8th-EGA 2017 | European Greenways Association

Awarded and organizers family picture, with Stephen Kearyhas Mayor of Limerick City and County, in the center.

Below awarded after receiving the award with Stephen Keary, Mayor of Limerick City and County.

See the information of the European Greenways awarded here

First prize Excellence: Vennbahn. Sandra Detaeye and Dany Heck Director and Adjunct director Tourismusagentur Ostbelgien

Second prize Excellence: “First Greenway in Serbia”, presented by the city of Uzice, Serbia. Petar Blagojevic; Member of the Uzice City Council (Serbia)

Third Prize Excellence: Rio Minho Greenways. Sónia Antunes, Municipality of Vila Nova de Cerveira, Fernando Barros, Municipality of Valença, and Pedro Dinis, Municipality of Monção (Portugal)

First prize, Exemplary Initiatives: Sierra Greenway universal accessibility adaptation plan. Isabel Morales, Chairwoman, Sierra Greenway Foundation (Spain)

Second prize, Exemplary initiatives: Greenways of the Jaen Green Corridor, María Jimenez representing the Jaen Provincial Government (Spain)

Third Prize, Exemplary Initiatives: Way-of-commitment / Vía Compromiso, Juan Soria, Manager Noroeste de Murcia Greenway and Fernando Angulo, controller. (Spain)

Special Jury Award to the Great Southern Greenway (GSG), Ireland. Majella O’Brian, Limerick City and County Council, and Liam O Mahony; Chairman – GST, with Giulio Senes, EGWA president

Programme & Presentations

The workshop and the ulterior visit on 29th September are organized on the occasion of the 8th European Greenways Award Ceremony 2017.

Further information and registration will be available shortly. Please, stay tuned for updates!

Recent meeting in Brussels of the jury of the 8th European Greenways Award

The winners will be announced in Limerick (Ireland) on Thursday September 28, 2017

The European Greenways Association (EGWA) announces the call for candidacies for the 8^th European Greenways Award(EGA) 2017, organised by EGWA in co-operation with the Limerick City and County Council

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 two categories:

a) Excellence awards;

In this category the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd 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 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd 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: (…)

NEW Deadline for receipt of candidacies: Tuesday 9 May 2017

– Re gulations

– Application forms:

Excellence awards

Exemplary initiatives

The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 28th September 2017 at Limerick, in Ireland.

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Regulations:

8th EGA Regulations 2017 Web-new-deadline
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Application form – Excellence:

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Date: 21 April, 2017

Application form – Exemplary initiatives:

8th EGA Initiatives 2017 Web-new-deadline
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