The LivCom Awards is the world’s only Competition for local communities that focuses on environmental management and the creation of livable 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 learn from communities from around the world International Best Practice in environmental and landscape management, heritage management, community empowerment
and forward planning.
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.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Enhancement of the Landscape: Landscaping, in the context of the Awards, is the aspect of the City and Townscape, which creates an environment enhanced through horticultural and infrastructure designs. It must be demonstrated 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. The Judges will seek 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.
Heritage Management: Heritage, in the context of the Awards, is defined as the bringing together of historic property, green and natural heritage, industrial heritage, language and cultural practices, designed to ensure that the legacy of the past is protected. This section should demonstrate how your community values, preserves and manages its built and natural heritage and, where relevant, the multi-cultural nature of this heritage, so as to contribute positively
to the quality of life of current and future generations.
Environmentally Sensitive Practices: This section should demonstrate how your community has adopted innovative environmentally sensitive practices and pursues initiatives that result in sustainable management of the environment. The Judges will seek evidence that your 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 and the reduction in the consumption of natural resources through use of alternative materials and sources of energy and recycling.
Community Sustainability: 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 react to the opportunity of being involved in its development. Components of this section will include
integration, development, satisfaction, resources and involvement.
Healthy Lifestyles: This section should demonstrate the community’s record of healthy lifestyles, both through the provision of appropriate facilities, and the promotion of active participation. The healthy lifestyle context should include evidence of the development of wellbeing, community cohesion, active participation in play, recreation, sport, cultural activity (especially festivals, carnivals etc.), and by further examples of dynamic social integration.
Planning for the Future: This section should demonstrate the use of sensitive and creative planning techniques for the creation of a sustainable, liveable community. Your Presentation should demonstrate how higher levels of strategic plans integrate with more specific plans. It
should demonstrate how plans reflect the needs of the community and how they are being, or are to be, implemented in a practical context linked to available resources, so as to address all the aspects that make up a truly liveable community.
