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Mundus maris Awards for World Oceans Day 2019

The Female Faces of the Ocean

The United Nations have dedicated World Oceans Day 2019 to Women and Ocean. The Mundus maris Awards would like to contribute with the following contest and its prizes.

Theme 2019: Women and Ocean. Put a female face to thinking the ocean.

How can you think the Ocean in the light of a woman's life, work and happiness?

Be inspired by your daily life, the memories of your family, the traditions of your community, your research on nature and culture, your knowledge of history, and your imagination for the future world. Submit your unique view and idea!

Guidelines for participation for individuals and groups:

Your contribution has to fit into the A4 format (21 x 29,7 cm portrait or 29,7 x 21 cm landscape) up to a maximum of three sheets A4 (excluding the cover page). Please submit your contribution digitally as high resolution JPG or PDF.

Possible form of contributions

  1. 1. Images: Drawing/Painting/Picture;
  2. 2. Texts are admitted in five languages (English, French German, Italian, Spanish): Essay/Poem;
  3. 3. Mixed technique: free combination of images and text.

Categories for allocation of prizes for all types of contributions

  1. a) Children (ages up to 14)
  2. b) Young People (ages 15 - 25)
  3. c) Intergenerational team of children or young people with adult participation.

Deadline for submission to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is May 6, 2019.

Date of Award announcement is June 8, 2019, World Oceans Day

Awards:

There will be cash awards selected by an international jury, diploma awards and larger public recognition through publication of winning submissions. The decision of the jury is final.

Cash awards: A total amount of 2000 EUR will be available for prizes.

Diplomas: Every appropriate entry will be awarded with a MM Award 2019 Diploma

Publication: The Digital Museum MM Awards 2019 will publish every laureate's entry online with the respective name(s), institution (if appropriate) and country.

Consider the following before submitting

Entries must include a cover page indicating: (1) your name (2) category (Children, Youth, Intergeneration) (3) age(s) as of 6 May 2019 (4) an authorisation of a parent or caretaker for minors with name, relationship, country (5) nationality (6) e-mail (7) phone number (8) name of school (if applicable) (9) the title of your entry (10) language.

Teachers may submit a collection of essays from their class or group. Please enclose a list of participants' names, ages and the name and contact information of the submitting teacher or director.

Entries missing any of the above information will not be considered.

Essays and/or images must be original and unpublished. Plagiarised entries or entries of inappropriate content of a violent or discriminatory nature will be rejected. Copyright of all materials entered remains with the author(s). Mundus maris has the right to publish and disseminate for non-commercial purposes.

We are all connected to the OCEAN!

Read on if you want to win support for a longer group project!


Win Support for a Group Project "Women and Ocean"

Guidelines for participation in the contest for funding a group project:

Your project needs to address the UN theme and make a contribution towards recognising women's often invisible roles in fisheries and other professions linked to the ocean.

Possible form of your contribution

Project proposal of a duration of approximately 6 months from 8 June, World Oceans Day, to the end of 2019. The proposal should clearly state what issue is being addressed during the project, where and how. Expected results and awareness about potential difficulties along the way and ways to overcome them should be spelled out. Length of submission: max. 5 A4 pages. You might get ideas from this publication.

Who can participate?

Any team of at least three young people between 15 and 25 years of age.

Deadline for submission to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is May 6, 2019.

Date of Award announcement is June 8, 2019, World Oceans Day

Awards:

There will be cash awards, diploma awards and larger public recognition through publication of winning submissions. An international jury will determine the most promising proposal. The decision of the jury is final.

Cash award: A total amount of 500 EUR will be available for the best proposal payable in two installments 300 EUR at the beginning, 200 EUR upon submission of a final illustrated report.

Diplomas: Every appropriate entry will be awarded with a MM Awards 2019 Diploma

Publication: The Digital Museum Mundus maris Awards 2019 will publish the results of the winning project entry online with the respective names, institution(s) (if appropriate) and country. Other strong contenders may be recommended for funding from other sources.

Consider the following before submitting

Entries must include a cover page indicating: (1) your names, indicating the team coordinator (2) ages as of 6 May 2019 (3) an authorisation of a parent or caretaker for minors with name, relationship, country (4) nationalities (5) e-mail of team members and coordinator (6) phone number of team coordinator (7) name of school(s) (if applicable) (8) the title of your project (9) language.

Entries missing any of the above information will not be considered.

Copyright of all materials produced to document the progress and result of the project and included in the final report remains with the authors. Mundus maris has the right to publish and of unresticted use.

The Ocean needs YOU!

The contest is organised by Mundus maris in collaboration with

World Oceans Day
8 June

 

Centre de Recherche
sur les Technologies
Intermédiaires
de Pêche (CREDETIP)
Dakar, Sénégal

     
  • Bénévoles Océan, Cameroon
  • Centre de Recherche sur les Technologies Intermédiares de Pêche (CREDETIP), Sénégal
  • Eco-Ethics Kenya
  • Latitud 0, Argentina and Belgium
  • Quantitative Aquatics (Q-quatics), Philippines
  • UN - World Oceans Day, 8 June