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Learning from Cities— The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation
city initiatives. An independent Jury will
deserving initiatives and 15 shortlisted city
make a final selection of up to 5 award
initiatives. In November, 5 winning cities
winning cities or regions from the shortlist
of the 1st Guangzhou Award were selected,
of 15 outstanding initiatives. This step
including Kocaeli (Turkey), Lilongwe
will involve an evaluation based on the
(Malawi), Seoul (South Korea), Vancouver
presentation of each of the 15 short-listed
(Canada) and Vienna (Austria).
cities during the Guangzhou International Urban Innovation Seminar.
In 2014, the 2nd cycle of the Guangzhou Award received 259 initiatives from 177 cities, 57 countries and regions in 6 continents
III. About Previous Guangzhou Awards
around the world. The initiatives range from the city to the metro-region scale and covered a wide range of the fields
The 1st Guangzhou Award was held
including urban resilience and post disaster
in 2012, with 255 initiatives from 153
reconstruction, urban and environmental
cities across 6 continents and 56 countries
planning, smart city and smart mobility,
and regions around the world. In October,
housing and transportation, infrastructure
a Technical Committee comprising urban
and social services, partnerships and civic
innovation experts made a list of 30
engagement, etc. The Technical Committee