CUI Wins "Leadership Through Collaboration" Award from Ontario Federal Council - 2003
The work of the Canadian Urban Institute in support of the Ontario Competitive City Regions Partnership (OCCR) was recognised in June, 2003 with the Leadership Through Collaboration Award from the Ontario Federal Council. The partnership includes the Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation, FEDNOR, HRDC and Industry Canada, as well as the Office for Partnerships for Advanced Skills and the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario. For more information visit www.occr-partnership.ca.

United Nations Habitat Best Practice – Nagykáta, Hungary – 2002
The Town of Nagykáta, one of the Hungarian municipalities that CUI has worked with since 1996, has received a "2002 United Nations Habitat Best Practice" designation for its community-based economic development program. The award was in recognition of the town’s participatory, community-based planning initiative and the resulting innovative approaches to economic development that allowed it to attract and retain environmentally friendly investment and to create significant new employment. The project and the award are the direct result of CUI’s CIDA-funded programming.

Budapest District Twenty Silver Medal of the Mayor – 2002
In 2002, CUI was awarded the "Budapest District Twenty Silver Medal of the Mayor" on the occasion of the municipality being the first local government in the urban region to achieve 100% “canalization” (i.e., 100% coverage of piped water and sewer in the jurisdiction). This award is in recognition of the successful implementation of the CIDA-funded, CUI-assisted strategic planning process, which named canalization as the number 1 priority of citizens.

Development of Public Service Gold Medal of the Ministry of Interior – Slovak Republic – 2002
In 2002, CUI was awarded this honour for its contribution to public sector reform in the areas of fiscal decentralization and local government strengthening, which have helped the country to move solidly towards EU standards. CUI’s activities in Slovakia were funded by CIDA.

Ontario Professional Planners Institute – 2001
Provincial and District Excellence in Planning Awards for “Re-investing in Toronto: What the Competition Is Doing” (with Urban Strategies Inc.).

United Nations Habitat Good Practice, Province of Guimaras, Philippines – 2000
In 2000, United Nations Habitat classified the Province of Guimaras as a "good practice" for its efforts toward improved local governance related to environmental protection and economic development. Through CIDA-funded technical assistance from the Canadian Urban Institute since 1994, three levels of local governments on the island innovated new modes of cooperation to promote sustainable development practices, to pursue economic growth and to involve communities in local decision-making. This participatory process resulted in the completion of a series of integrated strategic plans for all three levels of local government, the implementation of which have made the island province a model in implementing the country’s new decentralization legislation, the 1991 Local Government Code.

REACH award – 2000
Presented to staff of Municipal Affairs and Housing for innovation in customer service, for “Municipal Readiness for Economic Development,” developed jointly with the Canadian Urban Institute.

Gold Medal of the President of the Republic of Hungary – 1999
In 1999, the Executive Director of the CUI’s International Programs Office, Dr. Tibor Frank, was awarded the Gold Medal of the President of the Republic of Hungary, the highest presidential award in Hungary, for his exceptional efforts in nurturing and strengthening international cooperation between Canada and Hungary.