European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel and Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira detailed the arrangements for the “new European Bauhaus” awards (see EUROPE 12703/21) on Friday 23 April.
The awards, which aim to recognise projects that reflect the European Bauhaus, will be presented in ten categories. One category will be solutions for our built environment that work to protect the environment. Another will be for places exemplary for their recycling of materials. Another is for examples of cultural heritage developed in the spirit of sustainability.
For each category, two prizes will be awarded: the New European Bauhaus Awards, worth €30,000, will reward existing projects that have already been completed, and the New European Bauhaus Rising Stars, worth €15,000, will reward concepts presented by young people under the age of thirty. All winners will also receive a kit to communicate (in the media, through a documentary, etc.) about their project.
The winners may or may not be European citizens, but their project must be based in the EU. From the projects deemed eligible by the Commission, a selection will be made through a public online vote, and then the three most voted projects per category will be evaluated by a jury composed of the European Bauhaus partners by 31 May. An evaluation committee will then draw up the list of winners.
The awards, explained Commissioner Gabriel, will help to highlight and bring together new ideas, especially in view of the launch of five new pilot projects in the EU by September, under the Horizon Europe programme, with a budget of €25m.
And from 2022, another prize will be created under the aegis of the European Bauhaus to reward emerging solutions. (Original version in French by Agathe Cherki)