Category "City" 6th edition 2023-2024
The Award recognises a city, local or regional government whose policy, programme or project has significantly contributed to the promotion of cultural rights for local sustainable development. The Award will be given to the local or regional government candidate that wins a competitive call process, open to direct or indirect UCLG members, as well as to any local or regional government collaborating with UCLG’s partner organisations.
Bids have been received between 29 November 2023 and 3 April 2024.
The Jury held its final meeting on 11 June 2024. In the category "City, Local or regional government", the Jury decided to award Gwanak-Gu (Republic of Korea) with the project "Capital of Youth Culture" and La Paz (Bolivia), with the project "Traditional Medicine Information and Guidance Centres - Qullañ Uta". Special mentions were attributed to Bilbao, Brazzaville, Esch-sur-Alzette, Novi Sad, Ramallah and Xi'an.
APPLICATION BASES
Category “City / Local or Regional Government”
In the category "City/Local or Regional Government", candidacies have been received using the form available on the side, and sent by email to cultureaward (at) uclg.org.
The process was divided into two phases:
PHASE 1. Cities, local and regional governments were invited to send the application form partially completed (according to the fields highlighted in the form) before 16 Fabruary 2024.
PHASE 2. Finalist cities, local and regional governments were invited to send their full candidacy (that is, the application form fully completed: with all fields) before 3 April 2024.
The Jury held its final meeting on 11 June 2024. In the category "City, Local or regional government", the Jury decided to award Gwanak-Gu (Republic of Korea) with the project "Capital of Youth Culture" and La Paz (Bolivia), with the project "Traditional Medicine Information and Guidance Centres - Qullañ Uta". Special mentions were attributed to Bilbao, Brazzaville, Esch-sur-Alzette, Novi Sad, Ramallah and Xi'an.
The Award Ceremony was organised on 25 July 2024 in Mexico City.
All the details of the process are stipulated in the Rules of the 6th edition of the Award.
The winning city will receive a trophy produced by an artist from Mexico City, accompanied by a recognition signed by the Head of Government of Mexico City and by the President of UCLG. The winning city will be invited to the Award Ceremony to be held in Mexico City in 2024.
The Jury may choose to award a single candidacy or decide that the award will be shared by more than one.
The Jury may recognise some applications as “Special Mention of the Jury”. Winners, Special Mentions and Good Practices will be promoted worldwide by the Culture Committee of UCLG.
