The „Drop by Drop“ UN European Ad Competition called on professionals and non-professionals to create a newspaper ad that inspires others to preserve water, now and for future generations. The competition was organized to galvanize support for the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012 and the UN Secretary-General´s initiative „the Future we want“.
Italian Designer Daniele Gaspari won the competition for his ad Wasting water will kill the future which shows a water gun held to the head of an infant. The ad from more than 3,500 ads submitted to the competition from 45 European countries. Many of them were published in newspapers and even books and displayed in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Greenland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Greece.
The first prize, the Nordic Council of Ministers Award and a 5,000 euro cash prize, was handed over to Mr. Gaspari at a ceremony in Copenhagen on 5 June, World Environment Day, by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Denmark. Eszter Szigethy of Hungary won the Youth Prize for her entry Save Earthlings and Turkish graphic designer Toprak Onur won the public vote for his contribution, Save your children.Drop by Drop
The Think.Eat.Save campaign of the Save Food Initiative, is a partnership between UNEP, FAO and Messe Düsseldorf, and in support of the UN Secretary-General’s Zero Hunger Challenge, which seeks to add its authority and voice to these efforts in order to galvanize widespread global, regional and national actions, catalyze more sectors of society to be aware and to act, including through exchange of inspiring ideas and projects between those players already involved and new ones that are likely to come on board.
Ms. Thordis Claessen, graphic designer from Iceland has won the public vote in the Think.Eat.Save – Nordic Ad Competition on Food Waste.
The fifteen finalists in the competition, have now been selected and the winner will be announced on 4 October 2013.
1st prize in the competition is a 5,000 Euro cash prize, the Nordic Council of Ministers Award.
UNRIC, the United Nations Regional Information Centre in Brussels, organized the competition in collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers in support of the UNEP campaign Think.Eat.Save – Reduce your Foodprint.
The 15 finalists will be displayed in many European cities and used in the UNEP campaign, including at the award handover ceremony which takes place during an event organized by Think.Eat.Save partners, Stop Spild af mad, in Copenhagen, Denmark 4 October.
The competition received about 200 entries. In this competition, the UN called on creative people in the five Nordic countries, the Baltic States and the bordering regions of Russia to create an ad to raise awareness on the need to stop food waste.
Of the top 15 entries more than half or 8 came from Denmark, 2 from Estonia and Latvia, and 1 from Iceland, Russia and Sweden.
The following entries made the last fifteen:
Þórdís Claessen, the Public vote winner (Iceland)
Last wish (fries) and Last wish (carrots) by Marta Zarin-Gelze (Latvia)
Best before – good after by Petur Hansen (Denmark/Faroe Islands)
Farming of tomorrow (Paris) and Farming of tomorrow (Moscow) by Julus Harrebek (Denmark)
Eat responsibly by Troels Dahl Haulrich (Denmark)
Banana by Mette Harrestrup (Denmark)
Bin think by Niklas Hultquist (Denmark)
Not hungry? Someone is by Maria Kruuchek and Olga Stadnikova (Russia)
Most of your food flies away by Christer Lieberath (Sweden)
Would you trash her? (like you trash a wrinkled apple) by Rikke Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Reduce you foodprint by Lii Ranniku (Estonia)
Eat it or leave it by Asger Rasmussen (Denmark)
Check your basket (red) by Liisi Reitalu (Estonia)
You can see a gallery of the fifteen ads here: (Gallery Set):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unric/sets/72157635295263149/
and here: (PhotoStream):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unric/
In 2011 we reached out for the second time to creative Europeans and asked them to contribute to the fight to eliminate Violence against Women. The aim of the competition was to increase awareness of a problem that affects one out of every three women worldwide.
Designers from Denmark, Kosovo and France won the top three prizes in the competition. The first prize went to Danish designer Trine Sejthen for Violence is not always visible.
The first prize, 5,000 Euros was given to Ms. Sejthen at a ceremony in Madrid on 25 November, the International for the elimination of violence against women by Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain, and organized by the Caixa Forum who donated the prize. Create4theUN - Say No to Violence Against Women
Treat me like a woman by artist Gjoke Gojani from Kosovo won the public vote prize, in which over 120,000 votes were cast.
Words by Raphaelle Moreau of France won the youth prize for participants under 25. The youth prize winner was selected by Fabrica, the Benetton Group´s communications research centre.
The awards were announced at a ceremony in Brussels which also marked the opening of an exhibition of the works of the 30 finalists at the Harlan Levy Projects Gallery. The exhibition in Brussels was the first of many in Europe, including displays in Copenhagen, Paris, Moscow, Prague and Kiev.
Drop by Drop is an initiative of the UN Regional Information Centre (UNRIC), in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and with the support of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
The purpose is to create a print advertisement that inspires others to preserve water, now and for future generations. The competition calls on professionals and non-professionals in 48 European countries to design a newspaper advertisement, using the competition logo, which inspires the European public in a positive way.
The winners will have their work displayed on the competition website with possibilities of exhibits and placement in European print media. A jury of graphic design, advertising, photography and environmental experts will select a winner.
The European ad competition is part of The Future We Want, the UN's global campaign leading up to the Rio+20 Conference in June 2012. This global conference could change the way we think about our world in terms of economic, social and environmental matters, and that's why the UN is engaging all citizens to put forward their ideas. Initiatives and competitions like this one from all corners of the globe that will form part of a global conversation about The Future We Want.
