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The World Leadership Awards

A Celebration of the Best in Modern City Leadership...

Presented annually in London, the World Leadership Awards celebrate the very best in modern city leadership.

More than 400 cities across the world are asked to submit projects in a wide range of activities spanning: Architecture & Civil Engineering, Communication, Culture and the arts, Economy and/or Employment, Education and/or the Development of the Young, Health, Housing, Environment, Law and Order, Science and Technology, Sport, Town Planning, Transport, Urban Renewal and Utilities.

The best of those projects will be presented to the judges at a series of live symposia in London on 10th and 11th December 2008; and the winners will be announced at the Presentation Ceremony in the Royal Lancaster on 12th December 2008.

The World Leadership Awards are given to cities whose leaders have shown exceptional imagination, foresight or resilience in a number of key fields - especially cities that have reversed trends, shaken off traditional images, and acted as an example and inspiration to others.

As well as giving individual awards in fifteen different categories, the judges will also be declaring four cities to be City of the Year for their region:

African City of the Year
American City of the Year
Asia-Pacific City of the Year
European City of the Year

The photograph shows the Mayor and team of Nelson Mandela Bay receiving the award for best health project at the 2007 World Leadership Awards presentation ceremony.