During the 11th METROPOLIS World Congress, to take place in Hyderabad from 7 to 10 October 2014, the 5th edition of the Metropolis AwardSeeking Better Quality of Life for the World’s Metropolises will be held.

Any METROPOLIS member city, up to date with their corresponding annual membership fee, which has implemented a project or experience worthy of global recognition for its contribution to improving quality of life in its city, may submit an application. The project or experience must be related to improving citizens’ quality of life, especially that of women, young people and people with disabilities. The scope of action will preferably lie in the realm of urban planning, the environment, housing, public transport, safety, economic, social and cultural development. However, consideration will also be given to other projects of public interest undertaken in other fields.

Three of the projects submitted will receive the Metropolis Award. Three additional projects will receive an honourable mention. The city that garners the first prize will be exempt from paying the annual membership fee in 2015. The winning projects will be published in full on the Metropolis website as well as a summary of the other projects. All the projects will be announced in the association’s regular publications. See the 2014 Terms and Conditions.

METROPOLIS World Congress in Hyderabad

The METROPOLIS World Congress in Hyderabad will be a forum where the leaders of the world’s and urban India’s metropolises will work together over a period of four days in the company of representatives of the METROPOLIS Women International Network, the METROPOLIS International Youth Network, civil-society partners and the international community. This will allow them to discuss issues and exchange views with the young women and men who, at some time in the future, will be in charge of managing the world’s big cities. The 11th METROPOLIS World Congress will be an opportunity to hear from key elected representatives who, over the past 30 years, have helped to build and develop their metropolises. Furthermore, it will propose specific solutions for creating the City for All. These reflections will also represent METROPOLIS’s contributions to the preparation of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat III) and the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals.