Celebrating 26 years of CIJ EUROPE, CEE & SEE Europe’s Real Estate digital and print news provider will be hosting the 20th Polish CIJ Awards evening in downtown Warsaw. The CIJ Awards are longest-running commercial property awards event in Poland and have evolved continuously over the past 20 years to keep pace with changes in local, regional and international property markets.
Our goal is to support your business and networking activities. By winning a CIJ Award you become unique, and you share your success with other players in Poland, Europe and even the U.S. – everywhere CIJ is active today.
The winning entries in each project category will enjoy advancement to the Best of the Best HOF Awards in 2022 where only the winning elite is presented from 10 other countries from around Central & South East Europe.
We invite you to participate in this well-known event yet with its significantly broadened scope!
Success is about what you inspire others to do!
Since 2001, we’ve inspired you to celebrate your hard work and successes by competing for and winning Awards and by sharing your satisfaction with other market players and networking. We have created the perfect venue for you to meet your business partners, colleagues and friends.
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Fill in your information on the our web site form and be on your way to nominate your company and project in CIJ Awards 2021. You can expect to receive confirmation of the nomination within 2 working days of us receiving this Form.
One form means one nomination – if you have more companies and projects to nominate – please, fill in the appropriate number of entries. Nominating is without cost or obligation to attend the winners presentation.
DEVELOPMENT
Best Warsaw Residential Development
Best National Residential Development
Best Seashore Residential Development
Best Warsaw Office Development
Best National Office Development
Best Retail Development
Best Industrial Development
Best Warehouse Development
Best Hotel Development
Best Legacy (Redevelopment) Development
Best High-Rise Development
Best Architectural Development
Leading Green Development
Best Upcoming Development
Best Overall Developer
TRANSACTIONS
Best Investment Transaction
Best New Warsaw Office Tenant Transaction
Best New National Office Tenant Transaction
Best New Industrial/Warehouse Tenant Transaction
SERVICES
Best Architect Company
Best Construction Company
Best Law Firm
Best Tax & Financial Advisory
Best Financing Provider
Best Investment Advisory
Best Local Real Estate Agency
Best International Real Estate Agency
ENVIRONMENT
Best CSR Act (Corporate Social Responsibility)
Best Interior Design Concept (Project)
Best Facades/Exterior Design
Best Sustainable Developer
Best Co-Social-Working Community (Project)
MANAGEMENT
Best Commercial Asset Management Company
Best Office Property Management Company
Best Industrial/Warehouse Property Management Company
Best Project Management Company
CREATIVE SPIRIT
Best Marketing and PR Campaign
Best Marketing and PR Agency
GRAND FINALE
Leadership of the Year
Grand Prix
The winners will be announced at the Awards on 4th November 2021 at Raffles Europejski Warsaw***** Warsaw. If you are not there in person at the awards the names of the winners will be updated on the website shortly afterward and winner’s names will also be published in the following issue of CIJ EUROPE magazine.
Jury Committee
Robert Fletcher
Jury Committee Manager
CIJ EUROPE
Timelines and Dress Code
Schedule for the evening
19:00 – 20:00 Welcome Drink & Presentation
20:00 – 21:30 Gala Dinner
21:30 – 22:30 Awards Ceremony
22:30 – till late: dessert & wine, networking & entertainment
Key dates for your diary
1 August. – 30 Sept. 2021 Call for Nominations
25 Oct. – 29 Oct. 2021 Online Voting
26 October 2021 Jury Meeting
4 November 2021 Awards Ceremony
Dress code for the event - formal/cocktail
Location
TABLE(S) & SEAT(S) reservation online
7307000
Participation fee per person: 730 euro + VAT
The fee does not include hotel rooms.
Filing the registration form is an obligation to pay.
Confirmation of the registration will be e-mailed with our invoice to the electronic address within 3 working days of receipt of the registration form.
In order to attend the CIJ Gala AWARDS 2021 the payment must be made in advance to the bank account shown on our invoice.
Should you cancel the registration prior to 14 days before the CIJ Gala AWARDS 2021, 100% of the payment made will be returned to you. If the cancellation is made between 7 and 13 days before the Gala AWARDS 2021, 50% will be returned. No cancellation will be accepted less than 6 days before the CIJ Gala AWARDS 2021.
If you do not cancel your registration and do not attend, you will be charged the full amount of the registration fee.
The cancellation must be done in writing. No payment does not imply cancellation.
CIJ EUROPE & Roberts Publishing reserve the right to modify the program of the CIJ Gala AWARDS 2021 and under special circumstances to change its date and venue.
Attendees will need to present a valid international certificate for full vaccination against COVID-19, with the use of an approved vaccine.
The following are the CIJ Awards Rules and Regulations
Eligibility for Nomination
The CIJ Awards recognizes and celebrates projects, companies, teams as well as transactions that excelled in performance. CIJ Awards 2021 is intended to honor the nominations with history between November 2020 and October 2021. Nominations will be judged on the value they bring to the real estate they fill, including consideration of the size, quality, design, value, time, term, company and team.
Hall of Fame
The winning entries in each category will enjoy advancement to the Best of the Best CIJ HOF Awards in September 2022 at the Marriott Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic, where the winning elite from ten other Central & South East Europe countries is presented.
Administration
CIJ EUROPE, hereinafter referred to as CIJ Awards Administration Committee, shall organize and administer the CIJ Awards 2021, pursuant to the rules established by the CIJ Awards Administration Committee. The provisions of all paragraphs below set forth the valid rules of governance.
All decisions made by the CIJ Awards Administration Committee concerning eligibility for the CIJ Awards and all other matters relating to their administration, including adoption of amendments to these Rules, shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes.
