23rd International Children's Painting Competition
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The
International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment is organized
every year by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Japan-based
Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer and Nikon
Corporation. It has been held since 1991 and has received more than 3 million
entries from children in over 150 countries.
Theme: Food
Waste
Subthemes:
Save the Planet--Save Food, Wasting Food
is Wasting the Planet
To
help inspire you, please visit UNEP’s Think.Eat.Save.Reduce Your Foodprint
website: www.thinkeatsave
The
organizers are inviting
children all over the
world to submit their
paintings to the UNEP office in their
regions. Addresses of these offices are indicated on the back page . The children will have until 15 March 2014 to
submit their paintings.
ENTRY RULES AND
CONDITIONS:
1. AGE GROUP:
Children between the age of 6 and 14 years
2. SIZE OF PAINTING: Paintings must be done on A4 OR A3
papers
3. NAMES AND CONTACTS (IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ONLY)
Full
name, age (day, month, and year), gender and full address including phone and
e-mail (in English) must be on the back of the painting, NOT on the painting.
4. STYLE OF PAINTING
Free:
crayons, coloured pencils, water-colours, etc.
5. ELIGIBILITY
a)
Paintings that have been shown or accepted elsewhere will not be accepted in
this competition.
(b)
Paintings that show a particular person, an organization or a brand name will not be accepted.
(c)
Paintings should be received before 15 March 2014.
(d)
Painting/s should be posted or sent by courier service before the deadline of
15 March 2014.
(e)
Contacts (names, telephone, email etc) should be in English language and not another
language. These contacts should be
written on the back of the painting.
(f) No writing, descriptions, contacts should be
written on the painting itself.
6. TYPE OF PAINTING
ACCEPTABLE
Only
hard copies of paintings will be accepted, with no words or descriptions on the
painting/s.
8. NUMBER OF PAINTING ACCEPTED
Participants
can submit as many paintings as they like.
PRIZES FOR WINNER/S
GLOBAL
WINNERS:
The 1st Prize:
One
entrant - US$ 2,000 with a fully paid
trip for the winner and a chaperone to a UNEP event (date and venue to be
confirmed later). The winner will also receive a plaque/supplementary prizes.
The 2nd Prize:
One
entrant - US$ 1,000 each and a fully
paid trip for winners and chaperones to a UNEP event (date and venue to be
confirmed later).
Each
winner will also receive a plaque/supplementary prizes.
The 3rd Prize:
Three
entrants – A diploma/certificate for each winner (No cash)
The 4th Prize:
Ten
entrants – A diploma/certificate for each winner (No cash)
The 5th Prize: Thirty five entrants – A diploma for
each winner (No cash)
REGIONAL WINNERS
One
winner only from each region: Africa; Asia and the Pacific; West Asia; Europe;
Latin America and the Caribbean; and North America .
US$
1,000 and fully paid trip for each
winner and chaperones to the Tunza International Children’s Conference (venue
and date to be confirmed later).
TAKE NOTE OF THE
FOLLOWING
(A) Copyright:
Please note that by entering the Competition, you have assigned
copyright of your painting(s) to the organizers.
(B) Safe keeping of the
painting: The painting(s) will not be returned and will
be used to raise environmental awareness through exhibitions, websites,
posters, publications etc) and to raise funds to further promote environmental
activities by children.
SELECTION OF WINNERS:
Winners
will be selected through a fair and impartial selection by the organizers.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS:
(A) Regional winners – The winners from UNEP’s six regions
shown on the regional contacts below will be announced during regional special
environment related events in each region after the deadline of the painting
competition and regional selection process.
(B) Global winners – Date and venue to announce the global winner
to be confirmed later.
DEADLINE FOR PAINTINGS
TO BE RECEIVED FROM THE PARTICIPANT/S
Paintings
must reach the relevant UNEP regional office by 15 March 2014. No painting will be considered after the
deadline.
CONTACTS TO DELIVER
PAINTING/S
Paintings
should be sent before 15 March 2014 deadline to the postal addresses below
regardless. For example, a painting from
India (Asia) needs to reach
the UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the
Pacific. Likewise, a painting from Uganda must reach the Unep Regional Office for Africa .
Postal
contacts to be used to post the painting will therefore depend on whether the
country is from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, West Asia, Europe, Latin America
and the Caribbean or from North America as shown below, and the envelope or
container of the painting/s should be marked 23rd International
Children’s Painting Competition and country of origin.
UNEP REGIONAL OFFICE FOR
AFRICA (ROA)
Angele Luh
Information Officer
Regional office for Africa-ROA
United Nations Environment Programme
NOF Block 2-Ground Level-South Wing
Information Officer
Regional office for Africa-ROA
United Nations Environment Programme
NOF Block 2-Ground Level-South Wing
Tel: +254-20 762 4292
Fax: +254-20 7623928
Email: Angele.Luh@unep.org
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