Atotal of 313 initiatives have been submitted from 213 cities in 70 countries and regions. After reviewing the applications, members of the technical committee of the Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation, which met in Surabaya, Indonesia, in parallel to the 7th Congress of United Cities and Local Governments - Asia Pacific (UCLG-ASPAC Congress), announced the 15 short-listed cities. Guangzhou Award] July 2018: What Does an Inclusive City Look Like? - Mortimerto Guangzhou, China associated with attending the Guangzhou International Urban Innovation Conference and the 2014 Chinese International Friendship City Conference. 2. On 11 November 2014, the Future Melbourne Committee approved the proposal for Councillor Beverley Pinder-Mortimer to travel to Guangzhou for the period 26 to 29 November 2018GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR URBAN INNOVATION SURABAYA, INDONESIA, 8-12 SEPTEMBER, 2018 I. Introduction The Technical Committee (TC) met in Surabaya from 8 to 12 September, 2018. Its members came from different geographical regions and represent different areas of expertise. It met to select deserving UrbanInnovation Community; History of our Movement; Constitution and rules; Our Global Agenda. The Global Agenda of Local and Regional Governments; The Durban Political Declaration; Manifestos for the Implementation Decade; Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization; Our territorial Agenda. Metropolitan and peripheral cities Thefourth edition of Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation will kick off in the Guangdong capital of Guangzhou on Dec 6. [Photo by WeChat Account GZWS411665430] Presented biennially, the award is open to all cities and local governments with successful initiatives in urban innovation. 18ZAyg. Sustainable development is an essential issue in today's human society. The global spread of COVID-19 highlights the importance and urgency of sustainable development. A total of 273 initiatives from 175 cities and local governments in 60 countries and regions applied for the 5th Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation, which fully demonstrated global cities' determination to adhere to exchanges and cooperation under the epidemic. This meeting released the Technical Committee Meeting results of the 5th Guangzhou Award and announced the 15 shortlisted include Mr. Guan Litong, Deputy Director General of Department of European and Asian Affairs, the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries; Mr. Sun Xiuqing, Deputy Secretary General of Guangzhou Municipal Government; Ms. Emilia Saiz, Secretary-General of United Cities and Local Governments; Mr. Octavi de la Varga, Secretary General of Metropolis. Mr. Liu Baochun, Director General of Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office, Metropolis Regional Secretary of Asia-Pacific, hosted the speakers mentioned that the Covid-19 pandemic has challenged our urban planning and governance. Ms. Saiz said that, the Covid-19 that the world is going through has changed the perceptions of many things and has impacted our economy and our society. It has also highlighted some of the changes that we need to make at local government level. Mr. Octavi said, "The Covid-19 pandemic has placed cities and city leaders at the forefront of the fight and in adapting policies, rethinking our urban development, and looking for creative solutions. And I think this is at the heart of the Guangzhou Award." Multiple speakers expressed their recognition on Guangzhou Award’s achievement on urban governance innovation. In Mr. Guan Litong’s speech, he remarked, despite the impact of the pandemic, the 5th Guangzhou Award has progressed against the adversities. It fully demonstrated the international influence of the Guangzhou Award and the determination of global cities to cooperate and to develop under the pandemic. Mr. Sun Xiuqing praised Guangzhou Award for sticking to its mission and promote global urban governance and sustainable development, while combating the global Sylvia Croese, Chair of the Technical Committee of the 5th Guangzhou Award, the Senior Researcher of the South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning from University of the Witwatersrand, reported on the initial assessment and announced the list of shortlisted cities. Subsequently, two of the Technical Committee members, Mr. Serge Salat, President of Urban Morphology and Complex Systems Institute in Paris, and Mr. Ali Cheshmehzangi, Head of the Department of Architecture and Built Environment and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies CSET of the University of Nottingham in Ningbo China, commented on the shortlisted initiatives. The 15 shortlisted cities of the 5th Guangzhou Award are City of Unley, Australia; Wien, Austria; São José dos Pinhais, Brazil; Chongqing Municipality, China; Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark; Quito, Ecuador; All 114 Urban Local Bodies ULBs of Odisha, India; Berhampur