International Awards for Liveable Communities

Award Name	International Awards for Liveable Communities
Address	Globe House 4 Crispin Close Caversham
	Reading
	Berkshire
	RG4 7JS
	UK
Telephone	+44 (0)118 9461680
Fax	+44 (0)118 9461680
Email	Click here to send an email
Website	www.livcomawards.com

Main Contact
Title
Contact	Alan Smith
Position

Details	The creation of viable, liveable communities.

Entry Requirements	Open to all communities. ** Application forms for 2005 are now available
Entry Fee	Variable based on population of community
Criteria Summary	Nations in Bloom covers five population categories. Communities are not compared against each other 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. Enhancement of the built and natural Landscape - This section should demonstate how the landscape in your community has been enhanced to create environments that generate civic pride, facilitate enjoyable recreational experiences and improve the quality of life within your community. This includes the use and enhancement of both hard and soft landscape, planting and other forms of beautification that improve the design of the landscape. Heritage Management - should demonstrate how your community values, preserves and manages, for the benefit of the community, its cultural and built heritage. Environmentally Sensitive Practices - This section should demonstrate how your community has adopted environmentally sensitive practices and pursues initiatives that result in sustainable management of the environment. This would include enhancing the quality of air, land and water and reducing the consumption of natural resources. Community Involvement - This section should demonstrate the extent of community involvement, in the context of its cultural environment in the practical maintenance, management and planning of aspects of the local environment. This includes the business sector, individual volunteers and the community as a whole. Planning for the Future - This section should demonstrate your community's use of sensitive and creative planning techniques for the creation of longer term, sustainable, liveable communities.
Judges	The international panel of judges comprises six environment and landscape management professionals, who operate in two teams of three to assess the presentations by communities at the finals.
Sponsors	Previous - Yamaha, Coca-Cola, Transco, Hilton Hotels, Air Canada. Present - Each year it is sponsored by the community hosting the final stages of the competition - But this is to change to either a single or a group of corporate sponsors.
Cash Value
RSA Accredited	No

Established	01/01/1997
Last Award	14/10/2004
Next Award	No date entered
Closing Date	31/05/2005

Previous Winners	2004 - Category A - Annapolis Royal, Canada (Gold Award) Haapsalu, Estonia (Gold Award) Minehead, England (Silver Award) Nieuwlande Council Hoogeveen (Silver Award) Category B - Qian Dao Hu, PR China (Gold Award) Coffs Harbour, Australia (Silver Award) Port Moody, Canada (Silver Award) Category C - Rhein-Hunsruck-Kreis, Germany (Gold Award) Plzen, Czech Republic (Gold Award) City of Waterloo, Canada (Silver Award) Category D - Stadt Munster, Germany (Gold Award) Seattle, USA (Silver Award) Okayama, Japan (Silver Award) Changshu, PR China (Silver Award) Category E - City of Honolulu, USA (Gold Award) City of Tshwane, South Africa (Gold Award) CRITERIA AWARDS Community Involvement - Nieuwlande Council Hoogeveen, Netherlands Enhancement of the Landscape - Coffs Harbour, Australia Heritage Management - Changshu, PR China Planning for the Future - Port Moody, Canada Use of Environmentally Sensitive Practices - City of Tshwane, South Africa BURSARY AWARD Celje, Slovenia 2003 - Population Category up to 20,000: Soldiers Point, Australia Population Category 20,001 – 75,000: Enkoping, Sweden Population Category 75,001 – 200,000: Port Philip, Australia Population Category 200,001 – 1,000,000: Quanzhou, China Population Category over1,000,000: Chicago, USA CRITERIA AWARDS Enhancement of the Landscape - Plzen, Czech Republic Heritage Management- Quanzhou, China Environmentally Sensitive Practices - Chelsea, Canada Community Involvement - Tshwane, South Africa Planning for the Future - Playford, Australia SPECIAL AWARD Salekhard, Russia BURSARY AWARD - £10,000 Calbiga, Philippines 2002 - Category A: Listowel, Ireland Category B: Coffs Harbour, Australia Category C: Guelph, Canada Category D: Newcastle, England Category E: Xiamen, PRC CRITERIA AWARDS: Enhancement Of The Landscape: Modesto, USA Heritage Management: Haapsalu, Estonia Environmentally Sensitive Practices: Mikkeli, Finland Community Involvement: Rochester, USA Planning For The Future: Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia Special Award: Tshwane, South Africa NIB Bursary Award - £10,000: Maribor, Slovenia 2000 - Population category of up to 10,000 - Township of Wainfleet, Canada. Population category 10,001 < 50,000 - Bury St Edmunds, UK. Population category 50,001 < 300,000 - City of Westminster, UK. Population category 300,001 < 1,000,000 - Yokusuka City, Japan. Population category over 1,000,000 - Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.

Other Info	Nations in Bloom was launched in 1997 and is endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme and is the world’s only Awards Competition focusing on Best Practice in the management of the local environment. Communities from over 50 countries and many different cultures have participated in Nations in Bloom and each year the number of communities and countries represented has increased. Each year communities that have met at the Finals of Nations in Bloom have formed partnerships to exchange Best Practice and practical experiences, and in many cases have arranged exchange visits to address mutual challenges. These partnerships have inevitably led to mutual technical advances and more effective use of resources, including finance. Nations in Bloom is more than a competition. In addition to providing the only stage on which international Best Practice can be observed, the Competition has reflected identified and led International Best Practice. The creation of liveable communities has, from the outset, been an objective of Nations in Bloom, and this aspiration is increasingly featured in the Nations in Bloom Presentations. The creation of a liveable community is increasingly an objective of communities in almost every country and culture. To reflect this development, the Competition will be renamed The International Awards for Liveable Communities, The LivCom Awards, with effect from 2004. The 2003 award ceremony was held in Aperdourn, Netherlands and 2004 will be held in Niagara, Canada.

Last updated 09/03/2005