In the last two days we talked about winners, today we talk of a premium, unique in its kind.
The
2013 FT/Citi Ingenuity Awards: Urban Ideas in Action are all about
recognizing the freshest, brightest, most innovative ideas, wherever
they come from that help ensure cities remain centres of creativity
and progress.
With
more than half the world’s population lives in cities, their
leaders, and inhabitants will have to find new ways to thrive. The
explosive growth of urban communities is one of the most significant
demographic trends of the 21st century. The competitiveness and
vitality of the world’s cities depends on the decisions and
innovations of all urban stakeholders, from citizens and communities
to organizations, corporations and municipalities. This global
programme was developed by the Financial Times and Citi, in collaboration with
INSEAD, to recognize those promoting urban progress.
In
2012, the Awards featured a broad global representation, with entries
from over 40 countries, and from city authorities, community groups,
charities and companies. The most important criterion: the winning
projects needed to be enduring. Category winners were announced in
the fields of Energy, Education, Infrastructure and Healthcare.
The
overall winner of the 2012 awards, and winning in the Energy
category, was the Community Cooker – based in Kenya, an innovative
and practical waste-burning stove, with tremendous potential for
environmental, economic and social change in low resource
environments. It operates on a simple principle: young locals collect
rubbish, which is burned in the cooker at high temperature levels.
The heat generated is used for cooking, sterilizing and industrial
purposes.
This
is an invention that works across a plethora of problems and enhances
life for some of society’s poorest. There is no reason why similar
technologies might not be applied elsewhere.
CollegePossible won the Education category.
Winning
the Infrastructure category was the Vélib’ project, launched by JCDecaux.
The
GlaxoSmithKlein New Citizen Health Care Project won the Healthcare
category.
In
2013, the FT/Citi Ingenuity Awards will recognize urban ingenuity in
a wide range of areas — from city administration, transport
systems, energy and utilities, education and resource management, to
housing, health, public safety, social services, mobile technologies
and community engagement. To be considered, solutions should:
- Have
been implemented between 2007 and 2012
- Address
a serious social, economic, environmental or health-related challenge
- Improve
the quality of urban life
Submissions
will be accepted online from January 28, 2013 to March 31, 2013.
Winners will be chosen by region and a global winner will be
announced at an awards dinner in New York in December 2013.
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