International Awards granted to the Municipality of Rosario in recent years

Policies with a Gender Perspective

• Prize: Year 2008
• Granted by Los Premios América, CIFAL (acronym in Spanish for the International Training Center for Local Authorities), Atlanta, United States of America.

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First Prize awarded to the Municipal Plan for Tobacco Prevention

• Prize: Year 2005
• Granted by: The Argentine Committee for Public Health – Special mention awarded by the Pan American Health Organization.
• Prize: Year 2006
• Appreciation and honors granted by the Argentine Anti-tobacco Union, the Interamerican Heart Foundation and the Alliance for a Master Agreement to Promote 100% Smoke Free Environments in the city of Rosario.
• Prize: Year 2007
• Rosario was the only municipality that was awarded a prize from Global Smoke Free Partnership for its leadership in the implementation of public policies fostering 100% smoke free environments.
  

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“Thinking Urban & Strategic Matters”

• Award winning paper: "The experience of strategic planning in Rosario: Strategic Plan and Urban Plan".
  
• Award granted by: Iberoamerican Center for the Urban Strategic Development (CIDEU)
  
• Year: 2005
• Publication: Rosario Experience. Politics for gobernability [.pdf]

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“2005 Medellín Prize to the Transfer of the Best Practices”

• Award winning program: Urban Agriculture Program
• Award granted by: Medellin Local Government, Habitat Foundation-Colombia, Ibero American and Caribbean Forum for Best Practices
• Year: 2005

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"Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment, granted to the Urban Agriculture Program"

• Award winning area: Secretary of Social Promotion of the Municipality of Rosario
• Award granted by: Municipality of Dubai and UN HABITAT
• Year: 2004

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“Exemplary Experience on Local Governance in the Region"

• Award granted by: United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
• Year: 2003

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"Affirmative Actions to Foster Women Participation in Local Government" - III International Contest

• Contest Jurors: United Nations Program for Urban Management
  for Latin America and the Caribbean (PGU-ALC), United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM–Andean Region), Hairouy Commission: Women and Habitat Network Municipality of San Salvador, El Salvador
• Year: 2003

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"To the Municipality of Rosario for its Health Program"

• Award granted by: Panamerican Health Organization/World Health Organization (PHO/WHO-Argentina)
• Year: 2002

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“UNESCO Prize, Cities for Peace”

• Award granted by: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Year: 1999