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Award for Good Administration - Submission form

Please fully fill out this submission form. You may attach all relevant files to your entry. Make sure that the total size of all attachments does not exceed 15 MB. If you encounter any problems, please write to EOaward@ombudsman.europa.eu.


The Award for Good Administration is open to staff members (officials, temporary agents, contract agents) from any EU institution, body or agency (except the European Ombudsman office). Where relevant, please ensure that the management in the EU institution concerned has been informed of any submissions.


Nominees for the award may be proposed by: staff members from all EU institutions, bodies or agencies, as well as EU and non-EU based civil society organisations, associations, businesses, NGOs or individuals outside the institutional framework.


The submissions period opens on 15 October 2025 and will close on 16 January 2026 at 18.00. The submission should relate to projects carried out during the period January 2023 – December 2025. 

There are 16 questions in this survey.
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Are you self-nominating?

If yes, provide your contact details:

If no, who are you nominating? Please provide contact details for at least one nominee

Please select one or several categories that apply to your entry (depending on the projects received, the categories may have to be modified, or your project may be assigned to a different category). Once the submission period is closed, there will be an online public vote for the most popular project.

Please provide a short and informative title for the entry (max 10 words).

Please give a short summary of your entry (max. 60 words). This summary will be used as the basis for a short description of your project on the Ombudsman’s website and in the programme for the award ceremony.

Please give a description of the project (max. 400 words). Include details such as why the nominee(s) should receive the award; the purpose of the project or innovation; how it was planned and rolled out; what the outcomes were; and how it contributes to the citizen experience of the EU. You may also provide links to websites or videos or else attach further documentation to your submission.

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Further information

    • You will get an e-mail confirming that your entry has been received. Please note that it is not an automated message so it may take one or two working days.
    • Participation in the competition implies full acceptance of the competition rules.
    • It is highly recommended not to wait until the last day or the last minute to submit applications. 

Personal Data


All personal data contained in the application shall be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data. Please consult the privacy statement available here.

If you are nominating your own project, can the European Ombudsman use your submission and any images relating to your participation in the award in its publications, press releases, on its website and/or social media accounts, including in live broadcasting, as well as in future promotional material (videos, pictures, etc.)?

By submitting this form, I explicitly consent to the processing of my personal data for the purpose of the European Ombudsman’s Award for Good Administration.

By submitting this form, I explicitly consent that my identity be known to the person I’m nominating for the European Ombudsman’s Award for Good Administration.

I accept that the project description and title may be used in the Award ceremony’s programme and on the Ombudsman’s website.

If you are nominating someone else’s project, we will contact the nominee(s) within 10 working days to inform them of their rights, and to seek their acceptance of the competition rules and authorisation to use their personal data. As a nominator, your identity will be made known to the persons you nominate.
 
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