{"id":4944,"date":"2019-03-01T22:17:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T20:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ripess.eu\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2021-03-22T17:24:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T16:24:38","slug":"transformative-cities-award-still-time-to-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripess.eu\/en\/transformative-cities-award-still-time-to-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformative Cities Award: still time to apply"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The 2019 edition of the Transformative Cities initiative has started with the publication of the Open Call<\/a> (Open until 15th of March).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We invite you to apply to the 2019 “Transformative Cities Award\u201d;\u00a0this open call being a\u00a0great opportunity to highlight grassroot initiatives that have made a difference in their community on<\/strong> Housing, Energy, Water and Food Systems<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

RIPESS joined a group of organizations that are promoting the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the “Transformative Cities Award” aiming to highlight political practices and solutions that can serve as inspiration for others \u2013\u00a0See related information\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In this second edition, the award is looking for initiatives that have succeeded in articulating an inclusive vision for a social majority to transform their city or defined environment.<\/strong>\u00a0The prize\u00a0aspires to create a new model of awards, which is participatory, inspirational, and rooted in exchanges and learning; the idea would be to highlight practices that can be replicated in other regions and places.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

“Transformative Cities Award”:\u00a0all you need to know!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

You can find all the information of the prize\u00a0here<\/a>. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Or you can watch a video with basic information:\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/yhhDkLPqIqo<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Who can apply?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This initiative is open to collectives not individuals. A collective can have the form of a social movement with recognizable structures and goals without a formal legal recognition, a legally existing civil society organization, a citizens platform seeking to gain institutional power at municipal and\/or city level via a political candidacy, an established city council, or other forms of collective action that centre their practices in a specific location that is not generally recognized as a region, state or similar delimitations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Transformative…\u00a0doing what?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The second edition of the award (2019) will look at the three issues of the first edition: Energy, Water and Housing plus an additional one: Food systems. Each initiative\u00a0can also apply to several issues simultaneously under the same application.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Ok… but what do you mean by\u00a0“transformative”?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

“Transformative” recognizes that these struggles have succeeded in articulating an inclusive vision for a social majority to transform their city or defined environment. These practices will have measurable results, since they have been implemented successfully, and they will be practices that can be replicated in other regions and places.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

How\u00a0they can submit their initiative?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Completing this online form<\/a>\u00a0or sending the attached Application form to\u00a0transformativecities@tni.org<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What is the\u00a0deadline to submit the proposal?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They can submit their application until the 15th of March 2019 at 23.59h CET.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What is the selection criteria?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

These are the key elements of a Transformative Practice:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n