Awards 2018: The jury has voted!

Dear friends and supporters, 

We are glad to announce the 80 finalists in 8 categories for the Innovation in Politics Awards 2018 - chosen by the jury of 1,053 citizens from all over Europe. The winners will be announced on 17 November at the Innovation in Politics Awards Gala at Vienna City Hall. 

FINALISTS 

(by Category)

CIVILIZATION

(in alphabetical order)

A SCHOOL WITH A MUSICAL INFLUENCE

Joëlle Maison, Member of Parliament and Local Councillor 

Belgium

BONN PARTICIPATES!-BONN MACHT MIT!

Ashok Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn

Germany

DIGITAL CULTURE: HERITAGE FOR THE FUTURE

Ivan Totev, Mayor of Plovdiv Municipality

Bulgaria

EBNER-INKLUSIV-ESCHENBACH

Jürgen Czernohorszky, City councillor for Education, Integration, Youth and Personnel of Vienna 

Austria

EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission

European Union

INTEGRATED SENIOR POLICY PROJECT

Arkadiusz Wiśniewski, Mayor of Opola

Poland

OPEN COMMONS LINZ

Klaus Luger, Mayor of Linz

Austria

POLYTECHNIC AT PRIMARY SCHOOL

Joëlle Maison, Member of Parliament

Belgium

REVIVING THE EMPTY COMMUNITY OF ZIURAI   

Vilma Miškinienė, Deputy Head of the Administration of Varėna District Municipality

Jurate Lebednykiene, Project Leader

Lithuania

WYMIENNIKOWNIA YOUTH CENTER FOR DESIGN AND SOCIAL INNOVATION

Wojciech Szczurek, Mayor of Gdynia

Poland

COMMUNITY

(in alphabetical order)

CITY WEST: ROOM FOR NEW CITY IDEAS

Eva Lohse, Mayor of Ludwigshafen

Germany

COMMUNITY MOBILISATION THROUGH CHILDREN TO HAVE ADULTS PARTICIPATE IN AND FURTHER DEVELOP NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS   

Aušra Gužauskien, Project Leader

Eimuntas Raugevicius, Garliava District Elder, Project Guardian      

Lithuania

COOKING AND CHATTING IN BIELEFELD

Wiebke Esdar, Member of Parliament

Germany

DUNMANWAY COMMUNITY GARDEN

Patrick Gerard Murphy, Councillor, Mayor of County Cork

Declan Hurley, Councillor, Cork County Council and Former Mayor of County Cork

Ireland

EVERY ONE EVERY DAY - BARKING AND DAGENHAM   

Darren Rodwell, Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council

Saima Ashraf, Deputy Councillor 

Tessy Britton, Chief Executive, Participatory City 

Mike Haywood, Councillor 

United Kingdom

FUTURE OF CITIZENSHIP: LOCAL FORUM TO PROMOTE ACTIVE SOCIETY

Yordan Yordanov, Mayor of Dobrich Municipality      

Bulgaria

GLOBAL LITHUANIA - STATE AND DIASPORA COOPERATION

Linas Linkevicius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania       

Lithuania

INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF SOLIDARY SOCIAL ECONOMY IN CZESTOCHOWA

Adrian Staroniek, Head of the Czestochowa City Hall 

Poland

RE-USE NETWORK

Ellen Ball, Councillor, Area Chair of East Sunderland Area Committee, Sunderland City Council 

United Kingdom

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT: THE VOICE OF YOUNG PEOPLE REPRESENTED AND EXECUTED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Aleksandar Ivanov, Municipal Councillor

Bulgaria

DEMOCRACY

(in alphabetical order)

BUILDING TRUST AND SOCIAL INCLUSION WITH DIGITAL IDENTITIES

Doris Fiala, Member of the Swiss National Council and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Switzerland

CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT: PROBLEM SOLVING IN THE COMMUNITY

Georgi Georgiev, Mayor of Tundzha Municipality   

Bulgaria

CITIZENS CABINET

Rachid Madrane, Minister for Assistance for Youth, Sports, and Brussels Affairs of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation 

Sven Gatz Minister for Culture, Media, Youth and Brussels Affairs

Belgium

ENGAGEMENT FOR GLARUS!   

Hans-Ueli Rhyner, Councillor

Simon Anliker, Team Leader engage.ch

Melanie Eberhard, Project Manager engage.ch

Marcel Federer, Head of Youth Work, Glarus

Sonja Tanner, Staff Youth Work, Glarus     

Switzerland

HAVE YOUR SAY - 300K PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING

Mark Ward,Councillor and Mayor of South Dublin

Guss O'Connell, Councillor, and Former Mayor of South Dublin

Dermot Looney, Councillor, and Former Mayor of South Dublin

Ireland

INCLUDING THE CITIZEN AT THE HEART OF PARLIAMENTARY WORK

François de Rugy, Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition, former President of the Parliament      

Paula Forteza, Member of the Parliament

Cécile Untermaier, Member of the Parliament

Eric Buge, former Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the President of the Parliament

France

LEGISLATORY LABORATORIES

Laurent Saint-Martin, Member of Parliament

France

MAKE GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT THROUGH CHANGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Lukas Savickas, Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania     

Lithuania

OPIN.ME

Tabea Rößner, Member of Parliament   

Germany

PARTICIPATORY BUDGET IN ALYTUS: BRINGING MORE DEMOCRACY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITY RESIDENTS

Vilija Ramanauskiene, Deputy Executive Director of Alytus Municipality       

Lithuania

ECOLOGY

(in alphabetical order)

GDYNIA RAIN GARDEN

Wojciech Szczurek, President of the city of Gdynia      

Poland

GOOD FOOD STRATEGY: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM IN THE BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION

Céline Fremault, Minister of the Government of the Brussels Capital Region   

Belgium

GREEN BUDGET

Krzysztof Żuk, President of the City of Lublin   

Poland

NATURAL RESOURCES HEATING: USING MINERAL WATER SPRING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HEATING

Atanas Kirov, Mayor of Straldzha Municipality   

Bulgaria

OUR SOIL FOR OUR BEES

Rudi Anschober, Member of the Government of Upper Austria

Austria

REGIOTHEK

Erika Träger, 3rd Mayor of the City of Passau

Germany

SUSTAINABILITY STREET BY STREET (THE HAGUE)

Liesbeth van Tongeren, Former Member of Parliament      

Netherlands

THE "FREIBURGCUP"

Gerda Stuchlik, Mayor Dezernat II Freiburg

Germany

THE BANK OF RECYCLING

Vincenzo Castellano, Deputy Mayor of Latronico    

Italy

THE FIRST HYBRID BUS LINE IN SCANDINAVIA

Boel Godner, Chair of the Municipal Board of Södertälje

Sweden

HUMAN RIGHTS

(in alphabetical order)

ABORTION PREVENTION THROUGH FREE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVES

Agneta Granström, County Council Commissioner of Norrbotten Region

Sweden

CITIZEN INCOME GRANTED

Ina Dhimgjini, Councilor for Social, Health, Third Sector and Housing Policies, Livorno municipality

FACTORY OF HOPE   

Diego Iacono, Mayor of Chieuti

Giuseppe D’Onofrio, Mayor of Serracapriola

GDANSK IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION MODEL - AN INNOVATION LEADING TO MORE JUSTICE

Paweł Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdansk

Poland

HANDICAP EQUALITY MISSION

Adrien Taquet, Member of Parliament

France

HARRAGA BOYS

Giuseppe Mattina, Councilor for Department of Solidarity Citizenship, Law and Dignity of Living, Common Good and Participation, Palermo municipality

IRELAND'S LGBTI+ YOUTH STRATEGY   

Katherine Zappone TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

Ireland

LEGISLATION & POLICY TO PROTECT VICTIMS AND TACKLE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

Frances Fitzgerald TD, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister for Justice and Equality

Ireland

PERSPECTIVE STUDIES FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Ruth Thommen

Switzerland

PODKARPACKA'S COUNCIL OF WOMEN

Tadeusz Ferenc, President of the City of Rzeszów

Patricia Mitro, Chairwoman 

Poland

JOBS

(in alphabetical order)

BOOST BY FC ROSENGARD

Sedat Arif, Deputy Mayor for Labour Market and Social Services in Malmo 

Sweden

CARE FOR INTEGRATION AND RELATED SERVICES WELCOME@HEALTHCARE.DE

Barbara Steffens, Former Minister of Health, Emancipation and Care of the Elderly

Germany

GRAZ FUND FOR PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Kurt Hohensinner, City Councillor

Austria

INTEGRATED HOME CARE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN LITHUANIA AT LONG LAST

Ramune Jurkuviene, Adviser to the Minister for Social Security and Labor at the time of the project start; Currently she is the Chair of Social Work      

