The award ceremony took place on 17 October, 2011 in the municipal theatre in Funchal.
Click here to see the presentation shown on the screen during the ceremony.
Bids were evaluated by an independent jury consisting of a representative of the CIVITAS Forum Host City (Funchal), an independent transport expert (Anthony May, Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds President, World Conference on Transport Research Society) an independent public participation expert (Magdolna Tóth Nagy, Senior Expert, Civil Society Support and the Implementation of the Aarhus Convention) a transport journalist (Sonja van Rennsen, Senior Reporter at ENDS Europe - expert environmental journalist) and last year’s CIVITAS “City of the year” (Genova).
Category I - Technical Innovation
A CIVITAS Forum member city is eligible to apply for this award. However, winners the CIVITAS Award in 2009 are not eligible to apply in the same category.
The winner of this category has to evidence: a single or an integrated set of sustainable urban transport measures that demonstrate technical innovation. The city’s mobility solution needs to refer to incremental and emergent changes in mobility and represent the embodiment, combination, or synthesis of sustainable urban mobility knowledge in original, relevant, valued new products, processes, or services.
Category II - Public Participation
A CIVITAS Forum member city is eligible to apply for this award. However, winners the CIVITAS Award in 2009 are not eligible to apply in the same category.
The winner of this category has to evidence that the city administration have consulted and involved citizens and other stakeholders with respect to your sustainable urban transport measure/policy/strategy’s:
1) Design
2) Development and adoption
3) Implementation
4) Monitoring and evaluation.
Category III - CIVITAS City of the Year
A CIVITAS Forum member city is eligible to apply for this award. However, winners the CIVITAS Award in 2009 are not eligible to apply in the same category.
1) Continuing implementation of ambitious transport policies;
2) Active involvement of local stakeholders throughout implementation;
3) An ability to address key challenges and obstacles as they arose during policy implementation;
4) Active representation of the CIVITAS Initiative.
