Mar 11, 2020
Curitiba, Brazil Category Winner Building a Vibrant Urban Economy Why is Curitiba a wellbeing city? >>> Vale do Pinhão successfully boosts residents’ feeling of ownership and involvement in the economic life of the city. >>> Promoting urban requalification and residents’ professional development is an investment in long-term wellbeing. >>> The impact of Vale do Pinhão helped Curitiba rank…
Mar 11, 2020
New York City, USA Category Winner Supporting Cohesive Communities Why is New York a wellbeing city? >>> New York City’s Housing Authority is innovatively placing wellbeing at the core of its design standards by integrating considerations on social cohesion and sense of security. >>> The initiative is highly inclusive as it directly involves residents, local associations, and a…
Mar 10, 2020
Buenos Aires, Argentina Category Winner Planning for Better Urban Health Why is Buenos Aires a wellbeing city? >>> The approach is highly inclusive: along with safe cycling infrastructure, the City is offering a free public bike system. It is also a gender-sensitive approach, as it offers an alternative mode of transportation to women, 100% of…
Mar 10, 2020
Bordeaux, France Category Winner Integrating Nature and Biodiversity Why is Bordeaux a wellbeing city? >>> The sustainable participatory budget initiative empowers all residents to be agents in their own wellbeing. They are involved in every step of the project, from decision-making to implementation. The approach is inclusive, allowing every inhabitant to submit a project and vote,…
Mar 09, 2020
Wellbeing Cities Award 2020 – Meet our 20 Finalists Curitiba, BrazilProject: Vale do Pinhão Bogotá’s initiative The Vale do Pinhão initiative is an ecosystem of innovative programs that promote urban requalification and cultivate sustainable economic growth. By incorporating partners of different sectors and across subsections of Curitiba, the project affects citizens’ lives at various entry…
Feb 25, 2020
Meet the experts of Wellbeing Cities 2020
May 21, 2019
The City of Milan is proud to be the 2019 Wellbeing City. Milan is aware of the problems and opportunities in terms of sustainability, resilience, quality of life — and it views bottom-up initiatives are a chance to re-use public and private spaces, providing useful services for the community. Through the Civic Crowdfunding project, we…
May 21, 2019
A city’s future is not only judged by how its infrastructure is ready to serve the growing population but also how healthy the population is to continue or even increase production to grow its economy. In Rwanda, and Kigali city in particular given our history of the Genocide against the Tutsi that took place in…
Apr 17, 2019
Lire la version anglaise À titre de mairesse de Montréal et de membre du conseil consultatif du Wellbeing City Award de NewCities, je souhaiterais tout d’abord féliciter toutes les villes finalistes du prix Wellbeing City Award pour leurs efforts afin de placer le bien-être au cœur de leur conception, planification et politiques urbaines. Les 19…
Mar 27, 2019
Ann AertsHead, Novartis Foundation Rubal AgarwalMunicipal Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation Arthur AllenHealth Editor, Politico Debra ArbecAnchor, CBC Montreal News at 6, CBC Diane BérardColumnist, Les Affaires Beth BlauerExecutive Director, John Hopkins University Center for Government Excellence Jo Ivey BouffordPresident, International Society for Urban Health Nichol BradfordExecutive Director, The Transformative Technology Lab Victor CaliseCommissoner, Mayor’s Office for…
Feb 03, 2019
Santa Monica, USA 2019 Category Winner Community The City of Santa Monica’s Wellbeing City Index is designed for local governments to measure the impact of policies and programs on resident’s lives through a framework of wellbeing. The development of the Index was guided by a cross-disciplinary panel of experts including environmentalists, economists, cognitive researchers, policy…
Feb 03, 2019
Milan, Italy 2019 Category Winner Community Milan’s bottom-up crowdfunding initiative, Civic Crowdfunding, was designed to foster the implementation of innovative public-interest projects with a high social impact. Through the pooling of public and private resources and the promotion and encouragement of citizens’ involvement in municipal policy, they are funding initiatives that work toward inclusivity, sustainability,…
