Projects - Awards and prizes

European Open Source Awards

Brussels

The home of open source giants and emerging talent, the European Open Source Awards is one of a kind celebration of the leading innovators and contributors in European open source.

Partisan Awards

Berlin

Recognising Excellence in Political Work

The International Ellsberg Whistleblower Award (EWA) honours the integrity and courage of whistleblowers and their allies for disclosing information that significantly enhances free public or scientific debate to bolster democracy and the public’s right to know.

Privacy & Human Rights Award

Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Privacy & Human Rights Award

OpenUK Awards

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

OpenUK’s Awards and Honours Lists are part of a UK-focused, world leading recognition programme for open tech.

Digital Service Champions Awards

United States of America 🇺🇸

The 2025 Digital Service Champions Awards celebrate excellence in digital government modernization.

Strengthening Democracy Awards

Lincoln, NE

Every year, Civic Nebraska honors individuals and organizations across the state who go above and beyond to build a more modern and robust democracy. These aren’t celebrities or elected officials (although we tip our hats to the good ones). They’re the everyday heroes, the tireless advocates, passionate educators, committed organizers, and behind-the-scenes changemakers who make our communities more connected, inclusive, and civically healthy.

Bewährt vor Ort

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪

Ausgezeichnet werden kommunale Projekte, die in der Praxis nachweislich funktionieren und das Potenzial haben, bundesweit als Vorbild zu wirken.

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Poynter Journalism Prizes

10 prizes honor best in U.S. journalism, including accountability journalism and innovation in journalism

Nominate a Rising Civic AI Leader (Aspen Digital)

Aspen Institute, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC

Aspen Digital and the Aspen Policy Academy are launching a new program for Rising Civic AI Leaders to educate newly hired state and local government employees in charge of managing the adoption and implementation of AI-driven tools.

Public Space Awards

Brooklyn

Come and join the Open Plans community on Thursday, May 1st for a festive celebration of the people behind our city’s defining public spaces.

Open Gov Challenge Awards

Washington, DC

The Open Gov Challenge Awards recognize the best initiatives submitted to the Open Gov Challenge, a global call to action aimed to encourage ambition in ten areas of open government critical to strengthening our democracies.

Open Government Partnership (OGP)

Access Info Impact Award

Access Info Europe, Cava de San Miguel 8, 4 Centro, 28005 Madrid, Spain

The Access Info Impact Award was created to recognise and celebrate those who have effectively used their right to information to make significant contributions to advancing human rights, environmental protection, democracy, and anti-corruption efforts.

European Public Sector Award (EPSA)

Maastricht

EPSA – the European Public Sector Award – is a Europe-wide award scheme for public sector entities at all levels of government which has been organised every two years since 2009 by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA).

Prêmio "CLEODON SILVA" de Soluções Digitais Livres

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷

A iniciativa visa fomentar o desenvolvimento de soluções inovadoras para a gestão do fomento à cultura no Brasil, em homenagem à memória de Cleodon Silva.

Brazil (federal government)

Democracy Courage Tributes

1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC

To express and build solidarity, the World Movement for Democracy presents the Democracy Courage Tributes to give special recognition to the extraordinary efforts of groups and movements working under particularly difficult circumstances.

Code for America Innovator Awards

San Francisco

The Code for America Innovator Awards honor groups or individuals that are shaping the path forward in the government and civic tech community.

Le Prix de l’Innovation Fédérale

Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien) 🇧🇪

Awards and prizes

Core Values Awards

Denver, CO

IAP2 program celebrating excellence in public participation

Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award honours innovators within or associated with the public sector.

Awards and prizes

Peabody Global Impact Awards

Georgia (US state)

The Global Impact Award recognizes media or organizations that have profoundly changed the world for the better.

Cyber Policy Awards

Washington, DC

The Institute for Security and Technology (IST), in partnership with the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law, is pleased to announce the inaugural edition of The Cyber Policy Awards—an annual gathering of the U.S. cyber policy community to honor and celebrate those who drove significant progress in the preceding year, and to make resolutions for the new year.

Tussell Tech200

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Tussell & techUK are thrilled to share the 3rd annual Tech200 awards - our list of the 200 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK public sector, from FY 2021/22 to FY 2022/23.

European Institute of Innovation and Technology Summit Changemaker Award

Brussels

The Changemaker Award, which celebrates and recognises the best role model and leader from within the EIT Community's education programmes, and whose activities and achievements have the potential to generate a significant social impact.

Awards and prizes

CampaignTech Awards

United States of America 🇺🇸

The CampaignTech Awards by Campaigns & Elections recognize the truly exceptional in the field of political campaign technology, digital strategy, tactics, and techniques.

GlobalFact 10 Awards

Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 3rd Street South, St. Petersburg, FL

We are excited to invite you to cast your vote for this year's awards, where we celebrate exceptional work in fact-checking.

World Summit Awards (WSA)

Salzburg, Austria

WSA (World Summit Awards) is a unique awards system, selecting and promoting local digital innovation to improve society.

Mozilla Rise 25

Mountain View, CA

Help us identify and recognize the next 25 game-changers shaping the future of the internet to be more ethical, responsible and inclusive.

European Social Services Awards

Brussels

Organised by the European Social Network, the Awards shine a spotlight on successful new approaches and the extraordinary ongoing work of public social services managers, funders, planners, providers, and deliverers of social services, as well as providing opportunities for exchange and mutual learning to improve social work policies and practice.

.ORG Impact Awards

Reston, VA

.ORG Impact Awards (OIAs) recognizes and rewards those who have achieved meaningful success, often overcoming difficult challenges with few resources

Heintzman Leadership Award

Toronto

The Heintzman Leadership Award (HLA) is presented annually by the Institute for Citizen-Centred Service (ICCS) to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership within the Canadian public sector in promoting and influencing change in its delivery of citizen-centred service.

The Webby Awards: Games - Social Impact

An award for the best games for social impact of the year

2023 Webby Awards

Центральноазиатская медиапрограмма MediaCAMP Award Central Asia

Internews Network, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC

"Journalists and bloggers in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan can enter this contest." - International Journalists' Network

Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Awards

The Schwab Foundation’s 2023 Awards seeks to honour social change leaders, across a diversity of social innovation models in society in four different award categories

Awards and prizes

European Citizen's Prize

Europe

It is intended to reward on an annual basis individuals or groups who have particularly distinguished themselves in strengthening European integration by the expression of European cooperation, openness to others and practical involvement in the development of mutual understanding.

Awards and prizes

Kevin Roose's Good Tech Awards

New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY

An annual feature by a technology columnist in the New York Times

Democracy Network UK's Democracy Awards

London

For the first time ever, we will be holding a Democracy Awards Dinner to recognise and champion the outstanding work being done across our sector.

Awards and prizes

Datum Awards

Washington, DC

Nominees are individuals who are champions for the use of data in evidence-based decision-making, transparency, and accountability.

Future of Government Awards

Seattle

The Future of Government Awards champions practitioners, teams and leaders who are transforming people’s lives by applying digital solutions and leveraging technology to reform the public sector for those it serves.

Amazon

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South Korea (Republic of) (Hanguk or Namhan) 🇰🇷

An award for the public interest whistleblower of the year

European Capital of Democracy

Barcelona

The European Capital of Democracy Initiative will build a strong network of Cities that will foster participation; a platform for hope, and for exercising the will and power to change our world for the better.

The Innovation in Politics Awards

Vienna

The annual Innovation in Politics Awards recognise creative politicians from across Europe who have the courage to break new ground to find innovative solutions for today’s challenges.