European Greenways Award, recent Jury meeting

=>33 candidacies from 13 countries!

=> The winners will be announced on Thursday 9/October 2025

The jury did not have an easy task to select the winners of the 12th edition of the European Greenways Award 2025, due to the high quality and variety of the applications!

It was a European jury made up of experts with extensive experience in the different aspects that make up greenways. This is their composition:

  • Dorota Tomalak. Deputy Head of Unit. Secretariat of the Commission for Natural Resources. European Committee of the Regions
  • Daniel  Solana Basquetour. Basque Tourist Agency. (Director)
  • Piotr Kalisz. Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Infrastructure for the Bicycle Mobility. Rep. Poland
  • Richard Denman. The Tourism Company. Global Expert on Sustainable Tourism.

European Greenways Association team:

  • Mr Giulio Senes– President EGWA.  Italy/ Vote, in case of a tie vote
  • Mercedes Muñoz, Jury Secretary – EGWA Director, and Dominika Zareba, EGWA manager,with voice but without vote.

Ms. Ramune Genzbigelyte-Venturi. European Commission. DG Mobility and Transport. MOVE.001-Tourism Team. (excused for illness)

♥ Many thanks to the jury for their availability, and their rich debate.

♥ Many thanks to all the participants for taking part! We are delighted with the excellent response to the prize and to learn about new initiatives all over Europe! We really appreciate the great interest in the prize!

♥ Many thanks to Basquetour for their key support for the organisation of the award, which allows an open participation to those interested in Greenways, showing their commitment at the highest level in supporting Greenways. T

=> The winners will be announced on Thursday 9/October 2025, at award ceremony in Abanto-Zierbena, a small locality in Bizkaia province that lies in a unique natural setting, just 20 minutes from Bilbao. >>  See the venue Ekoetxea of Abanto-Zierbena

=> In addition to the 12th Awards ceremony, there will be an international conference and a technical visit to one of the greenways of the region, the following day 10th October, in order to disseminate and promote the knowledge and use of the greenways in the region.

♥ This would not be possible without the continued support of EGWA’s members!

♦ Join EGWA to strongly support greenways actions!