Competitions

Transition Year Competition at Killarney Europe Direct Centre. What's new in the EU in 2050?

Europe Direct Competition for Transition Year students in the South West - Cork, Kerry and limerick. Prizes incluide I Pod Touch for eaach team member, €1,000 Voucher and many more!Details of Competition is as follows:

The year is 2050 and you are part of the editorial team of a newspaper/programme for a European Union news netwok. Your editprial team of 3 must draw up the headlines and news items.

Click here for more details on competion.

Click here for application form/brochure.

For further information contact Killarney Library at telephone number 064 6632655 or by e-mail at killarney@kerrylibrary.ie.

‘Where I am from…’ and ‘Colour a Superhero’ Competitions at the Waterford Europe Direct Information Centre

The Waterford Europe Direct Information Centre is running two competitions for children aged 7 to 12. ‘Where I am from…’ a poetry competition celebrating the diversity of the class room community and ‘Colour a Superhero’ a competition to name and colour a climate change fighting superhero! Great prizes (bicycles, micro scooters and board games) to be won. Entry forms are available from any branch of Waterford City Council Library Service or email europedirect@waterfordcity.ie for more details. Entries can be dropped into Central, Ardkeen or Brown’s Road Library before 24 April. The Prize giving will take place on Saturday 8 May to celebrate Europe Day, which takes place the following day (9 May).

Download the ‘Colour a Superhero’ sheet

Download "Entry Form"

Climate Change Competion at Thurles Europe Direct Centre

Europe Direct Thurles are holding a Climate Change competition for primary schools in the area. We want to hear what children think about climate change and how they can help combat it. Full details of the competition have been circulated to schools and we expect lots of entries back by the closing date on 8th May. See full details on the competition here

Download Colouring sheet for Junior - 1st class

Competition "Design a Poster for Europe Day 2010" - winner

Congratulations to the winner of the poster competition, Ms Maria Mileńko from Poland! And to the two runners-up, Diana Jung from Portugal and Martin Geier from Germany. We look forward to meeting them in Brussels in May. Thanks to everyone who participated in the competition and to all those who voted for their favourite.

http://www.designeurope2010.eu/index.php

Commission launches search for European Green Capitals 2012 and 2013

The search has already begun to find the cities that will become the next European Green Capitals. The prestigious European Green Capital Award recognises cities that are at the forefront of environmentally-friendly urban living. Earlier this year, Stockholm and Hamburg were named as the first winners of the title for 2010 and 2011, respectively. Now the race is on to find the cities that will claim the coveted title for 2012 and 2013. The annual award is intended to help European cities become more attractive and healthy places – "fit for life". All European cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants can now apply for the titles. The award scheme is open to the 27 EU Member States, candidate countries (Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Croatia) and European Economic Area countries (Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein). In countries where there are no cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants, the largest city will be eligible to participate. Cities can apply via an online application form. The deadline for applications for both the 2012 and 2013 titles is 1 February 2010. The winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony during the European Green Capital Conference in Stockholm in October 2010.

Read more about the European Green Capital Award on:

www.europeangreencapital.eu

Picturing Europe Competition

The Audiovisual Service of the European Commission is launching a competition to produce a video clip about Europe. Competition entrants have a maximum of 3 minutes to show what Europe means to them. At least 50% of the images used must come from the videos available on the AV Services website.

The prize: 10,000 Euros with the winner announced during MIPTV at Cannes in April. Closing date of the competition: 15 March 2010
Rules:
http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/content360/rules.cfm
Download :
http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/content360/index.cfm

Photo Competition: “The euro: What does it mean to us?”

The Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) is organising a photo competition with the theme: “The euro: What does it mean to us?”

It is intended for teams of young people aged 14 to 18. Each team will be asked to submit a photograph with a caption. This will be judged by a Europe-wide jury, which will then declare one winning team in each of the 27 EU member countries. Of these 27 winners, the seven highest scoring teams will be invited to an awards ceremony in Brussels in May 2010, where the winner of the first prize will be announced. The ceremony will also be attended by several of the personalities involved in the judging and press representatives. For more details please click: http://euroinphoto.eu

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