The Access City Award recognises and celebrates a city's willingness, ability and efforts to become more accessible, in order to
guarantee equal access to fundamental rights;
improve the quality of life of its population and ensure that everybody – regardless of age, mobility or ability – has equal access to all the resources and pleasures cities have to offer.
The Access City Award is open to
all EU cities of over 50 000 inhabitants
urban areas composed of two or more towns with a combined population of over 50,000 inhabitants, if they are in EU countries with fewer than 2 cities with over 50 000 inhabitants
For the Access City Award 2019, cities with fewer than 50 000 inhabitants may participate in one category of the special cultural heritage awards.
The ACA cannot be won by the same city in two consecutive years.
Deadline for applications is 16 September 2018.
Further details:
Access City Award