The AIPH World Green City Awards Competition

The AIPH World Green City Awards competition is open to all city governments and local authorities which are legally defined and nationally recognized with local or sub-national government authority, and which are mandated to govern and undertake and implement strategic policy and planning initiatives within the single urban area/human settlement and surrounding expanse under its jurisdiction.

Entries will consist of a written statement, made in English, through an online portal and may be complemented by supporting evidence such as images, videos, publications (e.g. copy of a report), letters of support (e.g. from partners).

Eligibility Criteria

Any city around the world can submit entries to the award if the five eligibility criteria below are met:

• The submission must be made by the local authority governing the city – such as the Mayor’s or executive officer’s office or the relevant department.
• The initiative described in the award entry must have begun implementation in 2018 or later. If the initiative described is part of a longer-term approach, then the entry must only focus on and discuss results of the stage that has begun since 2018.
• The initiative described needs to be strategic in nature – i.e.: a policy and/or a program leading to the delivery of a collection of related projects rather than a single project.
• The initiative described needs to have all, or a substantial amount of implementation funds secured.
• The initiative described should not feature genetically modified organisms or designated invasive alien plant species as defined by the Convention for Biodiversity.

Awards Categories

The Entry Process

To begin the submission process, you will need to create a city profile, which will allow you to gain access to the online portal where you can compile and prepare your submission over time, coming back an unlimited number of times to add/edit your entry.