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Announcement of EGCA 2021 & EGLA 2020 Finalist Cities

Coming Soon!

The Expert Panel is finalising their technical assessments of all the applications received for both the European Green Capital 2021 and European Green Leaf 2020 competitions.

In April, the finalist cities for both competitions will be announced, so stay tuned to find out who is going onto the next and final stage of the competitions!

For more information on the EGCA 2021 evaluation process, please visit this link. More information on the EGLA 2021 evaluation process can be found here.

Oslo is Officially the European Green Capital 2019!

On the 4th of January 2019, Oslo held the European Green Capital 2019 Opening and Handover Ceremony to officially kick off its European Green Capital year. The Ceremony took place in Oslo’s iconic City Hall and was fully packed to receive guest speakers Mayor of Oslo, Marianne Borgen; Governing Mayor of Oslo, Raymond Johansen; European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella; Mayor of Nijmegen and European Green Capital 2018, Hubert Bruls; and Oslo’s Vice Mayor for Environment and Transport, Lan Marie Nguyen Berg, amongst others. [...]

Save the Date: Awards Ceremony

The European Green Capital and European Green Leaf Awards Ceremony is taking place on 20 June 2019. It will be hosted by the current European Green Capital, Oslo, in Norway.

Once the finalist cities are announced in April for both competitions, they will go on to present their cities’ environmental performance to the Jury, who will determine the winner based on the Expert Panel’s technical assessments and the cities’ presentations.

Stay tuned to our website, Twitter and Facebook to find out more information and who will be the 2021 European Green Capital and 2020 European Green Leaf!

Save the Date! European Green Capital Award 2022 Applicant Workshop

The Applicant Workshop for the 2022 European Green Capital Award will take place on 27 May in Brussels. The Workshop will provide cities with an overview of the 2022 Evaluation Process along with helpful tips and advice on what makes a successful application.

You can view the presentations made at previous Applicant Workshops here.