What it is
The Live Love Awards is a platform to recognize and celebrate impact, innovation, creativity, and youth-led community action. It honors changemakers across Lebanon who are creating meaningful impact through culture, community, creativity, and environmental action. The Awards provide a stage to showcase their work, recognize their contribution, and inspire a new generation of doers and dreamers.
Awards Categories
The Awards are built around three core pillars:
Culture
Preserving and promoting cultural heritage, creative activism, local craftsmanship, and artistic expression that inspires local pride.
People
Advancing social welfare, youth empowerment, civic action, and humanitarian efforts that support and uplift underserved communities.
Nature
Championing environmental sustainability, reforestation, ocean conservation, climate action, and green innovation.
Why apply
The Live Love Awards offer an opportunity to put meaningful work in the spotlight and connect it with a wider community that values purpose and impact. By participating, nominees can:
The Awards ultimately aim to amplify the people and initiatives creating positive change and inspire future generations to take action.
Who should apply
The Awards are designed to recognize a diverse range of individuals, creators, organizations, and community initiatives making an impact across the three pillars of Culture, People, and Nature.
Culture
People
Nature
Whether you are an organization creating social impact, a local creator preserving culture, a community leader supporting others, or an environmental innovator building a greener future, the Live Love Awards are designed to shine a light on your contribution.
How it works
The Live Love Awards combine community participation with expert evaluation through a 50/50 scoring model.
Nominations
Candidates can be nominated online and through live love lebanon page, including by tagging @LiveLoveAwards.
Public Voting
The public plays a key role in selecting the finalists through authenticated online voting. The voting system is designed around single-vote authentication to ensure secure and fair participation and prevent bot activity.
Public voting represents 50% of the final score.
Jury Evaluation
A panel of 5 expert jurors evaluates the shortlisted candidates against key criteria including: Impact, Innovation, Sustainability, Ethical outreach
The jury evaluation represents the remaining 50% of the final score.
Final Scoring & Selection
Public and jury scores are consolidated through the 50/50 scoring formula. Public votes are proportionally scaled, while the expert panel assigns the remaining 50 points based on its evaluation rubric. The final results are consolidated and audited across the award categories.
The Live Love Awards Ceremony
The journey culminates in a live celebration where the winners are announced and the achievements of Lebanon's changemakers are placed in the spotlight.
Application process
1. Nominate: Aug 10 - Sep 5
Put forward an individual, creator, organization, or changemaker whose work deserves to be recognized.
2. Review & Shortlisting: Sep 5-10
Nominations are reviewed and eligible candidates progress through the Awards process.
3.a Public Voting: Sep 10-Oct 8
Shortlisted candidates are presented to the public for authenticated voting.
3.b Expert Evaluation: Sep 10-Oct 8
A five-member expert jury evaluates candidates based on impact, innovation, sustainability, and ethical outreach.
4. Final Selection: Oct 8
Public voting and jury evaluation are combined using the 50/50 scoring model to determine the final results.
5. Awards Ceremony: Oct 8
Winners are celebrated and announced during the Live Love Awards ceremony, bringing the community together to recognize the people and organizations creating meaningful change.
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