Meet the Finalists of the Innovation in Politics Awards 2017

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