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1st Prize Excellence: Green Railways in Latvia and Estonia, presented by Vidzeme Tourism Association (Latvia). Award is given by Giulio Senes, President of the EGWA, receive the award Raitis Sijas, Sille Talvet-Unt and the team involved in GreenRailways.

Second prize Excellence: “Cyklostezka Sázava” presented by the Město Přibyslav. (Bohemian-Moravian Highlands region, Czechia). Gives the award Janis Bordons, Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Justice, receive the award Jana Fischerova, Tomas Cihak and Daniel Moureck.

First prize Exemplary Initiatives: “Collaborative Promotion of the Iron Mountains Greenway/Vía Verde Montes de Hierro”, presented by Enkarterrialde, Association for Rural Development (Basque Country, Spain). Receive the award Mónica Alonso, Maite Etxebarri, Roberto Galíndez, Eduardo Briones, Borja Liaño, Iosu Udaeta, Jesús Gómez. Gives the award Jānis Olmanis, Mayor of Koceny Municipality and Vilmars Katkovskis, JSC Latvian State Forests.

Second prize Exemplary Initiatives: “Girona Greenways – interpretation and enjoyment for all – VISUAL ACCESS”, presented by the Consorci de les Vies Verdes de Girona (Catalonia, Spain). Received the award Noemi Piris Hernández, Laia Masip Hernández, and gives the award Inese Sirava – Latvian Investment Agency, Head of Tourism Department.

Special Award Innovative action / product to improve the info and experience for tourists: “Vías Verdes españolas y Red Natura 2000” mobile application, presented by the Spanish Railways Foundation. (Spain). Gives the award Ilaria Maggiorotti, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, and receive the award Jose Carlos Dominguez Curiel and Arantxa Hernandez Colorado.


The objective is to promote examples of best practice and to support their replication on other greenways all over Europe. The European Greenways Award will only be granted to greenways under the Lille Declaration, as well as to initiatives already in existence. This biennial award will recognise examples of greenway best practice in three categories:
a) Excellence awards;
In this category the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be awarded to three exemplary greenways that show the best integration of the various characteristics that define greenways (Art. 1 of Regulations) and which also demonstrate specific strengths which, in the opinion of the jury, make them exemplary. (…)
b) Exemplary initiatives;
A 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize will be awarded to exemplary initiatives carried out in relation to greenways. This category is open to any activity related to greenways in its broadest sense: (…)
c) Special Award, (*) Exemplary innovative action / product to improve the info and experience for tourist;
A single award will be granted to recompense initiatives and/or products to inform visitors and improve their experience using new technologies, linked to greenways and aimed at either one or more of these trails. (…)
(*) This special award is part of the activities included in the Greenways Heritage project, co-financed by COSME Programme 2017. Call for proposals COS-TOURCCI-2017-3-03. Supporting the Promotion and Development of Transnational Thematic Tourism Products Linked to Cultural and Creative Industries.
Application form – Excellence:
Application form – Exemplary initiatives: Application form – Special Award, Exemplary innovative action /product: