to choose what food and necessities to buy, and from where.
HEROES® Berlin
HEROES® is a unique project in Germany that engages young men as peer educators, empowering them to dismantle harmful gender stereotypes and create a reflective and unbiased space for young people to discuss important societal issues.
Housing and Work for the Homeless
Housing and Work for the Homeless is an integrated intervention for persons and families facing homelessness and housing exclusion which provides housing, services, and financial support to vulnerable groups.
Housing Cooperatives in Barcelona
Sostre Cívic is a housing cooperative operating under the right-to-use model, which unites various projects to facilitate self-management in housing development for its members.
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.
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.
Life Mentorship Programme
The Life Mentorship Programme sees socially excluded people paired with mentors for a year, to help them reintegrate into normal life.
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.
Phosphoros Theatre
Phosphoros Theatre builds bravery, creativity, and belonging for young refugees and asylum seekers, co-delivered by practitioners who have experienced forced migration.
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.
Second Home for Ukraine
A collaborative effort involving a broad stakeholder network created this innovative integration programme in Plovdiv, which has provided accommodation and services to nearly 5000 Ukrainian refugees.
Solution for Vertical Transportation-Assistance
Using an innovative robotic chair that can climb up to 20 floors, the Vertical Mobility project aims to increase accessibility for people with disabilities that live in high-rise buildings.
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.
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.
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.
Basic Income for Care Leavers in Wales Pilot
The Welsh Government’s basic income pilot tests how a limited period of basic income payments helps support care leavers in Wales to transition from care into adulthood.
Beatriz Galindo Center for Homeless Women Victims of Violence
The Beatriz Galindo Centre incorporates the gender perspective into the municipal network of homeless care resources by addressing the specific needs of homeless women.
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.
Creative Home(less)
The Creative Home(less) project addresses homelessness in Panevėžys through the use of art therapy, providing participants with an opportunity to express themselves, gain employment, and live independently.
Feel Free
The Feel Free project aims to tackle period poverty among teenagers and young adults living in the City of Liège by distributing free sanitary products and useful information on menstruation, with the goal of increasing accessibility, reducing waste, and raising awareness.
Foodcard: dignified state food aid for people in need
The Foodcard is an innovative solution which gives people the freedom and dignity to choose what food and necessities to buy, and from where.
HEROES® Berlin
HEROES® is a unique project in Germany that engages young men as peer educators, empowering them to dismantle harmful gender stereotypes and create a reflective and unbiased space for young people to discuss important societal issues.
Housing and Work for the Homeless
Housing and Work for the Homeless is an integrated intervention for persons and families facing homelessness and housing exclusion which provides housing, services, and financial support to vulnerable groups.
Housing Cooperatives in Barcelona
Sostre Cívic is a housing cooperative operating under the right-to-use model, which unites various projects to facilitate self-management in housing development for its members.
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.
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.
The Winners
of the Innovation in Politics Awards 2024
DEC112 – Digital Emergency Communication 112
In 2019, DEC112 was launched to provide an alternative to speech-based emergency communication by implementing a text-based service.
B-MINCOME: guaranteed minimum income & active social policies in deprived urban areas
B-MINCOME effectively improves the well-being of families in socially excluded and deprived areas by combining minimum income guarantees with inclusion policies.
Condominium E-Voting – Successful E-Democracy
Condominium E-Voting allows residents to communicate their housing issues in a quick, easy, and safe manner, enhancing their engagement in the decision-making process and improving the efficiency of services.
