The winners of the European Public Sector Award (EPSA) 2021 have been announced today at the official online Award Ceremony.
Under the overarching theme ‘Building a Better Europe for Citizens’ EPSA 2021 showcases and rewards projects submitted by European public administrations which have developed and implemented new solutions in public service delivery and policymaking.
A total of 126 applications have been submitted to EIPA this year. After a thorough evaluation, 18 applications were preselected to be presented to the jury. In the final stage, the three best projects in three categories – Innovation, Green and Digital – have been praised during the ceremony.
In the category ‘Green’
- First prize: EnerCoach – a digital energy accounting platform for municipalities to monitor energy consumption of public infrastructure, Luxembourg;
- Second prize: Smart infrastructure for smart public administration, Estonia;
- Third prize: Processing invasive alien plants into useful products and input material for industry, Slovenia.
In the category ‘Digital’
- First prize: Vienna provides space, Austria;
- Second prize: JustizOnline, Austria;
- Third prize: Cross-border fines, Belgium.
In the category ‘Innovative’
- First prize: LabX – experimentation laboratory for the public administration, Portugal;
- Second prize: Government buys innovation, Belgium.
Additionally, two projects were rewarded with an honourable mention for reaction/relevance to the Covid-19 crisis:
- In the ‘Digital’ category: Transparency at the service of health, Spain
- In the ‘Innovative’ category: At a distance, but close to you, Romania.
We sincerely congratulate all the winners!
EPSA 2021 has the institutional and financial support of 8 European public sector partners from different levels of government – Austria, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Province of Limburg, and the City of Maastricht in addition to the European Commission via DG REFORM. More about EPSA