Theme:
Green communities
Sub-themes:
How would you like to see our environment - our communities, cities, forests,oceans and atmosphere? What don't you like about
our environment - our communities, cities, forests,
oceans and atmosphere?
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. The theme of the 21st painting competition will be “Green
Communities”and children will have until 15 February2012 to submit their entries. 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 below.
Entry Rules and Conditions:
Children between the age of 6 and 14 years.
1) Paintings must be done on A4 OR A3 papers.
2) 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.
3) Style of painting is free: crayons, coloured pencils, watercolours, etc.
4) Paintings that have been shown or accepted elsewhere will not be accepted in this competition.
5) Paintings that show a particular person, an organization or a brand name will not be accepted.
6) Do not include any words or descriptions in the paintings.
7) Only hard copies of paintings will be accepted.
8) You can submit more than one entry.
The 1st Prize:
One entrant - US$ 2,000 with a fully paid trip for the winner and a chaperone to
the Tunza International Children’s Conference (date and venue to be confirmed
later). The winner will also receive a plaque and supplementary prizes.
The 2nd Prize:
One entrant - US$ 1,000 each and a fully paid trip for winners and chaperones to
the Tunza International Children’s Conference (date and venue to be confirmed
later). Each winner will also receive a plaque and supplementary prizes.
The 3rd Prize:
Three entrants – A diploma for each winner (No cash)
The 4th Prize:
Ten entrants – A diploma 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).
(Note that by entering the Competition, you have assigned copyright of
your painting(s) to the organizers. The painting(s) will not be returned and will be
used to raise environmental awareness through exhibition, 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:
(1) Regional winners will be announced on 22 April, 2012.
(2) Global winners will be announced on 5 June 2012 which is also World Environment Day.Contacts :
UNEP Regional Office for Africa
Ms. Angele Luh Sy
Information Officer
Regional Office for Africa (ROA),
Block A - Room 120
United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP)
P.O. Box 30552 - 00100
Nairobi, KENYA
Phone: (+254 20)762 4292
Fax: (+254 20)762 3928
E-mail: Angele.Luh@unep.org
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Tanawan Sarabuddhi (Ms)
Staff Assistant
UNEP/ROAP
2nd Floor, United Nations Building
Rajdamnern Avenue, Bangok 10200 Thailand
Tel: +66 2 288 2314
Fax: +66 2 280 3829/ 288 1029
Email: tanawan.sarabuddhi@unep.org
UNEP Regional Office for Europe
Heidi Mayhew, Assistant
Information & Public Relations
UNEP - Regional Office for Europe
11-13 Chemin des Anémones
CH-1219 Châtelaine-Genève
Tel: +41 (0)22 917 8279
Fax: +41 (0)22 797 3420
E-mail: heidi.mayhew@unep.org
UNEP Regional Office for Latin America & the
Caribbean
Montserrat Valeiras
Unidad de Comunicación
United Nations Environment Programme
Regional Office for Latin America and the
Caribbean
Building 103 - Morse Avenue, City of
Knowledge, Clayton
Panama City, Panama
Tel.: (507) 305-3114 (direct) (507)
305-3100 (Central)
Fax: (507) 305-3105 P.O. Box:
0843-03590
UNEP Regional Office for North America
900 17th Street NW, Suite 506
Washington, DC 20006
USA
Tel: 1 (202) 621-5037
Fax: 1 (202) 785-2096
Website: www.unep.org/rona
E-mail: andrea.dipaola@unep.org
UNEP Regional Office for West Asia
Marie Daher Corthay
Information and Outreach Officer
United Nations Environment Programme
Regional Office for West Asia
Mob: +973 36 955 988
Fax: 00973 178 25 110
Deadline:
Entries must reach the relevant UNEP regional office by 15 February 2012.Entries received after this date will not be
included in the competition.
Global winners:
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