Deadline: 30 June 2012 (extended)
Open to: Applicants older than 16 years from the EU member states plus the following countries: Albania, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Macedonia and Turkey
Prizes: Top cash prize of €2.150 euros and a paid internship/shadowing opportunity of up to six months with a global company
Description
How Passionate are you about e-Skills? Where will e-Skills take you? How do you see the Digital Revolution transforming Europe? Put your creativity to the test today and win a cash prize., and a chance to launch your career. Tell a story. Create a campaign.
Demonstrate how e-Skills can help people get a job, fuel innovation or drive creativity. How? That’s up to you, but any medium will be accepted – from mobile devices, tablets, illustrations, digital design, story-telling, music, video, posters and social media – you can post your entry on Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube or whichever digital platform suits you best. Get going! Build a community of followers.
Categories and Theme
All entries must be in one of the following three categories to qualify. Content must to be creative, demonstrate innovative use of the medium, be quirky, be humorous and or be a mash up.
Content may be posted onto any website or blog. You are strongly encouraged to build a community of interest demonstrating the popularity of your creative. All content will then be connected to the official e-Skills website.
- Category 1) e-Skills and me
The objective of entries in this category is to explain to an uninitiated audience what e-Skills are and how e-Skills can be developed by young people who are starting to think about their career options. Content must focus on exploring the diverse options that e-skills opens and define e-Skills in simple and easy to understand terms; so for example show how can people get e-skills or highlight examples of people making cool stuff using e-Skills. Creative must demonstrate how people can practise e-Skills and use them in their daily lives, in their search for a job, and or how they have successfully helped someone get a job. Get creative and tell us your story!
- Category 2) e-Skills: jobs of the future
The objective of entries this category is to explore the different entrepreneurial opportunities that can be opened through e-Skills. Create inspirational stories that demonstrate the blue sky world of digital jobs that awaits young people. Think about the origins of Facebook, Twitter and find European equivalents or tell us of your plans to build the next Spotify or Netflix or some other new business idea by someone you know or have heard about.
- Category 3) creative e-Skills
The objective of this category is to explore all the creative avenues that e-Skills open from art to publishing literature online or digital imagery. Your creative should show how e-skills deliver jobs in creative domains. Think about how Pixar started or a group of young artists who are working on a film or online art portal, or who may be doing some exciting creative projects. Use your imagination!
Eligibility
Candidates interested in applying must be young people between the ages of 16 and 26 (as of January 2012) and must come from one of the following countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Entrants must meet these following criteria to qualify:
- Provide a campaign plan on the entry form
- Implement the campaign (post it online on any site you choose and build a community)
- Films can be no longer than 3 minutes, and must be specifically made for Project Passion. Print contributions will have to be sent in digitally for judging (these can be posted on a blog or website of your choice)
- Music contributions can be no more than 4 minutes in duration
- All pre-produced material such as music must be approved for use or license free, or creative commons licensed
Prizes
- Top cash prize of €2.150 euros and a paid internship/shadowing opportunity of up to six months with a global company (Cash prize for eligible entries that meet all the criteria received before 8 March is €2.500 euros)
- Runner up cash prize of 1.000 euros
- Paid internships / job shadowing with globally renowned companies
- Goodies worth thousands of euros, including Kinect/Xbox, Nokia Lumia
- Travel and accommodation covered for winners and runners’ up to attend the e-Skills Week Closing Event in Copenhagen
Application
To enter all you have to do is create content that fits one of the three categories and fill in the entry form.
Important Dates: Deadline for entries 30 June 2012 – midnight
Judging Criteria
- Demonstrate innovative use of the medium
- Include the theme – e-Skills: there is a job waiting for you
- Meet the 3 minute film limit / 4 minute music limit if in these categories
- Must be created for Project Passion Competition
- Must include a supporting campaign plan/ strategy/execution plan
- Any entries that are deemed to be offensive or culturally insensitive are automatically disqualified
Contact
Any questions regarding the competition should be directed to:
Natalia Kurop, Director of Communications and Marketing, DIGITALEUROPE
E: natalia.kurop@digitaleurope.org F. +32 2 609 53 39 >> M. +32 487 34 05 71
Hi
Just wanted to flag that the competition deadline has been extended to June 30th and the prizes have increased in value. There is an update on the e-Skills Week website.