Best Practices in Citizen Participation

Distinction

In the 18^th edition of the IOPD Award "Best Practice in Citizen Participation", 127 proposals have been submitted from the 47 following countries:

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Mali, Morocco, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Zambia.

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18th IOPD Award Best Practice in Citizen Participation

Municipality of Iztapalapa (Mexico City)
for the practice
“UTOPIAS – Units of Transformation and Organisation for Inclusion and Social Harmony.”

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Special Mentions

Special Mention for Civic Tech and AI Bohicon (Benin)
“Civic-Tech Bohicon”

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Special Mention for Gender and Care Cotopaxi (Ecuador):
“Women Community Defenders”

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Special Mention for Water Management Djougou (Benin):
“Local water committee for the Djougou dam”

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Special Mention for a Contribution to Recycling Food Waste Durham, NC (United States of America):
“Designing a community-centred curbside food waste collection program”

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Special Mention for Child and Youth Participation
Surakarta (Indonesia):
“Surakarta Inclusive City Movement”

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Special Mention for the Experience Most Supported by the IOPD Community
Valle del Cauca (Colombia):
“Integral Social Management System - SIGESI eGov”

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Special recognition with Phoenix Project The International Observatory on Participatory Democracy, with the support of the PHOENIX Project,
acknowledges the practice of the IOPD Award for ‘DURABLE PARTICIPATORY PRACTICES FOR ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION’.
“LET’S GO QC, LET’S GROW QC!” - Quezon City

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Jury

In this 18th edition of the IOPD Award, two groups of juries participated in its evaluation: one for the first phase of evaluation and selection of finalists, and another for the second phase to select the winner and the special mentions among the 40 finalists.

The first jury consisted of 22 people and was divided in groups per category. During May and June, this jury read and evaluated the applications received. Finally, they selected the 40 finalists who moved on to the second phase.

Amanda Fléty Martinez
Andrea Baldessari
Ayanda Roji
Aurelio Escobar
Céline Ethuin
Diana Dajer
Elise Naud
Ferdous Lhoucin
Job Van der Poel
Johan Lilja
José Sebastián Calderón Pedraza
Luciana Renner
María Delia Porta
Marion Cassard
Philipp Rode
Rosa M. de la Fuente Fernández
Savaş Zafer Şahin
Serge Allou
Silvia Penteado Cervellini
Sinara Sandri
Sofia Castillo
Yannick Lechevallier
Yves Cabannes

Distinction

18th IOPD Award Best Practice in Citizen Participation

Municipality of Iztapalapa (Mexico City) for the practice “UTOPIAS – Units of Transformation and Organisation for Inclusion and Social Harmony.” Read more

Special Mentions

Jury

Municipality of Iztapalapa (Mexico City)
for the practice
“UTOPIAS – Units of Transformation and Organisation for Inclusion and Social Harmony.”

Read more