This bench stores water and irrigates plants while you rest
The innovative project received funding from the participatory budget in Lille, France
MEP Dita CHARANZOVÁ (Renew, CZ) awards Boyan Tomov, Chairman of Euro Advance Association and founder of TheMayor.EU with the European Citizen's Prize for 2021, Source: EP - Philippe BUISSIN / © European Union 2021
The ceremony took place in Brussels on 9 November
At an official ceremony on 9 November in the building of the European Parliament in Brussels, Vice President Dita Charanzova presented the European Citizen's Prize to the Chairman of Euro Advance Association, Boyan Tomov, in recognition of the achievements of TheMayor.EU for the promotion of better mutual understanding and integration among the cities and citizens of the European Union.
Together with Mr. Tomov, various representatives of winning projects from other EU member states were awarded at the ceremony for the years 2020 and 2021.
Watch a video of the ceremony here, and discover all the winning projects from this file.
TheMayor.EU is an online space where local authorities from the European Union can showcase their work, successful projects and initiatives free of charge giving them visibility to a wider European audience. The platform's aim is to stimulate the exchange of good practices and innovative solutions and to show the EU's contribution to the development of local communities.
TheMayor.EU includes hundreds of examples of successfully implemented European projects that support the social, economic and technological development of European cities and regions, as well as constructive solutions to the challenges they face - climate change, pollution, depopulation, technological backwardness, protection of cultural heritage and others.
Since its launch, www.TheMayor.EU has been operating as a non-profit initiative - the public can read and the municipalities can present their achievements completely free of charge.
Despite the good news, preliminary data from the national census reveals a dire shortage in the housing market that will not go away anytime soon
The innovative project received funding from the participatory budget in Lille, France
This was decided after an unprecedented agreement between the national and city governments
The town of Makarska has recently launched a new mobile service, aiming to cut down on paper use and stimulate citizens to go contactless
The invention promises to be revolutionary as it can decouple food production from agriculture and its environmental impacts
Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles will far outnumber their crewed counterparts by the end of the decade and solutions are urgently needed
The invention promises to be revolutionary as it can decouple food production from agriculture and its environmental impacts
The country wants to become a leader in hydrogen production and export
The arid weather phenomenon is affecting the agricultural sector in Northern Italy to almost unprecedented levels
The splendid initiative that turns advertising spaces into art canvases is back for its third edition
Dust particle concentrations can still present a tough challenge to beat, though
The cancellation hits in the middle of the travel season and is caused by serious labour shortages coupled with a sudden rise of Covid cases
These will be spread across 11 EU countries and will serve to support the EU Missions
The European Commission has accepted to develop the idea
An interview about AYR, one of the 2021 New European Bauhaus Prize winners
A conversation with the Mayor of Matosinhos, Portugal’s first UN Resilience Hub
An interview with Nigel Jollands and Sue Goeransson from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
An interview with the President of the City of Athens Reception & Solidarity Centre