Abstract
An agreement of cooperation and transmission of knowledge regarding the nomination for the European Green Capital Award (EGCA) was signed between the mayors of Belgrade and Ljubljana (EGCA 2016 winner) in September 2018. The candidacy of Belgrade was finally realized in October 2019. Great hope was placed in this endeavour because internationally recognized awards, such as the EGCA, represent enormous capital for both the city and the state. The EGCA requires serious preparation and significant fulfilment of preconditions. Many economically strong and environmentally responsible cities competed for the award, but did not win. On the other hand, the capital of Serbia does not appear to be an obvious winning candidate, especially as it is differentiated from the previous winners by being a non-EU city and by the fact that it is still undergoing an intense urban transformation, characteristic of transitional countries. Therefore, the main aim of this article is to present a review of the current state of Belgrade’s environmental qualities and its comparison with the EGCA criteria and with Grenoble as one of the winning competitors. The article gives a full overview of the EGCA requirements with certain details on required indicators, gives relevant insight into the procedure, which could be of use for any future candidacy, and discusses potential benefits for winners, losers and repeat candidacies.
Highlights
As climate change and environmental protection are currently highly engaging topics, this paper focuses on the European Green Capital Award (EGCA)
The main and goalConclusions of initiatives such as the EGCA is the promotion of environmental urbanThe values and promotion of competing by which thepromotion cities improve their cooperamain goal of initiatives such ascities, the EGCA
The City urban values and promotion of competing cities, by which the cities improve their of Belgrade replied to the basic requirements to enter the competition
Summary
The European Capital of Culture award was established in 1985, and it is nowadays just one of many designations, titles and prizes designed for cities to promote their sustainable urban development. The persistence over time of one award is certainly an incentive for establishing others, such as the European Capital of Sport (since 2001), the European. Youth Capital (since 2009), the European Green Capital Award (EGCA) (since 2010) and the European Capital of Innovation (since 2014). Most of these awards represent a title that a winning city is designated for a year. Some awards come together with financial support, and others can be awarded to more than one city in the same year, but a common factor in each case is hard work and a committed preparation process for the nominees starting as early as the application phase, which is similar to a nomination for mega-events such as the Olympic Games
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