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14 November 2017

Applicants for the European Green Capital 2020 and European Green Leaf Award 2019 revealed

The names of the cities and towns competing for the European Green Capital 2020 and European Green Leaf 2019 awards have been officially announced. In total, 28 towns and cities from across 21 European countries are in the running to win the coveted awards.

Applicants for the European Green Capital 2020 award include: Reykjavik (Iceland), Aberdeen (UK), Seville (Spain), Lisbon (Portugal), Guimarães (Portugal), Ghent (Belgium) Prato (Italy), Bursa (Turkey), Budapest (Hungary), Lahti (Finland), Tallinn (Estonia), Wrocław (Poland) and Ostava (Poland).

Competing for the European Green Leaf award are: Joensuu (Finland), Pärnu (Estonia), Valmiera (Latvia), Tauragė (Lithuania), Horst aan de Maas (Netherlands), Mechelen (Belgium), Delitzsch (Germany), Avignon (France), Cornellà de Llobregat (Spain), Santarém (Portugal), Roman (Romania), Strovolos (Cyprus), Gabrovo (Bulgaria), Serres (Greece), and Nagykőrös (Hungary).

A panel of 12 independent, internationally acknowledged experts will now carry out a technical assessment of the applications based on 12 environmental indicators for the European Green Capital Award (EGCA) and six topic areas for the European Green Leaf Award (EGLA).

In April 2018, the Expert Panel will select a shortlist of cities that will go onto the next stage of each of the competitions to present their case to an international jury. Next summer, one city will win the European Green Capital 2020 title and up to two towns or cities will be awarded the European Green Leaf 2019 Award.

To celebrate the tenth year of the European Green Capital competition, the European Commission will, for the first time, award a financial prize of €350,000 to the winner of the European Green Capital Award 2020 and €75,000 to the winner(s) of the European Green Leaf 2019 title.

For more information about the awards and the applicants, click here.