It is for the fifth time that we have the pleaseure to invite you to submit your nomination to the Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award (MPAA). The Award was established jointly by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) and the City of Gdańsk. The Award is granted for courage and excellence in the promotion of freedom, solidarity and equality – the values that late mayor Adamowicz cherished.
This is the fifth edition of the Award. The first laureate of the MPAA was the Lord Mayor of Cologne, Henriette Reker. The laureate of the second edition was the City of Michałowo, Poland. The laureate for the year 2023 was LDA Zavidovicci – Local Democracy Agency from Bosnia and Hercegovina and last year’s laureate was – Mayor of Kyiv – Vitaliy Klitschko
The deadline for submitting nominations for the Award is 31 October 2025. More information can be found on the Award website: MPAA 2025 You can submit your nomination here
The complete text of the MPAA Rules and Regulations is attached.
On behalf of the Award partners, we would like to invite you to submit a nomination. We would be also very much obliged if you could distribute the call for nominations among your network members and partners / relevant institutions.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Award Secretariat at: joanna.marczewska@gdansk.gda.pl, dorota.wojciechowska@gdansk.gda.pl or adamowiczaward@cor.europa.eu