At the International LivCom Awards (LivCom) organized by the United Nations in Malta this year, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality came in third, competing with the world's richest cities such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai from the United Arab Emirates and Xin Yang from the People's Republic of China. won the award. The urban planning projects implemented by Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Yılmaz Büyükerşen continue to receive awards in many national and international areas.

3 International Liveable Communities Awards (LivCom) were held jointly by the Livcom Committee and the United Nations International Institute on Aging (UN-INIA) in Valletta, Malta, between 30 May and 2 June, and hosted by the Birgu Municipal Government and the University of Malta. Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality was deemed worthy of the third prize.

Local governments applied to the international competition with their projects introducing their best practices under the theme of 'Age-Friendly and Livable Cities' to develop more livable, resilient and sustainable societies. After passing the preliminary selection, Eskisehir won the 3rd prize in the competition, which included 22 cities and 33 projects from 24 countries, after the world's richest and most powerful cities such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai from the United Arab Emirates and Xin Yang from the People's Republic of China. Dr. Head of the Department of Transportation, who presented his 3rd award to the competition jury, representing Eskişehir, at the ceremony held in Malta. Aytaç Ünverdi, Head of Social Services Department Hale Kargın and Project Specialist F. Özlem Önk.

We Rank 10th Among the Most Livable Cities

Making a statement about the award, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Yılmaz Büyükerşen said:

“The projects we have carried out since 1999 were to create an Eskişehir that complies with the principles of contemporary and universal urbanism, as well as to ensure that its residents become healthy, happy, equal people who look to the future with as much hope as possible. This mission continues with all its vigor with the services we provide to all our people, especially children, youth and women, in every field such as environment, culture, art, social, education, sports, transportation, agriculture and tourism. Evaluations and rankings made so far both domestically and globally show us that we are successful. For example, we are constantly among the 10 most livable cities in Turkey in the evaluations of various institutions and organizations. We are among the top 10 cities every year in the worldwide 'World Safe Cities' rankings. We have been awarded consecutive awards by many institutions and organizations such as the Human Development Foundation. I am very happy that my dream of a city in which Eskişehir residents are proud to live in is being confirmed with these awards. Eskişehir received another very valuable award as the third livable city among the world's most powerful and rich cities. We are very proud and happy to successfully represent our country at the international level. This award is a new award given to Eskişehir and the valuable Eskişehir residents, in whom they are proud to live. “This pride belongs to all of us.”