Jury
Online Jury Voting Committee
Every top and middle management real estate expert, having minimum 5 years’ experience, representing a company active on the European Real Estate Market, is welcome to join the Online Jury Voting Committee using the appropriate CIJ Awards platform voting , which will be made available to all CIJ reader digitally. The CIJ Awards Administration Committee will confirm participation at the start of online voting to its online readers and subscribers
In case the confirmed Online Jury Voting CommitteeMember may not vote within the specified time period – they will lose their voting possibility – they may not designate another person to vote.
Online Jury Voting Committee is comprised of undefined group of Commercial and Residential Real Estate Experts.
Possible company representation: Online Jury Voting Committee can enter 4 people from companies counting until 50 employees, 6 people from companies counting until 100 employees, 8 people from companies counting until 200 employees and maximum 10 people from companies counting over 200 employees.
Online Jury Voting Committee will be invited notified of voting start.
The Jury Committee members are invited by the CIJ Awards Administration Committee. The Jury Committee includes representatives of top management from the European Real Estate Market including professionals from Funds, Investors, Architects, Developers, property owners and service providers.
Jury Committee members will will evaluate only all relevant sector categories per group meeting.
Jury Committee members groups will include Residential, Development and Services.
Jury Committee members will have exclusive voting in category Grand Prix & Leadership of the Year.
Jury Committee members who are unable to attend the Jury Committee Meeting may designate a representative – a co-worker from their Company holding the position of President / Board Member / Managing Director. In case such a replacement is impossible – Jury Committee members will be allowed to vote online.
The Jury Committee can include up to 15 members.
Jury Committee members cannot vote in categories that they are nominated in.
Possible company representation: one member of management from one company.
Jury Committee will meet location and date – TBC by the CIJ Awards Administration Committee.
All votes of the Jury Committee shall be taken by secret ballot, with only those members of the Committee entitled to vote.
The weighting of the Jury Committee voting is 61% of the final result.
The CIJ Awards Jury Committee shall be a self-governing body comprised of 1 group of Jury Members:
Voting Procedures & Selection of Winners
Online Jury Voting Committee and Jury Committee vote separately, independently and at different times.
Every Jury Member must choose a winning project, product or company in each category.
Jury Members may not vote in a category in which their project or company is nominated – they must abstain from voting in this category.
Being familiar with the sector, companies and projects, Jury Members are expected to vote both on the basis of their professional knowledge and experience as well as on the basis of the nomination forms.
Jury Committee will meet and discuss nominations, but the votes will be kept strictly confidential with each member recording their vote privately on secret voting ballots.
Votes from both Committees will be collected, compiled, counted and calculated by an independent audit company.
Votes and the precise results of the voting will be kept strictly confidential and secret.
Winners will be announced and awarded during the CIJ Gala Dinner and presented online at www.cijeurope.com and in the following issue of CIJ EUROPE magazine.
Nomination Procedures
Every company may nominate itself, its projects and teams or other companies, projects and teams.
Nominations must be submitted on time within the required dates.
Grand Prix Award is granted to one of the nominated projects from the Development category.
CIJ Awards Administration Committee will confirm acceptance of nomination within 2 working days of CIJ Awards Administration Committeereceiving each application.
One company is entitled to make maximum of 10 nominations. Additional entries on request.
Rules for use of the CIJ Awards 2021 Trademarks
Each attending Winner will receive the CIJ Awards plaque/statue, diploma and electronic trademarks – they may be used without limitation. The Winner is obliged to use the description ‘The Winner of CIJ Awards 2021’ (including the awards name together with the year) wherever it mentions winning the CIJ Awards.
Additional Regulations
Companies can enter as many related categories as they wish to.
Projects submitted for the CIJ Awards must have all the mandatory government approvals. CIJ Awards Administration Committee reserves the right to ask for supplementary documentation of information provided in the application form.
There must be a minimum of two confirmed nominations in each category to proceed with Online Jury Voting Committee and Jury Committee voting. If the CIJ Awards Administration Committee determines that there is only one eligible candidate in one of the categories listed above, the CIJ Awards Administration Committee has the right to award a special prize in that category.
The decisions of the Jury are final.
Personal information given on the forms will be placed in the company database of CIJ EUROPE and RPMG and may be used to organize trainings, courses, seminars, conferences and to carry out other marketing activities. Companies have the right to inspect and update this data.
The event will be documented by the organizer with photographs and video. Those taking part in the event accept that the organizer will publish the above-mentioned documentation on its websites and in printed materials via CIJ EUROPE, RPMG and their trading partners.
Penalties
Any party that violates these rules will be subject to removal of eligibility to vote in or nominate projects and/or to any other penalties as may be imposed by the CIJ Awards Administration Committee at its sole discretion.
If in the considered view of the CIJ Awards Administration Committee, any of the above provisions have been violated, the violation must be corrected within ten calendar days following written notice of the violation. Any violation not so corrected, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to CIJ Awards Administration Committee or its ventures, may result in the withdrawal of the right to use the CIJ Awards statue/plaque and CIJ Awards trademark, including, and not limited to a permanent ban on the use of the trademarks in the event of a serious or continued violation. Replication of CIJ Awards plaques or statues are forbidden and will be seen as an infringement on the CIJ Awards branding and brands.
Organiser
CIJ EUROPE – CEE & SEE Europe’s leading Real Estate news provider digitally and in print.
Contact Details
All notices, certifications and other communications required or permitted to be given to the CIJ Awards Administration Committee under these Rules shall be given in a manner consistent with these Rules to Robert Fletcher, fletcher@cijeurope.com