[sustran] fwd: bremen partnership awards

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A forwarded message from the bremen initiative <jana.ludmann at ecolo-bremen.de>


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Press release
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Create the future. together: The bremen partnership award - 
putting real flesh on the bones of the growing global commitment to
partnership 
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WHY?
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Quality of life in cities is a concern for all of us. We need to set the
course now - for a future that has already begun and needs to be shaped
in a sustainable way. 
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What?
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Many projects run by businesses and municipalities as partners are
already facing this responsibility. The bremen partnership award - to be
conferred in April 2001- is designed to reward the partnership projects
that are really working. Launched by bremen initiative - the global
campaign for business and municipality partnerships led by the Free
Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany with wide international support- it
will focus on projects striving to make cities more liveable and better
places in which to do business. bremen initiative is not only looking
for project plans but above all for real projects that have already been
implemented. And this is the worldwide uniqueness of the award: the
celebration of partnerships between business and municipality offering
tangible solutions for an urban quality of life which is favourable to
economic activities and above all sustainable.
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When and where?
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bremen initiative now invites the submission of best practices from all
parts of the world which have been built on three key pillars: urbanity,
challenge of sustainability, and partnership. Awards will be given in
five categories: each one will include a grant to help enable the
success story of the project to be continued or responsibility for
future generations secured. The award ceremony will take place at the
2nd International Conference on "business and municipality - new
partnerships for the 21st century" to be held in Bremen on 4-7 April
2001.
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Categories
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The award categories and selection criteria have been carefully
developed on the basis of an extensive international expert survey. They
span the whole range of sustainability issues such as: efficiency,
protection of resources, global responsibility, social justice,
diversity, citizens' participation, built and natural environment of
urban settings, and more.
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Aply now
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All applications will be evaluated by partners of bremen initiative as
well as urban experts in accordance with a fully transparent procedure.
The shortlisted finalists in each category will then be presented to an
international jury for final evaluation and decision. 
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How?
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Applications, which must be jointly submitted by the business and
municipality partners, should be forwarded online or digitally and in
English only (via email, on a disk or CD-ROM). Closing date for
applications is 15 January 2001. At bremen initiative's website
http://www.bremen-initiative.de/award application forms are ready to be
downloaded or filled in online.
For further information please contact Jana Ludmann at the bremen
partnership award office c/o ecolo, Tel +49(0)421 23 00 11 0, Fax
+49(0)421 23 00 11 18 or send an email on award at bremen-initiative.de. 

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bremen initiative managing agency and bremen partnership award office
c/o ecolo                             ecology and communication
Leher Heerstr.102                     D-28359 Bremen
phone +49-421-230011-0                fax +49-421-230011-18
info at bremen-initiative            and award at bremen-initiative.de

visit the global campaign of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany
http://www.bremen-initiative.de
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Die Sparkasse Bremen - Partner of bremen initiative
visit http://www.sparkasse-bremen.de 

swb AG - Partner of bremen initiative
visit http://www.swb-AG.de
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bremen partnership award: Be informed - click this link
http://www.bremen-initiative.de/award/
YOU MAY APPLY NOW - WORLDWIDE