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 The LivCom Awards is the world’s only
Competition for local communities that
focuses on environmental management and the
creation of liveable communities.
The objective of The LivCom Awards is
to encourage best practice, innovation
and leadership in providing a vibrant,
environmentally sustainable community that
improves the quality of life.
Involvement in The LivCom Awards will result
in increased international profile for your
community and an opportunity to become
aware of International Best Practice in the
management of the local environment.
There are five population categories in the
LivCom Awards. Communities are not compared
against others within their population category
but are judged as to how they are performing in
respect of the judging criteria within the cultural,
political, economic, geographic and climatic
environment in which they are situated.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Communities of different sizes and in different
cultures have different structures and
responsibilities. If, within a Judging Criterion,
there is an area of activity that is not the
direct responsibility of the community, it will
be expected both in the Written Submission
and in the Final stages of the Awards, that it is
demonstrated how the community makes use
of opportunities to influence policies in these
areas.
 1. Enhancement of the Natural and Built
Landscapes:
Landscapes, in the context of the Awards, are
the aspects of the City and Townscape, which
create an environment enhanced through
horticultural and infrastructure designs. The
Submission should describe the key features
or vision of the community’s landscape, and
demonstrate how landscaping in a community
has brought together all of the distinct elements,
both built and natural, so as to establish a
sympathetic relationship between the built and
natural landscape. LivCom seeks evidence
of the protection of the natural heritage and
of ecologically important sites, biodiversity
and introduction of vegetation in more difficult
environments. This section should demonstrate
how the landscape in your community has
been enhanced to create an environment that
generates civic pride, facilitates enjoyable
recreational experiences and improves the
quality of life within your community.
2. Arts, Culture and Heritage:
This section should demonstrate how the
community values and embodies its own unique
culture through recognition of its languages,
its unique arts and craft and cultural practices
within their way of life and how it values its
heritage both in its buildings and monuments
and its spiritual places or historic events through
recognition, interpretation and protection. This
may be with original cultures or new individual
cultures within multicultural populations.
Festivals and events often celebrate these
dimensions or become part of the culture itself.
It should demonstrate how these groups are
included within society generally. LivCom
seeks to evaluate how well the arts in all their
forms are generally encouraged and recognised
through public exposure, community celebration
and support.
3. Environmental Best Practices:
This section should demonstrate how
the community has adopted innovative
environmentally sensitive practices and pursues
initiatives that result in sustainable management
of the environment. Evidence should be included
which demonstrates that the community
is involved in efforts to apply sustainable
development and to promote best practices
that lead to the development, conservation
and preservation of the environment. This
would include the enhancement of the quality
of air, water and land, biodiversity, reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions and the consumption
of natural resources through use of alternative
materials and sources of energy and recycling.
 4. Community Participation and
Empowerment:
This section should demonstrate the method
and style of ongoing involvement of individuals,
groups and Organisations in the planning,
development and management of the local
community, and how the local community is
empowered and reacts to the opportunity of
being involved in its development. Components
of this section will include integration,
development, satisfaction, resources and
involvement.
5. Healthy Lifestyle:
This section will need to demonstrate a clear
understanding of the health issues that affect
communities, supported by appropriate
research and a commitment to making
improvements. A track record of achievement
in tackling these health issues will be necessary
for example indicating the provision of facilities
and lifestyle programmes, targeted towards
improving the health of the community. Reviews
of the successful implementation of these
facilities and programmes would enhance the
credibility of the submissions in this criterion.
6. Strategic Planning:
This section should demonstrate how the
community determines its future and what
planning processes are developed and how
they align to create action plans to deliver the
stated outcomes that the community desires.
A sense of hierarchy in the plans or strategies
themselves should be demonstrated, and
evidence included that the plans are being
implemented through an annual plan together
with a review process.
Evidence should be shown that demonstrates
that the general members of the community
support the strategic direction and have had an
opportunity to contribute to it.
JUDGING PANEL
The International Panel of Judges comprises
environmental and landscape
management professionals, who will operate in
teams of three to assess Categories A, B, C and
D and as a Team of six to assess Category E.
Registration:
Complete Registration Form on page 4 and
send to The International Awards for Liveable
Communities by the date quoted on the
Registration Form.
Written Submission:
The initial written submission should consist of:
- Maximum of 4,500 words in English – not
including titles/tables/headers etc.
- Maximum of 24 photographs to be
captioned and dated.
The submission should show how your
community is addressing each of the
criteria set out above. A community is defined
as the whole area administered by the
community.
Each Judging Criterion carries equal marks.
By the date quoted on the Registration Form,
Communities registering to participate in
categories A, B, C or D in The LivCom Awards
must provide, four copies of the Written
Submission: Category E entries must provide
seven copies. Written Submissions must be
sent to LivCom Head Office at the address on
the Registration Form.
Electronic submissions cannot be accepted.
Judging:
The Panel of Judges will review each
submission at the Interim Judging stage and
will select communities from each population
category to make a Presentation at The LivCom
Awards Finals, to be held at the venue and
during the dates quoted on the Registration
Form.
Final Presentations:
If, following the Interim Judging process, your
community is selected as a Finalist in The
LivCom Awards, there are some key points to
bear in mind:
- A maximum of three representatives from
your community will be able to
make the Presentation, plus an interpreter if
required.
- Presentations must be made in English.
- For population Categories A, B, C and D
Presentations must not exceed 40 minutes
and may include a digital video disk (dvd),
also in English, of no longer than 12 minutes
duration. Population Category E
Presentations must not exceed 60 minutes.
- Appropriate equipment will be provided.
Communities will be permitted to use
other visual aids, e.g. PowerPoint (a LCD
projection system will be provided), during
their Presentation. Other equipment must be
supplied by the community. The International
Awards for Liveable Communities will not be
responsible for the performance of
equipment not supplied by the Organisers.
- At the end of each Presentation, the
Judges will ask questions. If the assistance
of an interpreter is required during the
question period, you must provide the
interpreter and extra time will be allowed.
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