2016 Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation
UCLG
United Cities and Local Governments
The Guangzhou Award
Brief Introduction
Introduction
The Guangzhou Award
Brief Introduction
UCLG
United Cities and Local Governments
The Guangzhou Award 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 citizens.
The Guangzhou Award The Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation is co -sponsored by the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the World Association of the Major Metropolises (Metropolis) and the City of Guangzhou.
The Guangzhou Award is a platform for the sharing and exchange of lessons learned from successful innovation practices.
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Who is eligible for the Guangzhou Award?
THE GUANGZHOU AWARD IS OPEN TO
discerned to five (5) cities for each award cycle.
All cities and regions worldwide, including members of UCLG and Metropolis.
Each of the winning cities will receive a USD 20,000 cash prize, a trophy and a commemorative certificate designed for the award. The winners of the Guangzhou Award are also invited to attend special events including the Guangzhou International Conference on Urban Innovation, an exhibition and the award ceremony.
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What does the Guangzhou Award consist ofďź&#x;
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What types of initiatives are eligible for application?
a new policy
An initiative that is entered for the Guangzhou Award should meet the following eligibility criteria:
The initiatives should represent an original undertaking
a project
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It should be an ongoing or recently completed initiative (within the past two years).
such as
a practice
a business model
It should provide evidence and/or indicators of substantial impact and/or success in meeting the initiative’s stated objective(s).
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in a city or region
Cities and local authorities are encouraged to submit several initiatives that support a given policy including those that are
Submissions that do not succeed in being selected for the Guangzhou Award may re-submit in subsequent
implemented in collaboration with private and civil society partners. While the Award is discerned directly to a city
cycles should there be new
or local authority, the Jury reserves the right
evidence or indicators of impact
to attribute the innovation to actions
or change.
undertaken by the city's private and/or civil society partners.
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How to apply for the Award?
Initiatives should be registered before the deadline of
31 May 2016. Submissions must be
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made in accordance with the application guidelines and submission format.
Initiatives must be submitted before the deadline of
31 July 2016.
The Rules and Procedures, Submission Guidelines, Registration Form and Application Form are available on the official website at: www.guangzhouaward.org
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All applications go through
a three-step assessment
process as follows:
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Second step
Review by the general public. Short-listed
submissions will be posted on the Guangzhou
Award website where the public will be invited
to state their preferences and comments. The submission that receives the most positive comments and feedback will be recognized and discerned with a special certificate of
First step The Guangzhou Award Technical
Committee will select no more than
forty-five (45) excellent initiatives from all submissions.
It will then select from the excellent initiatives a shortlist of up to
fifteen (15) outstanding initiatives of comparable merit.
appreciation.
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Third step
An independent Jury will make a final selection of up to
five (5) award winning initiatives from the shortlist of fifteen (15) outstanding initiatives.
The Jury will undertake a paper evaluation and an evaluation based on the oral presentation of each of the shortlisted initiatives at the Guangzhou International Conference on Urban Innovation. The Jury will present its final decision during the award ceremony.
Besides the five (5) awards, the Organizing Committee of the Guangzhou Award also intends to recognize one of the short-listed initiatives for their popularity with the public.
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How are submissions assessed?
2016/5/31 Deadline for registration (expression of interest of submitting for the Award)
2016 Timetable The Guangzhou Award
2016/7/31 Deadline for receipt of submissions
2016/8--2016/9 Evaluation by the Technical Committee
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The 3 Guangzhou Award will be held in 2016
2016/10 Short-listed initiatives are notified of selection and may be requested to send additional supporting materials
The Rules and Procedures, Submission Guidelines, Registration Form and Application Form are available on the official website at: http://www.guangzhouaward.org
2016/11 Final evaluation by the Jury and award ceremony
The Guangzhou Award
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5 Winning Initiatives of the 1st Guangzhou Award (By alphabetical order)
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About the 1 s t (2012) Guangzhou Award
The Guangzhou award declaration Global countries and regions
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Cities
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Participating Initiatives
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Kocaeli (Turkey) Prepare before it's too late: learn to live with earthquake After suffering the Marmara earthquake, the City of Kocaeli decided that living with risk cannot be business as usual. The city
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is not only equipping itself with more detailed information about risk, it is using this information to revisit building codes and fundamental development decisions. Moreover, the city has engaged the community- including youth and disabled persons- in innovative public awareness efforts and is building partnerships with national government, technical institutions and the local of chamber of commerce.
