13
Cycles Completed
2600
Previous Cycle Applications
1,000,000
Last Cycle Awards
Winners to Be Announced at the World Government Summit 2026
In partnership with UN-HABITAT and Dubai Municipality
Promoting excellence in urban practices for a better living environment.
Award Categories
We take pride in recognizing and rewarding outstanding performance and exceptional practices that improves our planet. Our award categories are designed to recognize excellence in various sustainable development fields.
View CategoriesImportant Dates
Step into the award journey and mark your calendars with the most important dates as we showcase them in the below page. Join us and be part of Dubai International Award journey.
Learn moreSubmission Form
Our award program is designed to recognize outstanding practices and celebrate excellence in sustainable development fields. If you have a practice that you're proud of, we invite you to share it with us and enter our award program.
Submit your ApplicationAbout the award
Established in 1995—under the directive of the late Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum during the United Nations International Conference in Dubai—as an outcome of the Dubai Declaration. This declaration created the international concept of sharing Best Practices for the accelerated development of the human settlements sector.
Learn more
Transformative. Global. Tangible.
Now celebrating its 30th year, the Dubai International Award recognizes the world’s most impactful practices in sustainable urban development. It highlights tangible contributions made through innovative partnerships between public, private, and civic sectors.
View CategoriesIN PARTNERSHIP WITH
In collaboration with UN-Habitat, Dubai Municipality proudly leads the 14th cycle of the Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development.
This enduring partnership, continues to foster global innovation in urban sustainability and celebrates 30 years of impactful practices worldwide.
”“WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH IS A TOP PRIORITY THAT WE STRIVE TO IMPLEMENT”
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
