European Commission

The shortlisted cities are invited to present their vision, action plans and communication strategy to the Jury.  

The Jury will assess the shortlisted cities based on the following evaluation criteria:

1) The city’s overall commitment, vision and enthusiasm as assessed by the expert panel and conveyed through the presentation

2) The city’s communication actions including:

• What has the city done to communicate to its citizens on various environmental issues in relation to the 12 indicators?
• Measurement of effectiveness of communication actions. Quantification of any changes in attitude, citizen behaviour, resource use etc. 
• Revision to or proposed revision to certain aspects of the communication actions, including stakeholder comments and lessons learned.
• The extent of the cities local partnering to gain maximum social and economic leverage.

3) The city’s capacity to act as a role model to inspire other cities, promote best practices and spread the EGC model further – bearing in mind city size and location – including the city’s EGC communication strategy if they are to win.

This year the Jury includes representatives from:

• The European Commission, DG Environment

   

• The European Environment Agency

   

• ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

   

• The European Environmental Bureau

   

• The Covenant of Mayors Office

   

• The Committee of the Regions

Following these hearings the Jury will deliberate further and the European Green Capital 2014 will be announced at an award ceremony in June 2012.

For more information on the application process please click here

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