ISCA Awards 2018: MOVEment Spaces

We want to celebrate YOUR achievements – so you should too

Humans have a fundamental right to be active, but today’s urban environments are stripping us of active open spaces and restricting us with dangers and barriers that make it harder to keep moving.

What does it take to reimagine urban spaces as opportunities for people to be active every day?

It takes innovative ideas. It takes motivation and courage to put these ideas into motion. And it takes partnerships with the right stakeholders to make them happen.

We want to celebrate your work. So in 2018, ISCA is awarding alliances who have reimagined and transformed urban spaces into active spaces. We call these spaces MOVEment Spaces because they enable citizens to enjoy their human right to MOVE.

Gain visibility and recognition for your achievements

• ALL eligible applicants will have their initiatives listed on the ISCA Awards webpage.
• ALL shortlisted finalists will have a description of their initiative on the webpage.
• ALL winners (represented by the applicant’s partners) will be awarded a trip to Paris to showcase their work on the international stage, and be announced as winners via international PR.

Professional development opportunity

• The winning alliance will have a unique opportunity for high quality training and expert advice to develop their successful initiative even further.

Applying is a win-win for your organisation and your partnership

• Shortlisted partnerships will be recognised as leaders in the field of active urban space initiatives.
• No matter how far you come in the process, you can use your application to celebrate your achievements internally and in your partnership.

This is a call for applications from alliances of different stakeholders that have taken a coordinated approach to delivering physical activity opportunities in three categories of urban spaces:

• Green spaces (parks and other green areas)
• Black spaces (paved and asphalt spaces, including squares and roads)
• Blue spaces (anywhere there is water, such as lakes, rivers or harbours)

The combination of stakeholders can be from a variety of sectors including sport, health, leisure, education, transport, urban planning, architecture, local authorities, business and community groups.

Our expert panel will award partnerships that demonstrate well-documented proof of success in working towards a common vision, meeting their objectives, having an impact on their communities, and exploring potential for their initiatives to be transferred to or replicated in different contexts.

We will also open the voting to the public, and present one people’s choice award to one of the nominees from the “green”, “black” and “blue” spaces categories.

Eligibility criteria

General features of the partnership

• Applications are open to organisations, individuals and institutions worldwide. The partnerships can be local, national or international.
• The main applicant should be the organisation, individual or institution that initiated or who leads the partnership. They will apply on behalf of the whole partnership/stakeholder alliance.
• The partnership must include stakeholders from at least two sectors. E.g. sport, health, leisure, education, transport, urban planning, architecture, local authorities, business and community groups.
• The main focus of the partnership is to create active spaces in urban settings or transform existing spaces into active spaces
• It showcases one of the following categories:
  • Green spaces: Parks and any other green spaces located in a city or suburban area. E.g. Parks that are renovated with facilities or activities that enable the general public to easily use them, take part and be active.
  • Black spaces: Any paved or asphalt space, including (but not limited to) public squares, roads/streets, paths, built-up areas in a city or suburban area. E.g. Cycle paths or other infrastructure promoting active transport, street sport facilities, “open gyms”.
  • Blue spaces: Open water facilities that increase public access to the waterfront or promote water-related active leisure activities in any other way. E.g. Activities or aquatic facilities on rivers, harbours or lakes.

If you would like more information or are unsure about your eligibility to apply, please contact MOVEment Spaces Project Manager Saska Benedicic Tomat sbt@isca-web.org

Application and selection process

1. Application Form. Please complete your application by using this form and submit it no later than 10 September 2018.
   • The number of words should not exceed 400 words in each section. The full application needs to fit into the application form. No additional documents are required, but you may provide links to relevant websites for the initiative or other online sources.
   • If you wish to include images in your application form, please include a link to where we can access them (on a website, Google Drive, Dropbox folder, etc.)
2. Checklist. To make sure you are ready to fill in the application form, check if you are eligible to apply, fulfil the criteria and have answers to all questions in the form.
3. Notification from ISCA. You will receive a confirmation e-mail when your application is submitted and you will be notified of the results of the application and selection process.
4. Need help or advice? If you have any questions regarding this form or your application, please contact MOVEment Spaces Project Manager Saska Benedicic Tomat sbt@isca-web.org
5. Selection:
   • All applications will be assessed by a group of multi-stakeholder experts by 20 September 2018 and 3 applications per category will be shortlisted (Green, Black and Blue) on 30 September 2018.
   • The multi-stakeholder experts team will select 3 winners (1 per category) and announce them on 10 October 2018.
   • The people’s choice award voting will start among all shortlisted applications online on 30 September 2018 and will run until 9 October 2018.
   • Full period: The ISCA Award 2018 application and selection process runs from 23 May to 10 October 2018. The winners will be announced on 10 October 2018.
6. Awards ceremony:
   • Winners will be invited to the ISCA Awards 2018 celebration in Paris, 23 November 2018.
   • One person per winning partnership will have their trip to Paris covered by the organisers. ISCA will cover the flight, accommodation and event participation.

How will the Award be delivered?

The ISCA Awards 2018 will be presented to the representatives of the winning partnerships at the MOVING People – MOVING Europe conference on Friday 23 November 2018 in Paris.