2026 CEEQA Jury Invitation
CEEQA collaborates each year with business leaders at the highest level of industry experience and influence in CEE & SEE commercial real estate investment comprising the CEEQA Jury.
The panel is invited to assess and decide the award winners from the best performing buildings, companies and industry professionals of the year across 18 countries.
Trusted
A fully trusted industry recognition can motivate a company’s team, clients and partners. The calibre of the jury panel, voting process and results are underpinned by an auditable jury selection and judging procedure, voting integrity standards and reliability of results.
The resulting awards are announced each year at the CEEQA Gala in Warsaw, the main industry awards and flagship annual gathering of the sector’s most influential leaders. The awards are widely regarded as the sector’s most valued measure of market leadership and success.
Influential
CEEQA has played an influential role in the CEE & SEE real estate market place since 2003, covering business performance and achievement across 18 countries in Central & Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe examining and showcasing the sector’s profile and achievements.
Jury participation and value exchange
Places on the jury are rotated each year between senior representatives of market leading companies to ensure breadth of overview and fairness of results.
You join a panel of the sector’s most experienced and influential business leaders to assess the year’s award entries.
In return for your expertise and time we offer participating juror members the benefit of an in depth market-year view through the judging process and market insight publications, top tier business networking, and significant industry prestige and profile across the CEE & SEE market place. Plus elite hospitality with free access to the year’s events including the CEEQA Gala, including accommodation for jurors from outside Warsaw.
The judging process and awards schedule are tightly organised and light on time commitment for busy people.
We welcome you to consult any members you know from recent juries to confirm the benefits and commitment of jury participation and the market value of the CEEQA awards:
2025 CEEQA Jury
2024 CEEQA Jury
2023 CEEQA Jury
2022 CEEQA Jury
Confirm participation
By 26 September Confirm your participation on the 2026 CEEQA Jury here
Participation commitment
Jurors are provided with full guidance throughout the judging process and schedule:
September 2025 Confirmation of your jury participation required.
October-November, Jury nominations Jurors complete online Jury Nominations Form listing your own suggestions of candidates for the best buildings, companies and industry professionals across the sector in selected categories (approx 1 hour time commitment).
November – March, Call for entries Market wide invitation to enter the 2026 awards, Jury nominees announced. Entries close 5 March.
31 March – 10 April, First round of voting Online scoring of award entries (approx half a day time commitment).
15 April, 2026 Short List announced Results from the highest scoring candidates in each category announced.
19 May Warsaw Bristol Hotel, Jury Dinner & final voting Meeting of all members of the jury at the Bristol Warsaw Hotel to decide the winners in each category (3-4 hours attendance commitment).
20 May, CEEQA Gala 18.00-Late Hosted at Wyscigi race course in Warsaw, 2025 winners announced
June, 2027 jury recommendations Outgoing 2026 jurors consulted on recommendations for 2026 jury invitations.
The dinner, the winners and the CEEQA Gala after-party
JURY NOMINATIONS FORM
Complete the form below. Once you have confirmed your participation, the first step in the onboarding process is to provide your suggestions for likely award winners.
Click SUBMIT to send your nominations automatically to the organiser only when your form is fully completed. Jurors are not obliged to nominate candidates in every category, we recommend you focus on the categories you know well.
Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us on T +48 502 201 080 or email info@ceeqa.com.
Guidance
What is a CEEQA Jury nomination?
In this round of voting we ask you simply to suggest up to five candidates (a minimum of two) in the award categories you feel most equipped to judge. By completing this form you help to make the initial selection of prospective candidates for the awards.
You are only required to provide basic information for nominees in the columns provided on the form. The CEEQA team will research and fact-check nominees submitted for fuller information, in order to invite a full entry on behalf of the nominee. Nominations submitted by jury members will be supplemented by entries received from across the sector in preparation for the first Online scoring round of judging..
Can I nominate a candidate I am professionally involved with?
In this Jury Nominations round you can nominate any project, company or person for an award whether they involve a professional conflict or not.
During further voting rounds you will be asked to declare a professional interest (PI) on any award entry you have an ownership involvement with (e.g., this does not apply to professional relationships as a consultant or adviser), that you are being asked to judge, the full definition of PI will be explained in the judging guidelines sent to you when the judging begins.
What am I looking for?
The key judging criteria are listed below at the top of each award category. Please take particular note of the following:
- Innovation counts: Architectural and interior design, operational efficiency, ESG and sustainability innovation, and other features, that enhance the tenant appeal and potential investment value of a project are paramount.
- Size doesn’t matter: While due consideration may be given to size and volume in judging an award, consideration should also be given to relative achievement and market impact, market conditions, etc., as well as to relative performance in other listed criteria for a specific award.
- Location: The awards are for business performance & achievement in the group emerging European markets undergoing political and economic transformation and entry into the private capital markets since 1989. As a regional business awards it is important you do not restrict your suggestions to one country if you are aware of other successful projects or business achievements in other countries covered by the region.
NOTE: You may only nominate real estate projects, companies or industry professionals active in the 18 countries covered by the CEEQA awards (see list above).
What happens next?
Your nominations must be submitted by 30 November to qualify. If we have any questions regarding your nominations we will get in touch with you.
Otherwise you will not hear from us until you receive a link to the online CEEQA Judging System mid-March displaying all the award entries and nominees, which you will be asked to score against award criteria.
Many thanks for participating in this edition’s CEEQA Jury, we hope you enjoy the experience. It is important that we receive your recommendations on time to allow time for us to properly research and fact-check them.
We are not able to guarantee that jury nominations received after this date will be included. If you have any questions or problems with meeting this deadline please contact Richard Hallward. T +48 502 201 080 Email support@ceeqa.com.