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By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya Updated 2019-05-30 2153Nicholas You, Executive Director of Guangzhou Institute for Urban InnovationThe Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation has become a vital platform for cities across the world to share best practices and learn from each other on localization of new urban agenda or NUA and sustainable development goals or its fourth edition, the competition has intensified over the years as cities embrace innovation to tackle both existing and new challenges. In 2018, a total of 313 initiatives1 were submitted by 213 cities and regions from over 70 technical committee identified a list of 45 commendable initiatives, followed by a shortlist of 15 initiatives and finally five award-winning the context of the Guangzhou award, urban innovation is defined as the deliberate act of introducing new policies, programs, strategies, business models and types of partnerships to tackle existing and new to Nicholas You, the executive director of Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation, cities are entering into a new era, where they are taking on roles that were traditionally not within their mandate, perhaps due to inability of the existing institutions to respond effectively to local cities are mandated to basically collect garbage, keep streets clean, and manage traffic, You said most of them are currently creating jobs and new institutional frameworks to deal with issues outside the local government mandate."This is an important take away. That implementation of the new urban agenda, and SDGs at the local level, is going to compel many cities to think beyond their traditional mandate," he gave the remarks at a side event in the first UN-Habitat Assembly, where four of the five cities that are the finalists for the 2018 Guangzhou award for Urban Innovation, shared their experiences on localizing NUA and Budworth, CEO of Compass Housing based in Australia, shared how Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, became an eco-friendly city where the 3Rs- recycle, reduce and reuse have become normative city promoted the 3R principles to a poorly educated community unfamiliar with the concepts. This was piloted in Kampung, one of the city's informal the 3R concept, the city-owned buses accept plastic bottles as a form of payment. Through this, Surabaya reduced waste by 10 percent per year even as the city population grew by 5 percent Birch, professor of Urban Research and director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, shared how Mezitli, a coastal Turkish city of nearly 250,000 with 60,000 registered Syrian, established a network of public markets for women women grow agricultural products or make homemade goods from in or around the metropolitan the first market having been opened in 2014, the network has grown to nine markets serving 612 women producers. Their wares range from citrus and tomatoes to jams and Vancutsem, secretary general of the International Society of City and Regional Planners, shared the Italy's Milan city food policy compels the municipal agencies to think about the regional food shed, the geographic radius from where Milan feeds its people, and discusses policy approaches that can encourage a more sustainable food policy considers how food gets from producers to market and whether it's possible to reduce emissions in Katz from Habitat for Humanity International shared the Bolivia's administrative capital La Paz traffic zebras, a citizen culture the program, young creative people show zebra crossing, wearing costumes that emulate a zebra. This is aimed at reducing road said the Mezitli case is being replicated in Southern Syria, while the La Paz case is being replicated in Latin the next 10 years, You said they will document the innovative case studies and bring them to the attention of the national governments."We want a situation where a mayor can go online to find a solution to the challenging his city is experiencing," You said the delegates he interacted with at the UN-Habitat Assembly expressed concerns on how to support local implementation of the new urban agenda and SDGs."Cities need to map out the SDGs against what they are already doing and then look at where the opportunities and gaps lie. That is the starting point," he Saiz, secretary general of the United Cities and Local Government or UCLG, said the new agenda is about cooperation between cities and making the link between the roles that cities need to play in the global agenda."Through localization of the SDGs, we are able to connect the thoughts in a different manner. We are able to identify the areas we have been developing policies on but have not given us the results that we thought and we can identify why. That's why we are bringing this agenda to our members to enable them reshape their priorities," she said innovation is not always about new, but rethinking the methodologies and putting new people around the The original text contains a factual error which has herein been corrected by the Guangzhou Award Secretariat.
