The shortlist of finalists will be announced by the European Commission in March 2024. The high-level Jury will decide on one winner per category while, in parallel, the public will be invited to choose their favourite finalist through an online vote.  The application that wins this vote will be awarded the very special Citizens’ Award.  All six winners will be announced at the Award Ceremony in May 2024.

So, watch this space to keep up-to-date with all the latest developments.

• Find out what winning an Award meant to the 2022 Citizens’ Award winner here!  

• Two Natura 2000 Award 2022 finalists are featured in the DG Environment newsletter on water resilience: Improving the Pärnu river basin for its migratory fish; and Protecting migratory fish in Spain and Portugal.  Read more here, and sign up for the DG Environment newsletter here.   

• And you can discover past applications, finalists and winners, as well as find out more about the 2024 evaluation team, on the Award website.