Winners to be announced in November

The 12 semi-finalist cities for the 9th edition of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital Awards) 2023 have been announced, one of which is Portuguese, Lisbon City Council. The final winners will be announced in November at the awards ceremony in Marseille.

This award, supported by the European Innovation Council (EIC) under Horizon Europe, recognises the role that cities play in shaping the local innovation ecosystem and promoting breakthrough innovation.

Also in the running to become European Capital of Innovation 2023 are Başakşehir and Istanbul (Turkey), Kiev and Lviv (Ukraine) and Warsaw (Poland). For their part, Bruges (Belgium), Cork (Ireland), Leiden (Netherlands), Linköping (Sweden), Linz (Austria) and Padova (Italy) are the semi-finalists to become a European Innovative City on the Rise.

The winning city in the “European Capital of Innovation” category, in addition to prestige, will receive a prize of 1 million euros, while the two runners-up in this category will receive 100,000 euros each. The winner of the “Rising Innovative European City” category will receive 500,000 euros and the two runners-up will receive 50,000 euros each.

iCapital is promoted in Portugal by ANI, as part of the PERIN Network, a support network for national participation in European Commission initiatives that fund and promote research and innovation. Through this initiative, the European Union recognises cities with inclusive innovation ecosystems that connect the public with academia, businesses and the public sector in order to improve society’s well-being.

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