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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.org
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