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Milan, Guadalajara, Wuhan, Mezitli, New York City are the winners of the Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation. The 2018 edition was held in the framework of the Global Mayors’ Forum & 2018 International Seminar on learning from urban innovation. This award, co-sponsored by United Cities and Local Governments UCLG, Metropolis the Metropolitan section of UCLG and the city of Guangzhou, has become an international event that inspires participants to appreciate the importance of city-to-city learning and cooperation. On December 6, during the International Seminar on Learning from Urban Innovation, there was an opportunity to witness the joint efforts of cities around the world to build a better future, and the results were announced on December 7 during the award ceremony. In this way, Zhiying Chen, Executive Vice Mayor of Guangzhou, addressed that “innovation is crucial for us, but also for future generations and Guangzhou is committed to continue supporting exchanges among cities around the world. We celebrate the success of our partnership with UCLG & Metropolis”. Secretary General of UCLG, Emilia Saiz, said that “local innovation might not get us to Mars but it will ensure community organization in any planet. We need to ensure that human tech is at the heart of our efforts. The Guangzhou Award will be critical for our dialogue with national Governments on SDGs “. Octavi de la Varga, Secretary General of Metropolis, claimed that “UCLG, Metropolis and Guagnzhou have produced results and are favourable to localizing the global agendas.” Nicholas You, Executive Director of the Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation explained how policy process and partnerships are essential for city-to-city learning and cooperation, and to achieve diversity and transformation. From 15 groundbreaking initiatives of cities that shared innovation stories, five winners were awarded The "Rebirth" of Urban Waste Dump – Ecological Treatment and Return of Plurality Wuhan, China The city proposes a new large-scale and integrated approach to the remediation of a brownfield site, place making and local economic development, addressing the needs of the urban poor by providing adequate and affordable housing, access to basic services and new job opportunities for young people. Milan Food Policy An Innovative Framework for Making Urban Food System More Sustainable and Inclusive Milan, Italy This initiative aims to promote a new model of governance between public agencies, social organizations, and the private sector in order to make the sustainable food production and consumption a reality at local and regional level. Citizen-Led Metropolitan Coordination of Guadalajara Guadalajara, Mexico This pilot experience is the first in the Latin American context to propose an undertake strategic metropolitan planning across several municipalities and jurisdictions in a participatory manner. Mezitli Women Producers Market Mezitli, Turkey This initiative based on the promotion of gender equality aims to break the tradition of male-dominated markets, and to provide women from all walks of life, including immigrants, with the opportunity to grow food and sell it in the markets and thus the opportunity to become more independent. Global Vision Urban Action New York City’s Voluntary Local Review VLR of the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs Shows Local Progress for Global Action New York City, United States This is a tool that can help any city map its existing plans and programs against the SDGs and identify gaps and priorities. Congratulations also to the Indonesian city of Surabaya that was voted on by the general public as the Online Popular City. This is the beginning of an inspiring learning journey, because the Guangzhou Award will organize study tours over the course of 2019 to facilitate the exchange and application of these innovative experiences. Stay tuned at GuangzhouAward!