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Lilongwe (Malawi)
Seoul (South Korea)
Lilongwe-Johannesburg cities mentorship program
Dealing with challenges facing youth and improving transparency in procurement
Starting in the 1990s Lilongwe experienced
The City of Seoul is tackling two issues
a decade of progressive decline as a result
that many societies are just paying lip
of a difficult transition to democracy
service. One is the issue of young girls
characterized by poor governance and
who drop out of school and are at risk of
equally poor delivery of services. A
falling into the trap of prostitution. The
combination of leadership, the right tools
other is youth addiction to the internet. In
and a unique mentorship programme with
both cases, the City of Seoul has
the City of Johannesburg, South Africa, led
transformed age old institutional culture to
the city to restore its faith in itself. A
consider these youth as victims of larger
unique performance-based management
societal trends and not culprits. It is now
system has allowed the city to improve
devising a wide range of actions from
service delivery and revenue collection and
counselling to training to help these youth
to reward those individuals for their good
become productive citizens of tomorrow.
work. Today the city is investing in improving its infrastructure and living conditions for the poor.
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Vancouver (Canada)
Vienna (Austria)
Visionary Vancouver: creating a welcoming and sustainable place for all
Start Wien: a programme for new migrants to help them settle in and facilitate their integration in Vienna
Vancouver is well known for its long-term
Due to immigration, the City of Vienna is
continuous commitment to planning for
growing at a rapid pace compared to many
sustainability. This has resulted not only on
of its neighbours. To facilitate the settling in
individual projects or initiatives but in an
and social insertion of recent migrants, the
integrated and cross-sectoral approach to
City of Vienna has devised a one-stop shop
social, economic and environmental
of all of its social services to ensure ease
problems, using innovative financial
of access to key information in such area
mechanisms and innovative urban design.
as housing, health, education and job
While the city is seeking to achieve new
opportunities. Information is available in 24
environmental goals for becoming the
languages and is continuously updated.
Greenest City, it is fully aware that it cannot leave anybody behind and engages simultaneously in an affordable housing policy and strategy.
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10 Short-listed Initiatives of the 1st Guangzhou Award (By alphabetical order)
Aguascalientes (Mexico) The Green Line comprehensive social development plan
Chiang Rai (Thailand) Urban Biodiversity towards sustainable city and climate change resilience
Medellin (Columbia) Medellin Digital
Perm (Russia) Transforming the city: the strategic master plan
Curitiba (Brazil) Sakhnin (Israel)
Linking environmental preservation to urban development: the green areas of Curitiba
Linking innovation in building technology with traditional Arabic architecture
Dakar (Senegal)
Salerno (Italy)
Paving of Dakar City
Sustainable energy NOW
Sylhet (Bangladesh) Kaohsiung (China) Comprehensive approach to a user friendly city
A disaster resilient future mobilising communities and institutions for effective risk reduction
5 Winning Initiatives of
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About the 2 n d (2014) Guangzhou Award
the 2nd Guangzhou Award (By alphabetical order)
The Guangzhou award declaration Global countries and regions
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Cities
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Participating Initiatives
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Antioquia (Colombia)
Special Recognitions: Online-popular City Media-focused City Pubilc-recommended City In addition, in order to promote public involvement in the Guangzhou Award selection process and to promote more worldwide awareness and participation in urban innovation, the Organizing Committee of the Guangzhou Award decided to recognize up three special recognitions: Online - popular City, Media focused City, and Public-recommended City.
Educational parks for youth The province of Antioquia is setting up a network of 80 educational parks to supplement traditional education. The programs are designed to promote science and technology; research and innovation; as well as arts and culture. Each of the parks is subject to an architectural competition to promote local identity. The parks aim to strengthen local talent, capacities and skills among youth and to promote a culture for peace, civic values and social cohesion.
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Bristol (UK)
Christchurch (New Zealand)
Smart city Bristol
Our ever evolving city
An historic city beset by problems of
From 2010, a series of earthquakes and
congestion, an aging population and climate
aftershocks caused loss of life and the
change, Bristol is determined to mainstream
destruction of 1,200 commercial buildings
innovation. It decided to become one of the
and damage to 90% of residential
few cities in England to adopt a strong
properties. The city is using the recovery
mayor form of government. It is committed
process to rebuild the social fabric and to
to reducing energy use and emissions. The
enhance resilience. Extensive engagement
City was awarded European "Green Capital"
with citizens was launched through "share
status for 2015. Bristol's innovative approach
an idea" campaigns. A transitional city
to becoming a smart city is people led and
programme supports recovery in healing
not just about technology - it engages its
and wellbeing; sense of place; and business.
citizens in establishing priorities and in
These building blocks of the transitional
designing solutions.
programme provide for long-term recovery and create a new identity through a highly creative and participatory process.
