From our portfolio
Access City Award 2023
Project duration: May 2022 - May 2023
Raising awareness of accessibility and equality issues, share experiences and showcase good practices on Europe’s most accessible cities for people with disabilities.
Our strategic services
Ecorys managed the full delivery of the 2023 Access City Award competition, overseeing organisation of the competition, administration, and the Award Secretariat, including updates to the application portal.
We provided communications and promotion services to increase participation from eligible cities, developing strategies for media outreach, social platforms, and digital media partnerships, along with editorial content, videos, and EC branded materials.
Ecorys also organised and managed the hybrid award ceremony, sourced moderators and produced certificates for the winning cities.
Making an impact
eligible cities contacted
applications received from cities across the EU
people reached across the EU via digital promotion of the campaign
impressions for social media adverts
Our top picks
Graphic design
We created a large range of multi-language visual assets adapted for different channels, including static images and banners for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.
Digital advertising campaigns and website advertising
We launched a multi-channel social media paid campaign for applications targeting mayors, local government associations and stakeholders on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Google Display.
We purchased media space in the digital editions of 6 major newspapers in priority countries, with press releases prepared and disseminated in all EU languages.
Videography
We produced six videos and disseminated them via social media and shown during the Award Ceremony including:
A video report about the ACA 2022 winner
An introductory video for the award ceremony
in EN with EN subtitles.
Videos of the winning cities
1st Winner
2nd Winner
3rd Winner
Special Mentions
Promotional Materials
We sourced and produced a range of EU branded promotional materials as gift to Jurors.
Web Development
We provided editorial support for the campaign webpage (within DG EMPL website) in English, with automatic translation of permanent content in all EU language. We developed the ACA application portal with content in all EU languages
Event Management
We designed, organised and managed the award ceremony, sourced moderators and produced trophies and certificates for winning cities.
