The Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development is currently accepting applications. The Dubai International Award seeks to honor excellence, promote best practices in human settlements, and provide a worldwide and distinctive knowledge-sharing platform for these practices.

The award, which is in its 25th year, honors the best practices from across the world that have made significant contributions to sustainable urban development as a consequence of successful collaborations between the public, private, and civic sectors in the following areas:

• Urban Regeneration and Public Spaces
• Construction of Sustainable, Innovative and Smart Buildings
• Sustaining Urban Food Systems
• Addressing Climate Change and Reducing Pollution
• Urban Infrastructure Planning and Management

Quick details:

• Organized by: UN-HABITAT and Dubai Municipality
• Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Deadline: 31 August 2023
• Announcing date: 31 January 2024
• Award Ceremony: February 2024
• Type: Award
• Gender: Male and Female
• Eligible Countries: International

Categories:

• Best Practices Award in Urban Regeneration and Public Spaces: metropolitan regeneration restores underused resources and redistributes possibilities, boosting the wealth and standard of living of metropolitan areas. Cities are said to be supported by their public spaces. The provision of ecological services, enhancing health and welfare, guaranteeing social inclusion, and promoting economic interchange are essential for achieving sustainable cities and inclusive communities.
  This category focuses on addressing the cities of the future and identifying methods by which cities may guarantee that continually expanding urban populations have access to cheap housing, food, water, clean air, mobility, public life, and nature.
•  The Most Beautiful, Innovative and Iconic Building: To leave a lasting impression on the globe, sustainable and iconic building developments require comprehensive local and life cycle data analysis in creating real bioclimatic and responsive buildings. They strike a balance between safeguarding natural assets, habitats, cultural history, and aesthetic appeal while enhancing performance, quality, and wellness. This category honors the most iconic, clever, creative, and human-centered sustainable designs that integrate environmentally friendly architectural excellence with cutting-edge architectural design and construction methods.
• Best Practices Award in Sustaining Urban Food Systems: The condition of having reliable access to an adequate supply of inexpensive and nourishing food is known as food security. This group focuses on systemic transformation and greatly increased access to food for all people while preserving a close relationship between food production, storage, and supply to local, regional, and international beneficiaries exhibiting an influence on human settlements.
• Best Practices Award in Addressing Climate Change and Reducing Pollution: The natural world, as a whole or in a specific location, is referred to as the living environment. It is particularly influenced by human activities. This category includes long-term multilevel governance mechanics, stakeholder involvement, disaster management, and circular economy as strategies for combating climate change, reducing pollution, and protecting a vibrant biodiversity.
• Best Practices Award in Urban Infrastructure Planning and Management: Infrastructure is described as the fundamental organizational and physical amenities (such as buildings, roads, electricity sources, etc.) required for a society or business to function.
  This category addresses the need for flexible, local, and resilient solutions that will allow infrastructure to last longer owing to the rapid changes brought on by the fourth industrial revolution, which depends on cutting-edge, sustainable initiatives that improve living circumstances.
• Prizes:
• Prizes totaling US$1,000,000 will be given out.
• Eligibilities:
• The following organizations are eligible to compete in this event:
  • National and local governments
  • Non-governmental organizations
  • Corporate and Private sector companies
  • Academic institutions
  • Media entities
  • Individuals (Researchers, professional
    teams, etc.)
  • Candidates must fulfill the following requirements:
• The application’s project must be carried out for at least a year and produce noticeable results; the project’s start date cannot be more than five years in the future.
• The applicant must meet the requirements for the award.
• The applicant must fulfill all requirements within the timeframes specified.
• The applicant should only work on one project in each area.
• The project that is submitted may not be used in more than one category.
• The applicant must produce official documentation (ID cards, letters of authorization, commercial or registration licenses, etc.) to demonstrate his standing in connection to the proposed proposal as an individual, group, or corporation.
• By submitting an application for the prize, the applicant fully authorizes the award administration to archive the content and use it for certain publications. He or she has no right to ask for the contents of the contribution to be recovered or to prevent the team from publishing or sharing them.
• Apply here!