RegioStars Awards

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RegioStars Awards identify good practices in regional development and highlight original and innovative projects that are attractive and inspiring to other regions.

Think your project deserves to be known and rewarded? Then submit it! You can apply until April 15!

Please note that this year 2 projects can be submitted per programme by the project manager, with the endorsement of the managing authority.

The Award Categories for 2018 are:

• Supporting smart industrial transition
• Achieving sustainability through low carbon emissions
• Creating better access to public services
• Tackling migration challenges
• Topic of the year 2018: Investing in cultural heritage

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Category 1: Supporting smart industrial transition

Europe experiences a period of momentous change. Globalisation, automation, decarbonisation, emerging and digital technologies all have impacts on jobs, industrial sectors, business models, the economy and the society as a whole. As a result of these changes in the industry and service sectors almost all European regions undergo a substantial regional economic transformation. The European Commission is committed to support regions in developing smart specialisation and economic transformation strategies to generate the innovation, resilience and growth needed to harness globalisation.

Nominations under this category covered a diverse range of issues from harnessing globalisation by providing appropriate answers to local challenges to supporting the region’s long-term smart specialisation strategy through developing strong regional partnerships to reinforce collaboration on the topic.

Category 2: Achieving sustainability through low carbon emissions

Europe's transition to a low-carbon society is becoming the new reality on the ground; the Energy Union, creating new jobs, growth and opportunities for investment, is one of the ten priorities of this Commission. By more than doubling the funds available to support the shift to a low-carbon economy, cohesion policy funding represents the largest allocation of the EU budget to be channelled into low-carbon investments in the period 2014-2020; the policy provides a structural and long-term response to the challenges regions face in relation to energy transition.

RegioStars 2018 encouraged nominations that respond to the necessary shift towards a low-carbon economy and society in order to recognize innovative regional efforts to ensure clear energy development, energy efficiency, develop renewable energy, smart grids, sustainable urban development and building construction.

Category 3: Creating better access to public services

Good access to public services is crucial for economic growth and functioning societies, yet the provision of public services faces new challenges through demographic changes, transitions in labour markets and an on-going digitalisation. Access to services should be delivered based on regional specificities and can be supported by eGovernment. The European Commission is committed to spur innovation and growth throughout the economy by offering a lead market and a platform for private services while reducing red tape and bureaucracy for all residents of Europe. Digital public services in Europe can contribute to more efficiency and transparency, and therefore strengthen trust in governments.

RegioStars aimed at finding projects which help adapt to demographic and societal challenges, are non-discriminative and inclusive, physically accessible, link services, pay special attention to children’s needs and/or offer digital solutions.

Category 4:  Tackling migration challenges

Today’s migration and integration challenges are an important factor in the development of European cities. Therefore, the Urban Agenda for the EU puts emphasis on measures to include migrants and refugees: Cities are places where both migrants and non-migrants interact, be it through working, studying, living or raising their families. Achieving an inclusive and integrated approach tackling urgent, medium and long-term challenges requires multi-level governance. Cities need to be ensured that regulations will have no negative impact on the integration of migrants and refugees, that opportunities are funded and that knowledge exchange on best practices takes place.

This year’s RegioStars competition aimed at recognising the efforts of projects that address the most pressing needs in the scope of integration of people with a migrant background, preferably using an integrated approach and linking integration challenges to economic growth and sustainability.

Category 5: Topic of the year 2018: Investing in cultural heritage

2018 is the European Year of Cultural Heritage. Cultural heritage and tourism, cultural and creative industries are an important part of Europe’s economy. In the current ERDF programmes, around EUR 6 billion are allocated for investments in the development and promotion of culture assets, services, and cultural heritage, creative industries, etc. with a strong focus on strengthening competitiveness and growth and jobs. The initiatives of the European Commission all acknowledge the direct and indirect economic potential that cultural heritage can imply for regions, through financing the creative sectors, including small and medium enterprises, sustainable and responsible tourism businesses.