Ciné-ONU is organized on a monthly basis. It involves the screening of a film relevant to a specific UN issue, followed by a debate with reputed speakers - either connected to the film, to the issue in question, or to both.
It is open to the public, free of charge and is one of UNRIC’s most successful outreach initiatives in Europe. The popularity of Ciné-ONU has grown over recent years and it is now a highly regarded and widely anticipated event in Brussels, Lisbon and Vienna.
Often, Ciné-ONU is organized to raise awareness of a UN Observance and the issues involved (for example Human Rights Day, World Environment Day, International Year of Youth etc...).
Moreover, it frequently offers the opportunity to participants to watch premieres of highly acclaimed, award-winning documentaries and address questions to senior UN officials and other personalities.
The partnership between BOZAR and Ciné-ONU started in 2009 with the screening of “The Choir” to mark Human Rights Day. Since then, the partnership has continued with a series of joint communication and information projects to mark three international days in the UN calendar every year - International Women’s Day, World Environment Day and Human Rights Day.
Films that have been screened at BOZAR include:
“The Choir” - a film about the music that united a group of inmates battling to survive in South Africa’s biggest prison.
“Children of War” - follows the story of a group of former child soldiers in Northern Uganda.
“Die Fremde” - over a 1,000 people attended to watch the story of a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family with terrible consequences.
“Into Eternity” - the story of Onkalo, the world’s first permanent repository for high-level radio-active waste created by nuclear power plants.
“Cairo 678” - tells the poignant story of three women and their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt.
“Planet Ocean” - screened at the RIO+20 Summit to "change the way people look at the oceans and to encourage them to imagine conservation and stewardship as responsibilities shared by everyone on earth".
"NO" - the story of the plebiscite on Pinochet’s presidency in which the country could vote YES or NO to an extension of his rule for a further eight years.
"Sweet Dreams" - tells the moving and powerful story of Rwanda's first and only all women's drumming troupe. Made up of women from both sides of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the troupe offers a place of support, healing and reconciliation. When the group decides to partner with two young American entrepreneurs to open Rwanda's first ever ice cream shop, these remarkable women embark on a journey of independence, peace and possibility.
Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for US dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler's “Fruitvale Station” follows the last 24 hours in the life of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old resident of the San Francisco Bay area, who was shot dead by a transport cop in the early hours of 2009. It's a sharp, earthy, convincing film about a true-life case; and a heartfelt memorial to the man at its centre.
Winner of the Global Justice Award, at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, "Light Fly, Fly High" by Beathe Hofseth and Susann Østigaard is the fascinating story of a young woman who dares to challenge society's expectations. It tells the story of Thulasi, a young Indian woman who is literally willing to fight for the right to be herself. Not only is she a woman, but she is also a "Dalit," or "untouchable" in the Indian caste system, and therefore expected to accept her position at the very bottom of the social ladder. But Thulasi is different. She wants to be independent. She wants to be a boxer.
Ciné-ONU is organized on a monthly basis. It involves the screening of a film relevant to a specific UN issue, followed by a debate with reputed speakers - either connected to the film, to the issue in question, or to both.
It is open to the public, free of charge and is one of UNRIC’s most successful outreach initiatives in Europe. The popularity of Ciné-ONU has grown over recent years and it is now a highly regarded and widely anticipated event in Brussels, Lisbon and Vienna.
Often, Ciné-ONU is organized to raise awareness of a UN Observance and the issues involved (for example Human Rights Day, World Environment Day, International Year of Youth etc...). Moreover, it frequently offers the opportunity to participants to watch premieres of highly acclaimed, award-winning documentaries and address questions to senior UN officials and other personalities.
Almost a thousand people shone their lights for human rights in an interactive performance. The audience was asked questions on major human rights issues where they spoke their minds on several issues such as discrimination, education, vote and democracy, access to sanitation etc.
If the issues highlighted were serious, the PIPs lab artists succeeded to tackling them with humour and creativity. The performance was preceded by an excellent film- “Fruitvale Station”, by Ryan Coogler . The evening was organised by UNRIC in partnership with the UN Human Rights Office, the EU and of course the BOZAR fine arts centre.
To mark Human Rights Day and the 20th anniversary of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations, in partnership with the European Union and BOZAR, presents:
"Fruitvale Station"
Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station follows the last 24 hours in the life of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old resident of the San Francisco Bay area, who was shot dead by a transport cop in the early hours of 2009. It's a sharp, earthy, convincing film about a true-life case; and a heartfelt memorial to the man at its centre
Followed by a special performance by:
"Shine Your Light"
'Shine Your Light' will be performed by Dutch creative group PiPs-Lab. Each member of the audience will be given a small light and asked to reply to questions relating to human rights by shinning their lights. The answers are then projected on to a big screen. An extraordinary magical experience ensues.
To mark Human Rights Day and the 20th anniversary of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations, in partnership with the European Union and BOZAR, presents:
"Fruitvale Station"
Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station follows the last 24 hours in the life of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old resident of the San Francisco Bay area, who was shot dead by a transport cop in the early hours of 2009. It's a sharp, earthy, convincing film about a true-life case; and a heartfelt memorial to the man at its centre
Followed by a special performance by:
"Shine Your Light"
'Shine Your Light' will be performed by Dutch creative group PiPs-Lab. Each member of the audience will be given a small light and asked to reply to questions relating to human rights by shinning their lights. The answers are then projected on to a big screen. An extraordinary magical experience ensues.