First, all applications must undergo an eligibility check, which will be done by the Award Secretariat. All eligible applications will then be ranked by some members of the Covenant on Demographic change in a way that public authority members will review the applications submitted in the public authorities category, non-for profit organisation members will review those submitted in the non-for-profit category and for-profit organization members will review those submitted for the for-profit category. In the next stage, applications will be reviewed by a dedicated selection panel, who will select 3 best applications per category. In the final phase, the high-level EU jury will do the final selection of the award winners in each award category