This year, RegioStars showcases projects that ensure the preservation of cultural heritage, contribute to smart and sustainable development, provide cultural infrastructure and services, foster the cultural and creative industry, make culture attractive and use culture to unite communities.

This year, the independent RegioStars jury was co-chaired by Members of the European Parliament Kerstin Westphal and Lambert van Nistelrooij. The jury meet two times in person, once to determine the list of finalists and again to choose the winners from the shortlisted projects. Their expertise and in-depth discussions led ultimately to the selection of the most excellent projects of cohesion policy this year.

Co-chairs

MEP Kertsin Westphal

Member of the European Parliament

Member of the Committee on Regional Development

MEP Lambert van Nistelrooij

Member of the European Parliament

Member of the Committee on Regional Development

Jurors category 1 – Supporting smart industrial transition

Prof. Philipp McCann

Professor of Urban and Regional Economics in the University of Sheffield Management School

Expert in RDI, socio-economic analysis, regional policies, smart specialisation and knowledge-economy.

Dr. Cristina Serbanica

Associate Professor at the Constantin Brancoveanu University

Expert in RDI, socio-economic analysis, regional policies, smart specialisation and knowledge-economy.

Ksenija Banovac

Spatial Planning and Business Analyst a the Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lille

Expert in regional development strategies, infrastructure projects and marketing and media relations.

Jurors category 2 – Achieving sustainability through low carbon emissions

Prof. Simin Davoudi

Professor of Environment Policy & Planning and Director of Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) at the School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape, and Associate Director of Newcastle University Institute for Sustainability

Expert in climate change, sustainable cities, resilience and local development.

Assistant Prof. Fabian Faller

Assistant Professor at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel at the Geography Institute in the Working Group Economic Geography

Expert in energy transition, environmental economic geography and green economies.

Sorin Cebotari, Phd

Research Assistant at the Marie Curie Action, ITN Regional Polarization, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj

Expert in comparative politics, energy management and social networks.

Jurors category 3 – Creating better access to public services

Associate Prof. Eduarda Marques Da Costa

Associate Professor of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of University of Lisbon

Expert in spatial planning, regional and urban planning, evaluation of public policies, data collection and monitoring systems and Health Cities.

Dr. Alois Humer

Research Fellow at Aalto University

Expert in services of general interest and territorial cohesion.

Miko Weckroth

Postdoctoral researcher in H2020 project IMAJINE

Expert in geographies of wellbeing and development, regional and urban development and social sciences.

Jurors category 4 – Tackling migration challenges

Prof. Peter Scholten

Professor Public Administration, specialized in the Dynamics of Migration and Diversity Policies, at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam

Expert in migration, social integration, public policy, migration development and cities of migration.

Prof. Alessandra Faggian

Professor of Applied Economics, Director of Social Sciences and Vice Provost for Research at the Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila

Expert in regional urban economics, demography, migration and human capital.

Anastasia Panori

Senior researcher at IntelSpace Innovation Technologies S.A.

Expert in spatial segregation, migration, smart specialisation, sustainable urban development and online communication.

Jurors category 5 – Topic of the year 2018: Investing in cultural heritage

Associate Prof. Ana P. Roders

Associate Professor in Heritage and Sustainability at the Eindhoven University of Technology

Expert in sustainability, cultural heritage, historic urban landscapes, urban design and architecture.

Associate Prof. Antonio P. Russo

Tenured Associate Professor at the University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona

Expert in tourism geography and cultural development.

Joanna Zielińska-Szczepkowska

Assessment of projects implemented within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Instrument and Polish Regional Operational Programmes

Expert in economy and food technology and human nutrition.

102 applications have been submitted this year to the RegioStars Awards 2018.
The expert jury is working on determining the most excellent project per category based on merits such as innovative character, impact, sustainability and partnership.

The ranking shows the preliminary results, based on the votes received through the InfoRegio website and does not contain the additional social media votes of the last week. The final winner of the public choice award will be announced during the award ceremony at 19:00 9 October 2018!