Theyear 2018 begins with the launch of the 4th Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation (Guangzhou Award), a platform for the sharing and exchange of successful innovative practices. The Guangzhou Award supports the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and New Urban Agenda (NUA), contributing to the creation of inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and human settlements. Picture source Metropolis The concept of the Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation abbreviated as Guangzhou Award is derived from the city's long-term cooperation with United Cities and Local Governments UCLG from its foundation in 2004 and with the World Association of Major Metropolises Metropolis since 1993. Co-hosted by UCLG, Metropolis, and Guangzhou Municipal Government, the Guangzhou Award aims to reward innovations to improve the socio-economic environments in cities and regions, promote sustainability, and hence advance the livelihood of their citizens. Presented biennially, the award will encourage and recognize outstanding innovative projects and practices in the public sector. Against the background of a rapidly changing social, economic and environmental context in the 21st century, the Guangzhou Award contributes to the progress of city performances by promoting innovations in the public sector and presenting a platform for cities and regions around the world to share and disseminate their achievements. The award is open to all cities and local governments, including members of Metropolis and UCLG as well as other cities. Applicants can submit innovative achievements in such thematic fields as Public Services, Organization and Administration, Partnership and Citizen Involvement, Smart City, Sustainable City, and others. The Guangzhou Award will be granted to up to 5 winners. Each of the winners will be awarded with USD 20,000, apart from a trophy and a certificate. Winners will also be invited to attend side events including seminars and exhibitions on urban innovation. SOURCE Guangzhou Award
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The City of Guangzhou has the honor to inform the urban community that submission is now open for the fourth 2018 Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation Guangzhou Award. We would like to invite you to join us if your city or region is putting in place any initiatives under themes highlighted in Sustainable Development Goals especially SDG 11 and New Urban Agenda. For the New Urban Agenda, special focus is being placed on urban planning and design, financing urban development, access to affordable housing, infrastructure, and services. We want the world to learn from your experience in implementing the global agendas. Please share your wisdom with us and submit your initiatives online at by August 31, 2018. "The Guangzhou Award is not only the way to showcase excellence in cities around the world," commented Mr. Josep Roig, former Secretary General of the United Cities and Local Governments UCLG, "but should also foster exchanges and learning." Initiated in 2012, the Guangzhou Award is sponsored by City of Guangzhou, UCLG and World Association of the Major Metropolises Metropolis, and aims at advancing the prosperity and quality of life of the citizens of those and other cities. The award, presented biennially, has received more than 700 initiatives from 70 plus countries and regions in the past three cycles. It recognizes innovation in improving social, economic, and environmental sustainability in cities and regions, and has provided a platform to share and exchange innovative practices. During the last cycle in 2016, five cities/local governments made their way out of 301 applications to the Guangzhou Award, Songpa-gu South Korea, Qalyubeya Egypt, Boston US, Copenhagen Denmark, and La Paz Bolivia, for their outstanding initiatives. Up to five winning urban innovative initiatives will be determined by an independent Jury and will be awarded at the Guangzhou International Urban Innovation Conference, to be held in Guangzhou in December, 2018. "The most important point of the set-up of the Guangzhou Award is that those awarded cases can inspire other cities and can be applied across various situations," said Mr. Nicholas You, Director of International Programs and Cooperation at Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation. The award is developing an ongoing system of learning for cities around the world and encourages new methods to deal with social, economic, and environmental challenges. For more information about the submission process, please visit
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The Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation the Guangzhou Award is co-hosted by the United Cities and Local Governments UCLG, the World Association of the Major Metropolises Metropolis and the City of Guangzhou. The aim of the Guangzhou Award is to recognize innovation in improving social, economic and environmental sustainability in cities and regions and, in so doing, to advance the prosperity and quality of life of their citizens. Presented biennially, the award encourages innovation in public policy, projects, business models and Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation "GIUI" was established in 2012 under the framework of the Guangzhou Award. The Institute is conceived as an international network of experts and institutions dedicated to furthering urban innovation concepts, tools and methodologies. Its members include research and academic institutions, professional associations, community-based organizations, industry leaders and individual