Landscape Award sessions of the Council of Europe

Opened to the Parties to the European Landscape Convention, the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe is intended to raise civil society’s awareness of the value of landscapes, of their role and of changes to them. Its objective is to reward exemplary practical initiatives aimed at successful landscape quality objectives on the territories of the Parties to the Convention. The Award is conferred every two years and the files presenting applications should be submitted to the Council of Europe General Secretariat through the Permanent Representations of the Parties to the Convention.

The Resolution on the Rules governing the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe, adopted by the Committee of Ministers, recalls that the European Landscape Convention institutes the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe and that it is in keeping with the work carried out by the Council of Europe concerning human rights, democracy and sustainable development. It promotes effectively the territorial dimension of human rights and democracy by acknowledging the importance of measures taken to improve the landscape for people’s living conditions.

13 applications for the Second Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe were submitted to the Council of Europe Secretariat through the Permanent Representations of the following Parties to the Convention: Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the United Kingdom. As a Signatory State, Serbia submitted an application.

The Jury of the Award will meet in March 2011 and its proposal will be presented to the Committee of Ministers through the Steering Committee for Cultural Heritage and Landscape (CDPATEP). The Award-giving Ceremony will be held at the end of 2011.

Council of Europe 2011 Landscape Award goes to the Municipality of Carbonia, Italy

The Joint Committee of the Municipality of Carbonia (Italy) "The Carbonia project : the landscape machine" has received the Council of Europe Landscape Award. In the framework of the Landscape Convention, three special mentions go to the Ekopolis Foundation (Slovakia) "The grant programmes for local communities to shape their surroundings into a place where they are happy to live", the Generalitat of Catalonia and Landscape Observatory of Catalonia (Spain) "The project of education and awareness raising : city, territory, landscape" and the Durham Heritage Coast Partnership (United Kingdom).

The Award and the special mentions were officially presented by the representative of the Council of Europe Secretary General on the occasion of the 10th Meeting of the Council of Europe Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention (Evora, 20-21 October 2011).

2nd Session: Projects submitted 2010-2011

* File language : E = English; F = French

Previous Session

1st Session: 2008-2009

Rules

Rules of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe

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