Established in 1995—under the directive of the late Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum during the United Nations International Conference in Dubai—as an outcome of the Dubai Declaration. This declaration created the international concept of sharing best practices for the accelerated development of the human settlements sector. The Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development aims to recognize excellence and support human settlements best practices and to create a global and unique knowledge sharing platform for best practices in human settlements. There are several catergories for awards:
Category 1: Best Practices Award in Urban Regeneration and Public Spaces -This category caters for addressing the cities of the future; finding ways in which cities ensure to provide affordable housing and access to food, water, clean air, mobility, public life and nature for continuously more numerous urban populations.
Category 2: The most iconic, sustainable, innovative and smart building in the world – This category caters to recognize smart, innovative, human-centric sustainable projects that combine green design and construction practices with modern, intelligent architectural excellence in an innovative eco-humancultural approach.
Category 3: Best Practices Award in Sustaining Urban Food Systems – This category caters for systemic change and much improved access to food by all people while maintaining a
strong connection between food production, storage and supply to local, regional and global beneficiaries showing an impact on human settlement.
Category 4: Best Practices Award in Addressing Climate Change and Reducing Pollution – This category caters for solutions addressing climate change, pollution reduction, and the protection of a
thriving biodiversity including long-term multilevel governance mechanics, stakeholder engagement, disaster management, and circular economy.
Category 5: Best Practices Award in Urban Infrastructure Planning and Management – This category caters for finding adaptable, local and resilient solutions, that will enable longer lifecycle of
infrastructure, due to the fast-paced transformations in line with the 4th industrial revolution relying on innovative, futuristic and sustainable projects improving
living conditions.
Location:
United Arab EmiratesBenefits
- Total of US$1,000,000 in prize to be awarded.
Eligibilities
Applicants are expected to meet the following criteria:
- The project, subject of the application, shall be implemented with tangible results for a period of at least one year (project launch
should not exceed five years from the date of application) - Applicant should comply to the award eligibility criteria
- Applicant should submit all requirements within the announced deadlines
- Applicant should not participate in more than one project per category.
- Submitted project cannot be used in more than one category
- Applicant should complete the online application form and submit all requirements on the official award website
- Applicant must provide official documents to prove his status in relation to the submitted project as individual, organization or
corporate (ID documents, Authorization letter, Commercial / Registration license, etc.) - By applying to the award, the applicant gives full authorization to the award management to archive the submitted content and use
it for specific publications. It is not of his/her right to request the recovery or restrict the team to publish or share some of the
submission contents
Application Process
- Fill-in personal and project information
- Choose category
- Fill-in criteria requirements
- Submit supportive documents as attachments
The main attachment should follow the structure below: - a) Project background and short description (Max. 250 words)
b) Motivations, Inspirations and problems tackled (Max. 250 words)
c) Technical details and information (Max. 500 words)
d) Results and impact (Max. 1000 words)
e) Proofs: Links to access related videos, Links to access related photos,
press releases, project master plan adequate summary, related official
documentation, proofs of results mentioned in the online submission
form… etc.))
f) Appendix for any other information - Review all submission contents
- Review submission checklist to ensure all requirements are fulfilled
- Complete your submission
Application Deadline: August 31, 2023
Application ClosedOfficial link