Lithuania

ON/OFF FACTORY   

Michele Guerra, Councilor for Culture, Parma municipality

Italy

PROTECTION FOR FREELANCE WORKERS

Ivana Bacik, Senator   

Ireland

THE CHEF DUEL

Camilla Andersson Sparring, Member of the board of the local municipality council of Falun

Sweden

WAFF EDUCATION ACCOUNT

Renate Brauner, Former Executive City Councillor of Finance, Economic and International Affairs

Austria

WALTHAM FOREST SERVICESTORE

Clare Coghill, Councillor, Leader of Waltham Forest Council

United Kingdom

YOUTH IN LODZ

Hanna Zdanowska, Mayor of the City of Lodz

Poland

PROSPERITY

(in alphabetical order)

ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CORRIDOR

Sean Kyne TD, Minister of State for Rural Affairs and Natural Resources 

Seamus Coyle, Councillor, Chairperson of the Northern and Western Regional Assembly 

Patsy O'Brien, former Chairperson of the Northern and Western Regional Assembly

Ireland

VILLEURBANNE AT HEART

Bruno Bonnell, Member of Parliament

France

CREATIVE & DIGITAL DISTRICT CHARLEROI

Paul Magnette, Former Chief Minister of Wallonia Region, Mayor of the City of Charleroi

Belgium

DIGITAL VILLAGES

Randolf Stich, State Secretary in Rheinland-Pfalz

Steffen Hess Research Program Manager, Smart Rural Areas

Germany

HELIX (NEWCASTLE)

Nick Forbes, Leader of Newcastle City Council

United Kingdom

HOTEL VILLAGE

Michelangelo Giansiracusa, Mayor of Ferla

Italy

KMU DIGITAL - THE AUSTRIAN DIGITIZATION INITIATIVE

Harald Mahrer, President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Former Federal Minister of Science and Economy

Austria

REGIONAL INVESTMENT SOCIETY

Dominique David, Member of Parliament

France

TORINO CITY LAB

Paola Pisano, Councilor for Innovation, Turin municipality

Elena Deambrogio, Head of Smart City & EU Projects Unit

WATERFORD GREENWAY

Declan Doocey, Councillor, Mayor of County Waterford

Damian Geoghegan, Councillor, Waterford City and County Council, and former Mayor of County Waterford

Gerard Barron, Former Mayor of County Waterford and Former Councillor of Waterford City and County Council, 

Ireland

QUALITY OF LIFE

(in alphabetical order)

#FREEINTERRAIL

Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Member of German Parliament

Rebecca Harms, Member of the European Parliament

Vincent-Immanuel Herr, Initiator

Martin Speer, Initiator
Manfred Weber, Member of the European Parliament

Germany

Istvan Uhjelyi, Member of the European Parliament

Hungary

ADOPT A GRANDAD

Anna Scavuzzo, Deputy Mayor of Milan

Laura Galimberti, Councillor for Education

Pierfrancesco Majorino, Councillor for Social Policies, Health and Rights

CIVIC CROWDFUNDING

Cristina Tajani, Councilor for Labour Policies, Economic Development, Commerce and Human Resources, Milan municipality

COMMUNITY LABS

Giuliano Barigazzi, Councilor for Health and Welfare, Bologna Municipality

DUBLINBIKES

Councillor Andrew Montague, Dublin City Council and former Lord Mayor of Dublin

Nial Ring, Councillor Lord Mayor of Dublin

Ireland

FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: REDUCING THE COST FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PUBLIC TRAVELS

Georgi Maradzhiev, Mayor of Stamboliyski Municipality

Bulgaria

HOSPITAL OF CERDANYA

Alba Vergés, Minister of Health of Catalonia 

Co-owners: Ministry of Health of France and Administration Région Languedoc-Roussillon

Spain

PEACE LINK - BUILDING RELATIONS THROUGH SPORT

David Maxwell, Councillor, Chairperson of Monaghan County Council

Pat Treanor, Councillor, Monaghan County Council

Sean Gilliland, Councillor, Chairperson of Ballybay and Clones Municipal District 

Ireland

SECURE ONLINE ACCESS TO YOUR OWN MEDICAL RECORDS

Daniel Forslund, Commissioner for Innovation, Region of Stockholm

Sweden

SUGAR SMART BRISTOL

Asher Craig, Councillor, Deputy Mayor of Bristol City Council with Responsibility for Communities (Public Health, Public Transport, Libraries, Parks), Events and Equalities 

United Kingdom