The Lisboa City Council was awarded with the 7th OIDP Distinction for Best Practices in Citizens’ Participation for the experience “BIP/ZIP Programme”.
On behalf of the IOPD the Mayor of Cascais, Mr. Carlos Carreiras, and the Commissioner for Citizens' Participation of the Barcelona City Council, Mr. Carles Agustí, presented the prize to Mrs. Helena Roseta - Councillor for Housing at Lisboa City Hall –on the 2nd July during the opening ceremony of the 13th IOPD Conference “Citizenship for Sustainability”.
This award is meant to recognize those innovative experiences and ideas coordinated by local governments in the field of participative democracy that can to be replicated elsewhere.
We have been working in a publication that contains all the submitted candidacies and the awarded experience. Please check it out here: