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What's the LivCom awards

About LivCom Awards

LivCom is non-political, embracing all nations and cultures, and over 70 countries are represented within the Awards.

LivCom History

The LivCom Awards were launched in 1997 and is the World’s major Awards Competition focusing on International Best Practice regarding the . . .

Category of Awards

The LivCom Awards are divided into Whole City Award, Project Award and Technology and Solution Award.


JUDGING CRITERIA

Communities of different sizes and in different cultures have different structures and responsibilities.


Whole City Award

Whole City Award

There are five population categories in the LivCom Awards. Communities are not compared against others within their population category but are judged as . . .

Project Award

Project Award

Eligible Projects will be those that have been completed within the past two years, or those of which a significant proportion has been completed.

Technology and Solution Award

Technology and Solution Award

The objective of the Technologies and Solution Award is to explore the excellent “technologies” and “solutions” in promoting the sustainable development of cities and communities.

About The LivCom Awards 2024 & FAQs

Submission of the LivCom Awards 2024 is respectively 5th August and 25th August.



The Finals of the 22nd LivCom Awards will be held in Cairo, Egypt during 2-5 November 2024. After joint confirmation by the Egyptian Government and UN-Habitat, the LivCom Finals is considered as a parallel event of the 12th World Urban Forum (WUF12), organized by the LivCom Committee in collaboration with UNCRD, ISOCARP, UN-INIA, UNESCO-CISH and UNU-EHS.


With the second round of registration opening on 2nd July, and the deadline for Submissions on 25th August, LivCom encourages more cities and projects to enter such unparalleled competition. This year’s Awards is centred on mobilizing local authorities to focus on the management of local environment and development with the theme of building smart, liveable and sustainable cities.


For more information, please follow the website regularly for further releases.


When will the LivCom Finals be held in 2024?

It will be held in conjunction with the WUF12 in Cairo Egypt during 2-5 November 2024.

Is there any fees for participating in the LivCom Awards?

Participation in the competition is free of charge. However, you will be responsible for covering your round-trip travel, accommodation and personal expenses.

What are the requirements for submissions?

For Whole City Award, 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.


For Project and T&S Awards, the word limit for a Submission is 3,000, not counting photo captions, maps, tables, diagrams etc., together with up to 12 captioned photographs.


If the submissions pass the evaluation, cities will be invited to the Finals in Cairo Egypt and make onsite presentations.Please check more requirements on the website.

How many representatives are allowed for the final Presentation?

If the Submissions pass the preliminary evaluation and the applicants are shortlisted in the Finals, a maximum of three representatives for Whole City Award and a maximum of two representatives for Project Award and Technology and Solution Award will be permitted to make the Presentation, plus an interpreter if required. At the end of each Presentation, the Judges will ask questions.


During the Finals Presentations, the Jury encourage candidates of Whole City Award further explain how to incorporate concepts, technologies and practices related to age-friendly cities and smart cities based on the Judging Criteria.

How to sign up for the competition?

You can register by submitting your information via the website or sending the registration form to info@livcomsawards.org.

Mayors’ Comments on the LivCom Awards

latest brief news

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Important Notice:The 21st LivCom Finals will be postponed to April-May 2023.

The 21st LivCom Finals originally scheduled in December 2022 will be postponed to April-May 2023

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Call for Entries of the 21st LivCom Awards Has Been Officially Launched.

The International Awards for Liveable Communities 2022 (LivCom Awards) is now open for registration.

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The First Online LivCom Awards Is On December 6-8, 2021

First Online International Livcom Awards will take place between 6-8 December 2021.We look forward to meeting you.