Fab City Awards 2023

Recognising sustainable practices for regenerative futures

Awarding best practices from the Fab City Network

The Fab City Awards 2023 are the first iteration of an International contest, organised by the Fab City Foundation, that recognises best practices from town, city, region, and nation members of the Fab City Network that are working to advance the Fab City vision of sustainable, regenerative and self-sufficient living through local production and global connections.

The Awards serve as a catalyst for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and inspiration within the Fab City global network. By participating in the Fab City Awards, organisations and individuals representing them have the opportunity to connect, understand, and learn from each other’s impactful work.

It is a chance to ignite new opportunities, forge meaningful partnerships, and collectively make the network even more powerful.

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Calling all Fab City Network innovators and change-makers

Calling all organisations committed to driving positive change and creating a better world through innovation and impact-driven initiatives to share their local practices with the global movement for regenerative futures.

Fab City Awards Teaser

Showcase your Fab City’s best practices projects, products, services, policies, urban strategy, neighbourhood transformation, community empowerment action, or other types of initiatives!

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Timeline

PRE-LAUNCH: during the Fab City Summit Bhutan, on July 28, 2023.
Open call for applications: August 01 – September 03, 2023
Judging period: September 01-15, 2023.
Winners’ Announcement: September 18, 2023.
Prizes Acceptance: September 29, 2023.

Initiatives that can apply

To be eligible the best practices being submitted must meet the following conditions:

Already be implemented or piloted by a public, private, nonprofit, or community organisation.
Be implemented in one of the 52 Fab City Network member localities.
Applicants can be organisations and institutions or individuals representing them.
Organisations must be represented by an applicant who is directly involved in the initiative and is at least 18 years old.
Align with at least one of the Fab City Awards themes, based on the Fab City Full Stack layers.
Have been created or updated in 2018 or later.
Demonstrate clear alignment with the Fab City vision.

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Prizes and Recognition

Winning entries of the Fab City Awards will receive exceptional recognition and exposure. These outstanding initiatives will be prominently showcased on our website, offering a global platform to share their success stories and inspire others in the pursuit of sustainable, regenerative cities.

1st Prize: (two) MDDI 50% Scholarship

- Prize value: 12.000 EUR (6.000 EUR for each scholarship).
- Number of participants: 02 local Fab City representatives.

The Master in Design for Distributed Innovation (MDDI) is a distributed learning program focused on the intersection of design, technology, ecosystems and communities to improve interspecies wellbeing.

Basic information: Remote, worldwide, 10 months, English language.

2nd Prize: Fab City Full Stack Bootcamp

- Prize value: 6.000 EUR
- Number of participants: 06 local Fab City representatives

Comprehensive learning experience on the Fab City Full Stack framework, empowering participants to implement it in their local context and collaborate with the global Fab City Network.

Basic information: Remote, worldwide, 3-day duration (2 hours per day), English language.

3rd Prize: Distributed Innovation Workshops

- Prize value: 1.400 EUR
- Number of participants: 02 local Fab City representatives

Transformative workshops focusing on innovation and sustainability, empowering participants with knowledge and skills to address global challenges and drive positive change.

Basic information: Remote workshop worldwide, 1-week duration (3 hours per day), English language.

Evaluation Criteria based on the Fab City Manifesto

Ecological

Initiatives that have an integrated approach to environmental stewardship, working towards a zero-emission future while also preserving biodiversity, rebalancing the nutrient cycle, and sustaining natural resources.

The Fab City Manifesto

Sustainable development

Initiatives that promote sustainable economic growth by investing in building the skills, infrastructure and policy frameworks needed for the 21st century.

The Fab City Manifesto

Open source

Initiatives that adhere to open source principles and value open data in order to stimulate innovation and develop shared solutions between cities and territories.

The Fab City Manifesto

Inclusive

Initiatives that promote equitable and inclusive policy co-design through the development of a commons approach, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, income level and capabilities.

The Fab City Manifesto

Participatory

Initiatives that engage multiple stakeholders in decision-making processes and empower citizens to take ownership of innovation and change-making.

The Fab City Manifesto

Glocalism

Initiatives that promote global knowledge sharing between cities and territories to provide access to tools and solutions that could be adapted to local cultures and needs.

The Fab City Manifesto

Locally productive

Initiatives that enable the efficient and shared use of all locally available resources in a regenerative economy approach to build a productive and vibrant city and territory.

The Fab City Manifesto

Life-centred

Initiatives that give priority to living beings and culture over technology for cities to become living and resilient ecosystems at the service of Earth’s well-being.

The Fab City Manifesto

Holistic

Initiatives that address urban issues in all dimensions and interdependencies to build sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities and territories for everyone.

The Fab City Manifesto