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The European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism is the successor of the European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN) competition. It is the equivalent of the European Capital of Smart Tourism award, for smaller and sustainable destinations.

The European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism is an EU competition, implemented by the European Commission, which will raise the profile of Europe as a sustainable tourism destination and will set up a network to share best practices among European destinations.
 
Its aim is to recognise and award smaller destinations that have implemented successful strategies to boost sustainable tourism through green transition practices.
 
The destination showing the most successful strategies or measures to boost sustainable tourism through green transition practices – and convincing the European Jury with an exciting programme for the year in which they hold the title – will be awarded the title of the "European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism".

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Target audience

The competition is open to cities in EU Member States and non-EU countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine), with demographic population between 25,000 – 100,000 inhabitants. For smaller states with total population below 1 million, cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants are eligible to apply.

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Benefits – WHY APPLY? 

The winner of the title of European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism will receive expert communication and branding support in promoting its destination in the media and online, a sculpture for their city centre, a promotional video representing its destination and sustainable tourism practices, and many other promotional actions from the EU that are designed to raise the profile of the city and boost visitor numbers.

How is the winner selected?

> Evaluation Step 1 

All submitted, admissible and eligible applications are evaluated against a set of established criteria by a panel of independent experts. The evaluation by the experts determines which cities are the best performers in each individual category. Moreover, on the basis of their evaluation, the Commission then establishes a shortlist of a maximum of 4 cities which will proceed to the next evaluation step.

> Evaluation Step 2 

The shortlisted 4 cities will then be invited to present their case in front of a European Jury. Following these presentations, the European Jury selects the next European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism. 

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