Deadline: 30 April 2020
Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development has been launched in partnership with UN-HABITAT and Dubai Municipality to recognize excellence and support urban best practices to improve the living environment.
Award Information
US$1M in prizes to be awarded at Expo2020.
Categories
Now reaching its 25th year, the award recognises the world’s best practices that demonstrate valuable contributions to sustainable urban development, as a result of effective partnerships between public, private, and civic sectors.
- Best Practices Award in Urban Regeneration and Public Spaces
- This category caters for addressing the cities of the future; finding ways in which cities ensure to provide affordable housing and access to food, water, clean air, mobility, public life and nature for continuously more numerous urban populations.
- Best Practices Award in Construction of Sustainable, Innovative and Smart Buildings
- This category caters for finding sustainable, innovative, and smart projects for the development of smart buildings in order to limit environmental impact, increase human well-being and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals.
- Best Practices Award in Sustaining Urban Food Systems
- This category caters for systemic change and much improved access to food by all people while maintaining a strong connection between food production, storage and supply to local, regional and global beneficiaries showing an impact on human settlements.
- Best Practices Award in Addressing Climate Change and Reducing Pollution
- This category caters for solutions addressing climate change, pollution reduction, and the protection of a thriving biodiversity including long-term governance mechanics, stakeholder participation and circular economy.
- Best Practices Award in Urban Infrastructure Planning and Management
- This category caters for finding adaptable, local and resilient solutions, that will enable longer lifecycle of infrastructure, due to the fast-paced transformations in line with the 4th industrial revolution relying on innovative, futuristic and sustainable projects improving living conditions.
Who Can Participate
- National and local governments;
- Non-governmental organizations;
- Corporate and Private sector companies;
- Academic institutions;
- Media entities;
- Individuals (Researchers, professional teams, etc.).
General Rules
- The project, subject of the application, shall be implemented with tangible results for a period of at least one year (project launch should not exceed five years from the date of application);
- The applicant should comply to the award eligibility criteria;
- The applicant should submit all requirements within the announced deadlines;
- The applicant should not participate in more than one project per category. The submitted project cannot be used in more than one category;
- By applying to the award, the applicant gives full authorization to the award management to archive the submitted content and use it for specific publications. It is not of his/her right to request the recovery or restrict the team to publish or share some of the submission contents.
How to Apply
- The applicant should complete the online application form and submit all requirements on the official award website;
- The applicant must provide official documents to prove his status in relation to the submitted project as individual, organization or corporate (ID documents, Authorization letter, Commercial / Registration license, etc.);
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, visit https://www.dubaiaward.ae/