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Dakar (Senegal)
Hangzhou (China)
Accessing capital markets
Public bike sharing
With rapid growth, a large portion of Dakar's
Eighty percent of residents and commuters
population works in the informal sector. There
identified traffic congestion as a serious
is a pressing need for infrastructure
problem in Hangzhou. Having identified the
investment including a central market place
"last mile" as a major challenge to the use of
to accommodate street vendors and to
public transport, the city launched a large
provide more convenient and hygienic
scale bicycle sharing project. Serving some
conditions for consumers. Dakar decided to
300,000 users daily, this unique bike sharing
access the global financial market to fund the
system complements the public transit
project - the first city in sub-Saharan Africa
system. The project does not require
(outside South Africa) to fulfill the stringent
government subsidies beyond initial capital.
governance conditions to do so. This initiative
The business model consists of selling
sets a precedent for other cities across
advertising space and providing mini-mart
Africa and beyond. Apart from more
services at bike docking stations. A key
favorable financial terms Dakar is leveraging
feature is partnerships with universities to
its experience to improve public
monitor use and a unique management
accountability and transparency and to
system to ensure efficiency and customer
develop its human capital.
satisfaction.
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of the 2 Guangzhou Award (By alphabetical order)
Hamburg (Germany) The International Building Exhibition IBA Hamburg and its
Abu Dhabi (UAE)
climate protection concept
Estidama
"Renewable Wilhelmsburg"
Boston (USA) Youth lead the change:
Jakarta (Indonesia)
participatory
The Pluit reservoir
budgeting Boston
revitalization project
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Linkoping (Sweden)
Collaborative roundtable
Carbon Neutral 2025-Where
for innovation and creativity
ideas come to life
Melbourne (Australia) 4째C Cooler - Using green
Eskisehir (Turkey)
infrastructure to build a
Eskisehir City Memory
climate resilient and
Museum
prosperous Melbourne
Gwangju (Korea)
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
GHGs Emission Program
Operations center: integrating
in Household Carbon Bank
data and monitoring utilities in
in Gwangju
a truly intelligent system
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Special Recognitions
Media-focused City Bristol (UK) Smart city Bristol
Online-popular City Hangzhou (China) Public bike sharing
Public-recommended City Antioquia (Colombia) Educational parks for youth
The Guangzhou Award
Platform Resources
Platform Resources
The Guangzhou Award Platform Resources
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Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation
Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation (hereinafter referred to as the GIUI) was established under the
International Cooperation Open up a "green channel" for international exchanges on urban innovation
framework of the Guangzhou Award. GIUI is conceived as an international network of experts and institutions dedicated to furthering urban innovation concepts,
The current network of the GIUI includes the
tools and methodologies. Its members include
following institutions and partners:
research and academic institutions, professional
(By alphabetical order)
associations, community - based organizations, industry leaders and individual experts. 1. All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG)
Capacity Building and Dialogue
2. Citiscope
Circulate ideas on urban innovation while
3. Cities Today
promoting global discussions on relevant theories
4. Inter American Development Bank (IDB)
Case studies and analysis of lessons learned provide
5. INSTITUT D'AM NAGEMENT ET D'URBANISME (IAU)
an important resource for capacity-building activities.
6. ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI)
These include conferences, seminars, workshops, study tours and exhibitions, such as Workshop
7. Local Councils Association of the Punjab (LCAP), Pakistan
for Thought Leaders: Learning from Urban Innovation,
8. Oxford Brookes University, UK
Seminar on Urban Innovation, Plenary Meeting of the
9. Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities (FSLGA)
Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation. These are tailored for city and civic leaders and designed
10. South African Cities Network (SACN)
to promote dialogue between public, private
11. UN - Habitat
and civil society leaders.
12. University of Zaragoza, Spain 13. World Future Council (WFC)
Guangzhou International Urban Innovation Seminar At Guangzhou International Urban Innovation Seminar, representatives of the 15 cities
Publication The GIUI disseminates recurrent and periodic p u b l i c a t i o n s 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
shortlisted
for
the
Guangzhou Award
respectively elaborate their innovation initiatives and answer questions raised by experts, media and
the
Jury.
