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Press Releases
20 November 2007
Global community gathers in London for the
International Awards for Liveable Communities
THE International Awards for Liveable Communities is to be
hosted in London by Westminster City Council this weekend
(22-26 November 2007). The global event, now in its 11th
year, is the world’s only awards competition focussing on
best practice regarding the management of the local
environment. The objective of LivCom is to improve the
quality of life of individual citizens through the creation
of ‘liveable communities’.
LivCom is non-political, embracing all nations and cultures,
and over 50 countries are represented within the Awards. The
awards are made in three categories including a Whole City
Award, Environmentally Sustainable Project Awards and
Bursary Awards. In the Whole City category, The LivCom
Awards covers five population categories. 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.
Judges from around the world with backgrounds in
environmental and landscape management, make their selection
on the basis of how communities have tackled landscape
enhancement, heritage management, environmentally sensitive
practices, community sustainability, healthy lifestyles and
planning for the future.
This year there are nearly 100 projects from more than 50
countries in the running including six from the UK. In the
past, success in the awards has been used to promote tourism
and Inward investment.
Alan Smith, founder of the awards said: “Participating in
the LivCom Awards is professionally rewarding and will
potentially bring long-lasting benefits to the cities and
communities that take part.”
ENDS
NOTE TO EDITORS: The LivCom Awards 2007 take place
22-26 November 2007. Presentations, which journalists are
welcome to attend, will take place before the judging panel
23-25 November at the Thistle Hotel, Hyde Park. The results
will be announced at the awards ceremony at the Café Royal
on the evening of 26 November. A full results service will
be available on the evening of 26 November. UK submissions
being judged for the awards have come from Gateshead,
Lytham, Newark, Norwich and Westminster.
Media enquiries before and during the event, please
contact Elizabeth Peplow 07825 082595 email:
livcompress@btinternet.com
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