How to Enter

The AIPH World Green City Awards competition is open to all city governments, local authorities, and relevant organisations around the world, or local consortiums where city government plays a key role.

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 – ie: a policy and/or a programme 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.

*We are using the World Bank’s definition, ie: Cities which have a population of at least 50,000 inhabitants in contiguous dense grid cells (>1,500 inhabitants per km2)

2022 Award timeline

22 April 2021: Launch of the award and call for expression of interest.

13 June 2021: Call for entries – the application guidelines and an offline version of the application submission form become available to help entry preparation.

6 September 2021: Application submission opens online for those who have RSVPed.

28 February 2022: Application submission closes at 23.00 UTC.

31 May 2022: Shortlist announced (up to three entries will be shortlisted per award categories). Shortlisted entries may be requested to submit additional information within 30 days.

25 July 2022: Award winners notified.

Mid-September/Early October 2022: Award winners publicly announced at a gala award ceremony.

Register your interest in the AIPH World Green City Awards 2022