Box Story: The Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize

Inaugurated in 2010, the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize is a biennial international award that honours outstanding achievements and contributions towards the creation of liveable, vibrant and sustainable urban communities around the world. The Prize is awarded to cities, and recognises their key leaders and organisations for displaying foresight, good governance and innovation in tackling urban challenges holistically to bring social, economic and environmental benefits to their communities.

To facilitate the sharing of best practices in urban solutions that can be replicated in other cities, the Prize places an emphasis on practical and cost-effective solutions and ideas. Through the Prize, Singapore hopes to promote exemplary thought-leadership and exchange of ideas among cities, to spur further innovation in sustainable urban development. The Prize has a rigorous evaluation process, featuring a Nominating Committee that reviews and examines submissions, and recommends potential Laureates to the Prize Council.

The Prize Council then reviews and selects the Prize Laureate based on these recommendations. Both panels comprise distinguished individuals from a wide range of disciplines in the public and private sectors. As of 2024, 7 cities have been awarded the Prize and 20 cities given Special Mentions. The Prize is co-organised by the Centre for Liveable Cities and Urban Redevelopment Authority.

For more information, visit www.worldcityprize.sg