The 2023 LivCom Awards Finals will be held at the University of Malta, Valletta, Malta from 30 May to 2 June 2023 inclusive. This year’s Finals will be organized by the LivCom Committee and the International Institute on Ageing, United Nations-Malta (INIA), in collaboration with the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) and the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), and hosted by the University of Malta and Birgu Government.
Up until early April, a total of 22 cities and 33 projects from 24 countries have been invited to the Finals.
For the Whole City Award, Population Categories A, B, C and D Presentations must not exceed 40 mins and Population Category E Presentations must not exceed 55 mins. For the Single Category of Cities, Presentations must not exceed 15 mins. The time permitted for the presentation of Environmentally Sustainable Projects is no more than 30 mins; while the Technology and Solution Project is within 15 mins.
Finalists - Whole City | Country | Category |
Lidzbark | Poland | A |
Mizhi Community | Chinese Taipei | A |
Águeda | Portugal | B |
Villach | Austria | B |
Sharm El Sheikh | Egypt | C |
Torres Vedras | Portugal | C |
Putrajaya | Malaysia | C |
Braga | Portugal | D |
Gdynia | Poland | D |
George Town City | Malaysia | D |
Ljubljana | Slovenia | D |
Yangxin County | PR China | D |
Eskişehir | Turkey | E |
Katowice | Poland | E |
Lodz | Poland | E |
Davao | Philippines | E |
Xinyang | PR China | E |
Narayanganj | Bangladesh | E |
Basque | Spain | E |
Abu Dhabi | UAE | E |
Dubai | UAE | E |
Avcilar | Turkey | E |
Project Section (ESPA and TSA) | Country |
Revitalization of Ostrów Wielkopolski- Green& Blue Revolution of the City | Poland |
Águeda Smart City Lab | Portugal |
LIFE CWR Costal Wetland Restoration | Portugal |
Centre of the Golovec District, City of Ljubljana | Slovenia |
Sustainable revitalization of Ljubljana tailored to people: expansion and up-scaling of the central pedestrian zone | Slovenia |
The Old Continent | Slovenia |
Film Rendezvous with Coffee and Talk for Senior Audiences | Slovenia |
Tirana, Grand Park of Artificial Lake | Albania |
SempreVerdi-Green Workshops for the Elderly | Italy |
Abu Dhabi Public Beach Garden | UAE |
Alacaatlı Recycling Centre | Turkey |
Citywide Supply of Purified Drinking Water | Bangladesh |
Yellow River International Eco-city in Qihe County, China | PR China |
Putrajaya Lake and Wetland- a Nature-based Solution for Improving Environmental Quality, Health and Wellbeing | Malaysia |
Putrajaya Command Center: a Holistic and Collaborative Approach to a City Command Centre | Malaysia |
JW Eco-Technology: Revolutionary Infrastructure for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals | Chinese Taipei |
Issues in the Transportation System in Kochi, India | India |
The 15-Minute City's Part in Promoting Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Transportation | India |
Lessons from Smart Transportation Initiatives to Improve Bengaluru Intra Urban Mobility: a Global Perspective | India |
Service contracting and the reform of informal transport during the Covid-19 pandemic | Philippines |
Hydronic Heating of Parking Areas instead of Mechanical Clearing of Snow and Ice | Germany |
The regional analysis of transportation with two factors; population and wealth | ROK |
The facilitating role of passenger transport and population densification for economic growth: A South African case study | South Africa |
Mobility Management Towards a Sustainable Campus: Users Behavior and Attitudes the Case Study at University of Messina | Italy |
Urban ropeway as public transport service and touristic development opportunity | Italy |
GIS as a Tool for Measuring the Centrality of Transportation Networks in Budapest City | Hungary |
A Hybrid Fuzzy Methodology to Evaluate Service Quality of Public Buses: Case Study of Ring Road of Kathmandu Valley” | Nepal |
Analysis of participation of heavy vehicles in a supply chain and their impact on road users safety in Sarajevo | Herzegovina |
Development of a wind turbine to recharge a vehicle's battery | Mexico |
Criteria for Hyperloop technology successful implementation | Latvia |
Sustainable Development in Low Carbon, Cleaner and Greener Energies and the Environment | UK |
Streets Magnitude : An Approach for Measuring Accessibility and Transportation Potential using Space Syntax | Egypt |
Pedestrian Sustainable Space and Color in Tirana | Albania |