The annual LIFE Best Awards will once again take place at EU Green Week in Brussels. The awards recognise the most outstanding LIFE projects completed in the previous calendar year. This edition sees a number of innovations. For the first time, the ‘Best of the Best’ LIFE projects – those adjudged to be just that little bit more outstanding than the rest – will be announced live at the awards.

There will be separate awards ceremonies for LIFE Nature and LIFE Environment. Both of these will take place at The Egg conference centre, 175 Rue Bara/Barastraat, Brussels on Tuesday, 31 May 2016.  

The LIFE Nature Best Awards will take place from 14:00-16:00. The LIFE Environment Best Awards will take place from 17:00-19:00. Each award ceremony will be followed by a networking cocktail.

LIFE Citizen’s Award for environment

For the second year running, the LIFE community and general public have a chance to vote for their favourite environmental project from the winners of the Best LIFE Projects 2015. A total of 25 projects have been shortlisted – 24 Best LIFE Environment projects and one LIFE Information & Communication project with an environmental theme. These have been meticulously selected by environmental experts according to rigorous criteria. 

To cast your vote, ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/bestlifeenv2015. Voting closes at 23:00 Central European Summer Time on Monday, 30 May 2016. The winner of the LIFE Citizen’s Award for environment will be revealed at the LIFE Environment Best Awards. If you can’t be there in person, follow the LIFE Twitter feed to find out who has won!

Registration 

LIFE projects can register for the LIFE Best Projects Awards, by going to: http://events.lifecommunity.eu/

Note: You will receive an email to activate your account. Please check your spam filter if it does not arrive in your inbox. All those attending from the same project/organisation need to register separately. It is also possible to de-register should you subsequently be unable to attend. 

In addition, those attending the awards are also required to register for Green Week, by clicking http://www.greenweek2016.eu/login.