Based
on
the
onside
performances and the materials submitted for review, the Jury eventually chooses the winning initiatives for the Guangzhou Award.
lessons learned from field visits and study tours to the same initiatives as well as others.
The Award Ceremony The Guangzhou Award is presented to the winning cities at the award ceremony. The award ceremony is designed to feast the audience with the brilliant innovation initiatives of cities around the world in a way that creatively combines award presentation with art performances.
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Top Talk of Global Cities Urban administrators, experts and scholars are
International Conferences
Guangzhou International Urban Innovation Conference is held concurrently with a series of
invited to discuss hot-button issues facing cities and to exchange views on how to develop cities through urban innovation.
Forums Themed on Hot Global Issues
events related to the biennial Guangzhou Award.
A series of forums are held to discuss hot issues
The conference is being developed into an
facing cities around the world. These forums are a
international convention brand for urban innovation,
combination of speeches and Q&A, designed to
featuring high academic value, strong interactivity,
enable scholars and the audience to reach the core
extensive involvement and rich academic
of the problems they discuss.
outcomes. Consisting of a series of events, including an opening ceremony, interviews, theme forums, innovation exhibitions and on-the-field surveys, the conference provides an international platform for wisdom on urban innovation to sparkle and shine brightly.
Platform Resources
The Guangzhou Award Platform Resources
Platform Resources
The Guangzhou Award Platform Resources
The World Urban Innovation Exhibition This series of exhibitions are designed to showcase the latest initiatives, concepts, ideas, technologies, high-tech innovations and industry projects in the realm of urban innovation. With the use of multimedia presentation, the exhibitions provide a platform for cities around the world to present and share their wisdom on innovation and for the international community to learn about the Guangzhou Award and the latest urban innovation
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Database
initiatives. Based
on
the
innovation
initiatives
and
research projects of the previous two cycles of
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the Guangzhou Award, the International Urban Innovation
Database
(www.urban-
innovations.org) is being developed into an
Urban Innovation Community
interactive information sharing platform that collects innovation initiatives and cutting-edge i d e a s of cities all over the world, shares innovative ideas on livable communities and cities and offers insightful knowledge on sustainable
Urban Innovation Community was established
development. Currently Urban Innovation
by Guangzhou in June, 2014, under the
Database has collected nearly 400 innovation
entrustment of UCLG Executive Bureau. Based on
initiatives.
the resources and value of the Guangzhou Award,
platform, seamlessly connecting to
Urban Innovation Community is founded for the
Guangzhou Award's official website, WeChat
It is a multi-dimensional promotion the
overarching objectives of collecting and sharing
Account, Micro-blog (Weibo) Account and the
wisdom for urban innovation, promoting the
periodical of the GIUI.
innovation-driven
development
of
UCLG
member cities and advancing experience exchanges and project cooperation between cities and local governments (UCLG members included) in light of their actual conditions.
The Guangzhou Award
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
The Guangzhou Award Sustainable Development Goals
SDG - Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
The 2016 Guangzhou Award for the implementation of the 2030
11.1 By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate,
Agenda for Sustainable
safe and affordable housing and basic services
Development Goals (SDGs)
and upgrade slums 11.2 By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for
Cities and the 2030 Agenda for
all, improving road safety, notably by expanding
Sustainable Development
public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons
In September 2015, the world's leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, more commonly referred to as the Sustainable Development Goals or the SDGs. These SDGs
11.3 By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries
present a blueprint for humanity to achieve
11.4 Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard
sustainable development within the next 15 years. A
the world's cultural and natural heritage
major new development in these SDGs is the recognition that cities will play a critical role in their attainment. Furthermore, Goal 11 of the SDGs is specifically devoted to making cities and human settlements 'inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.' (See Box below)
11.5 By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations
As UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon mentioned in his
11.6 By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita
speech on 25 September 2015 at the UN General
environmental impact of cities, including by
Assembly, "Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce,
paying special attention to air quality and
culture, science, productivity, social development and
municipal and other waste management
much more. At their best, cities have enabled people to
11.7 By 2030, provide universal access to safe,
advance socially and economically." He further stated
inclusive and accessible, green and public
that the challenges cities face can be overcome in ways
spaces, in particular for women and children,
that allow them to continue to thrive and grow, while
older persons and persons with disabilities
improving resource use and reducing pollution and poverty. The "future we want" includes cities of opportunities for all, with access to basic services, energy, housing, transportation and more.
11.8 Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning 11.9 By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels 11.10 Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials
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