experts. Mission1. Promoting the evaluation and research compiled by the Guangzhou Exploring and constructing a complete theoretical framework for international urban Promoting the innovative development and common progress of cities around the Offering intellectual support for global urban sharing and knowledge managementThe urban innovation database serves as a knowledge bank of peer reviewed initiatives in urban innovation and analytical case studies and reports. It is regularly updated with each cycle of the Guangzhou Award for Urban Innovation and currently includes more than 400 initiatives from 60 countries. The database is interactive allowing users to carry out searches using several criteria. Users are also invited to submit their stories, articles, views and reviews of examples of urban addition to this knowledge base, the Guangzhou Institute disseminates recurrent and periodic publications and newsletters dedicated to furthering lessons learned and knowledge gained from innovative urban initiatives. Recurrent publications include write ups of 15 shortlisted initiatives from each Award cycle and reports on lessons learned from field visits and study tours to the same initiatives as well as others. Ad hoc publications are also produced by the partners of the Institute and by independent experts. Office of the Guangzhou Institute for Urban InnovationAddress Room 3511, International Financial Center, 5 Zhujiang Xilu, Guangzhou, ChinaTel +86-20-8735-0999Fax +86-20-8735-3488
TheGuangzhou Award, open to all cities and local governments, is dedicated to furthering city-to-city learning and exchange in support of the implementation of global agendas, more specifically the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" and the "New Urban Agenda", and recognizes ongoing or recently completed (within the past two years) initiatives that are looking forward, such as new policies and strategies, new partnerships, new business and governance models, and the use of
The Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation the Guangzhou Award is co-sponsored by the United Cities and Local Governments UCLG, the World Association of the Major Metropolises Metropolis and the City of Guangzhou. It aims to recognize innovation in improving social, economic and environmental sustainability in cities and regions and, in so doing, to advance the prosperity and quality of life of their Guangzhou Award, presented biennially, is open to all cities and local governments with successful initiatives in urban innovation. The initiative that is entered for the Guangzhou Award should be an ongoing or recently completed within the past two years project, measure or policy that produces practical effect or substantial influence, boasting originality, exemplariness and assessment of each cycle’s Guangzhou Award is conducted by international experts independently. The Technical Committee selects up to 15 shortlisted cities and no more than 30 deserving cities from approved applications. From the shortlist, the Jury makes a final selection of up to five award winning cities. Each winner is granted USD 20,000 cash prize, a trophy, and a commemorative certificate designed for the Award. Started from the 5th Guangzhou Award, besides the winners, the remaining short-listed initiatives will be recognized in the form of a Medal of Honor. Since 2012, five cycles of the Guangzhou Award have been held, each of which receives initiatives from more than 150 cities of over 50 countries and regions. These five cycles have made the Guangzhou Award a treasure trove of over 1,300 initiatives which cover a wide range of areas, including infrastructure and public services, participatory planning and good governance, partnerships, technology, resilience, social inclusion and gender previous winners of the Guangzhou Award are as followsWinners of the 1st Guangzhou Award 2012 Kocaeli Turkey, Lilongwe Malawi, Seoul South Korea, Vancouver Canada, Vienna Austria.Winners of the 2nd Guangzhou Award 2014 Antioquia Colombia, Bristol United Kingdom, Christchurch New Zealand, Dakar Senegal, Hangzhou China;Online Popular City Hangzhou China;Media Focused City Bristol United Kingdom; Public Recommended City Antioquia Colombia.Winners of the 3rd Guangzhou Award 2016 Boston United States,Copenhagen Denmark,Qalyubeya Egypt,La Paz Bolivia, Songpa South Korea;Online Popular City La Paz Bolivia;Special Mention City Yiwu China.Winners of the 4th Guangzhou Award 2018 Wuhan China, Milan Italy, Guadalajara Mexico, Mezitli Turkey, New York City United States;Online Popular City Surabaya Indonesia.Winners of the 5th Guangzhou Award 2021Chongqing China,Vienna Austria,Union of Dannieh Municipalities Lebanon,Quito Ecuador,Departmental Council of Saint Loius Senegal.Online Popular City Odisha India;Winners of Medal of Honor Los Angeles United States of America,City of Cape Town South Africa,Breda Netherlands,Municipality of Antananarivo Madagascar,Bandung City Government Indonesia,Berhampur India,Odisha India,Capital Region Denmark,São José Dos Pinhais Brazil. Thefourth edition of Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation will kick off in the Guangdong capital of Guangzhou on Dec 6. [Photo by WeChat Account GZWS411665430] Presented biennially, the award is open to all cities and local governments with successful initiatives in urban innovation. Technical Committee Report of the 5th Guangzhou Award 2021-02-04 Owing to COVID-19 related travel restrictions, the Technical Committee TC met in cyberspace from 1 to 23 December 2020. Its members came from different geographical regions and represent different areas of expertise. … .
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