Municipal Corporation BeMC, India; Bandung City Government, Indonesia; Union of Municipalities, Lebanon; Municipality Of Antananarivo Commune Urbaine d'Antananarivo, Madagascar; Breda, Netherlands; Departmental Council of Saint Louis, Senegal; City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Los Angeles, guests accepted interviews from several media and share different concepts and practices of urban innovation and sustainable development. They also give their opinion of the future trends of global urban governance and the renewing assessment of innovation. These ideas provided new insights for the exploration of future urban sustainable find the list of 45 deserving cities as followThe 15 shortlisted cities of the 5th Guangzhou AwardThe 30 deserving initiatives of the 5th Guangzhou Award Report of the Technical Committee of 5th Guangzhou Award Milan, Guadalajara, Wuhan, Mezitli, New York City are the winners of the Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation. The 2018 edition was held in the framework of the Global Mayors’ Forum & 2018 International Seminar on learning from urban innovation. This award, co-sponsored by United Cities and Local Governments UCLG, Metropolis the Metropolitan section of UCLG and the city of Guangzhou, has become an international event that inspires participants to appreciate the importance of city-to-city learning and cooperation. On December 6, during the International Seminar on Learning from Urban Innovation, there was an opportunity to witness the joint efforts of cities around the world to build a better future, and the results were announced on December 7 during the award ceremony. In this way, Zhiying Chen, Executive Vice Mayor of Guangzhou, addressed that “innovation is crucial for us, but also for future generations and Guangzhou is committed to continue supporting exchanges among cities around the world. We celebrate the success of our partnership with UCLG & Metropolis”. Secretary General of UCLG, Emilia Saiz, said that “local innovation might not get us to Mars but it will ensure community organization in any planet. We need to ensure that human tech is at the heart of our efforts. The Guangzhou Award will be critical for our dialogue with national Governments on SDGs “. Octavi de la Varga, Secretary General of Metropolis, claimed that “UCLG, Metropolis and Guagnzhou have produced results and are favourable to localizing the global agendas.” Nicholas You, Executive Director of the Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation explained how policy process and partnerships are essential for city-to-city learning and cooperation, and to achieve diversity and transformation. From 15 groundbreaking initiatives of cities that shared innovation stories, five winners were awarded The "Rebirth" of Urban Waste Dump – Ecological Treatment and Return of Plurality Wuhan, China The city proposes a new large-scale and integrated approach to the remediation of a brownfield site, place making and local economic development, addressing the needs of the urban poor by providing adequate and affordable housing, access to basic services and new job opportunities for young people. Milan Food Policy An Innovative Framework for Making Urban Food System More Sustainable and Inclusive Milan, Italy This initiative aims to promote a new model of governance between public agencies, social organizations, and the private sector in order to make the sustainable food production and consumption a reality at local and regional level. Citizen-Led Metropolitan Coordination of Guadalajara Guadalajara, Mexico This pilot experience is the first in the Latin American context to propose an undertake strategic metropolitan planning across several municipalities and jurisdictions in a participatory manner. Mezitli Women Producers Market Mezitli, Turkey This initiative based on the promotion of gender equality aims to break the tradition of male-dominated markets, and to provide women from all walks of life, including immigrants, with the opportunity to grow food and sell it in the markets and thus the opportunity to become more independent. Global Vision Urban Action New York City’s Voluntary Local Review VLR of the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs Shows Local Progress for Global Action New York City, United States This is a tool that can help any city map its existing plans and programs against the SDGs and identify gaps and priorities. Congratulations also to the Indonesian city of Surabaya that was voted on by the general public as the Online Popular City. This is the beginning of an inspiring learning journey, because the Guangzhou Award will organize study tours over the course of 2019 to facilitate the exchange and application of these innovative experiences. Stay tuned at GuangzhouAward! “The Spirit of Cities” - Launch of the VR Exhibition of the Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation hereinafter referred to as "A Review of Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation" was successfully held at the Guangzhou Urban Planning Exhibition Center on May 14. The launch was convened by the Guangzhou Municipality, UCLG and Metropolis in cooperation with the Guangzhou Education Bureau, Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau and Southern Finance Omnimedia Corp.,etc.. Zhan Decun, Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office, Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government and Carlos Giralt, Consul General of Mexico in Guangzhou both attended the launch and delivered a speech; Emilia Saiz, Secretary General of UCLG addressed by been severely challenged by the COVID-19 on global urban governance, exploring the relationship between urban innovation and sustainable development has become more realistic and urgent. Mr. Zhan hoped that the exhibition can provide new ideas for international urban innovation and more residents will pay attention to urban innovation, bringing more inspirations to urban governance. From Saiz’s perspective, the exhibition demonstrated that Guangzhou has always remained true to opening as it regards the world as a place of inspirations, drawing inspirations from the world and bringing inspirations back to the Giralt viewed Guangzhou as a metropolis solves many major challenges innovatively which others cities in the world can learn shortlisted cities initiatives of the fifth Guangzhou Award were included in the exhibition, special sections concerned combating the pandemic and pursuing SDGs were also displayed. Meanwhile, the“Drawing the Future of Cities” Art Exhibition was held with drawings from Guangzhou High School of Fine Arts students, allowing them to depict future cities’ blueprint in their mind through brushes, motivating them to serve as the major players of sustainable development pursuit.（scan the code to visit the VR Exhibition The Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation the Guangzhou Award is co-sponsored by the United Cities and Local Governments UCLG, the World Association of the Major Metropolises Metropolis and the City of Guangzhou. It aims to recognize innovation in improving social, economic and environmental sustainability in cities and regions and, in so doing, to advance the prosperity and quality of life of their Guangzhou Award, presented biennially, is open to all cities and local governments with successful initiatives in urban innovation. The initiative that is entered for the Guangzhou Award should be an ongoing or recently completed within the past two years project, measure or policy that produces practical effect or substantial influence, boasting originality, exemplariness and assessment of each cycle’s Guangzhou Award is conducted by international experts independently. The Technical Committee selects up to 15 shortlisted cities and no more than 30 deserving cities from approved applications. From the shortlist, the Jury makes a final selection of up to five award winning cities. Each winner is granted USD 20,000 cash prize, a trophy, and a commemorative certificate designed for the Award. Started from the 5th Guangzhou Award, besides the winners, the remaining short-listed initiatives will be recognized in the form of a Medal of Honor. Since 2012, five cycles of the Guangzhou Award have been held, each of which receives initiatives from more than 150 cities of over 50 countries and regions. These five cycles have made the Guangzhou Award a treasure trove of over 1,300 initiatives which cover a wide range of areas, including infrastructure and public services, participatory planning and good governance, partnerships, technology, resilience, social inclusion and gender previous winners of the Guangzhou Award are as followsWinners of the 1st Guangzhou Award 2012 Kocaeli Turkey, Lilongwe Malawi, Seoul South Korea, Vancouver Canada, Vienna Austria.Winners of the 2nd Guangzhou Award 2014 Antioquia Colombia, Bristol United Kingdom, Christchurch New Zealand, Dakar Senegal, Hangzhou China;Online Popular City Hangzhou China;Media Focused City Bristol United Kingdom; Public Recommended City Antioquia Colombia.Winners of the 3rd Guangzhou Award 2016 Boston United States,Copenhagen Denmark,Qalyubeya Egypt,La Paz Bolivia, Songpa South Korea;Online Popular City La Paz Bolivia;Special Mention City Yiwu China.Winners of the 4th Guangzhou Award 2018 Wuhan China, Milan Italy, Guadalajara Mexico, Mezitli Turkey, New York City United States;Online Popular City Surabaya Indonesia.Winners of the 5th Guangzhou Award 2021Chongqing China,Vienna Austria,Union of Dannieh Municipalities Lebanon,Quito Ecuador,Departmental Council of Saint Loius Senegal.Online Popular City Odisha India;Winners of Medal of Honor Los Angeles United States of America,City of Cape Town South Africa,Breda Netherlands,Municipality of Antananarivo Madagascar,Bandung City Government Indonesia,Berhampur India,Odisha India,Capital Region Denmark,São José Dos Pinhais Brazil.

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