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‘Danube Art Master 2007’
International Schools Competition
‘Danube
rivers – living space’
Get involved in Danube Day and help secure a
positive future for the Danube, as well as win great prizes in this Danube-wide
competition. Following the huge response to last year’s ‘Danube Art Master’
competition, the Danube Environmental Forum (DEF) is launching another creative
extravaganza for 2007.
Every child and school in the Danube Basin is invited
to create a piece of art celebrating the Danube environment and enter it into
this international contest. Here is your chance to become the ‘Danube Art
Master 2007!’
This ambitious 13-country competition unites children
across the region. Last year over 2000 pupils took up the artistic challenge:
the huge diversity of artworks created was a true reflection of the richness of
the Danube Basin.
Competition Details
The challenge for every pupil is to create their own
‘environmental art’ inspired by the mighty Danube and its tributaries. Jointly
organised by the DEF and the International Commission for the Protection of the
Danube River (ICPDR), the competition encourages children to visit their local
rivers and consider what the environment means to them. In line with the aims
of Danube Day, the competition motivates children to think about a vision for
the Danube that would meet the needs of its diverse multi-national people and
wildlife. It can also parallel a scientific study of the river’s geography,
chemistry and ecology.
By entering, students will learn about the basin and
can play a role in its protection. There are also some great prizes!
The competition is a key element of Danube Day 2007,
emphasising the central theme of the complexity of Danube rivers and their
connection to land, animals, forests and people: The Danube is a living
space!
The competition will comprise two levels: national and
international. The former will be carried out in each country and national
winners selected to receive prizes. The winners will be invited to take part in
the international competition that will be held in Vienna in autumn 2007, where
they will be able to take part in an exciting programme of events.
Last year the winners of the
International Danube Art Master came from Romania. Will YOU bring the title
home this year?
How to Enter
The only requirements in this competition are
creativity and inspiration. To take part, arrange for your school to make an
outing to a Danube river before the end of May 2007. The idea is for students
to be inspired by what they see and use materials found by the river to create
works of art along its banks. This could mean sculptures, pictures, mosaics or
collages made from material such as driftwood, stones, rushes, mud or even
rubbish dumped by the river. Children might like to think about what the Danube
means to them and illustrate this in their creations.
To enter, take a photograph of your art and send it to
the competition organisers in your country by post or e-mail (see below).
Closing dates vary from country to country; details are available from national
organisers below.
The creators of the best piece of work will be crowned
‘Danube Art Masters’ – whether this be an individual or a student team of up to
3 children.
Competition rules:
The judges’ decision is final. The winner
shall be notified by e-mail. There shall be no written correspondence on behalf
of this competition. The prizes can neither be exchanged nor their value paid
out in cash. Employees and officers of the DEF and ICPDR, as well as other promoters
of “Danube Day”, their respective related agents, as well as the immediate
family (defined as parents, spouse, children, siblings and grandparents) and
household members of each such employee and officer are not eligible.
Participation in the competition constitutes the winner’s consent for their
name to be made public on the “Danube Day” web site.
See www.danubeday.org for more inspiration!
The Prizes
National prizes vary from country to country, so
please contact your country’s organiser for details. The national winner will
be invited to represent their school and country at the international Danube
Art Master event in autumn 2007.
Let your creativity run wild! Be
inspired by the awesome Danube to paint, sculpt, create and win!
AUSTRIA
Distelverein
Franz
Mair Strasse 47, 2232 Deutsch Wagram, Austria
Tel:
+43 2247 511 08, fax: +43 2247 511 08 9
E-mail:
j.wolf@distelverein.at; website: www.distelverein.at
Contact
person: Johannes Wolf
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
“Ekotim” - Society for the Protection and Advancement
of Environment,
Nature and Health
Centar
za djecu i omladinu “MAK,” Kemala Kapetanovića 17, P.P. 143,
71 000
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel/fax: +387 33 660 587; cell phone: +387 61 404008
E-mail: ekotim@epn.ba, rijad@ekotim.net
Contact
person: Rijad Tikvesa
BULGARIA
Centre for Environmental Information and Education
67 Tsanko Tserkovski Str./3, fl. 2, apt. 3; 1421 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel/fax:
+359 2 9892785
E-mail:
milena@ceie.org, dpopov@ceie.org; website: www.ceie.org
Contact
person: Milena Dimitrova
CROATIA
Ecological Association Green Osijek
Opatijska
26f, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Tel:
+385 31 565 180; Fax: +385 31 565 182; Mob: +385 98 9649
944
E-mail:
zeleni-osijek@os.t-com.hr; website: www.zeleni-osijek.hr;
www.zlatna-greda.org
Contact
person: Dinko Pesic
CZECH REPUBLIC
Union for the Morava River
Panska
9, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Tel:
+420 542 422 755, fax: +420 542 422 752
E-mail:
jaroslav.ungerman@veronica.cz; website: www.sweb.cz/uprm/
Contact
person: Jaroslav Ungerman
HUNGARY
BITE Baja Youth Nature Protection Society
Petőfi
sziget 11, H - 6500 Baja, Hungary
tel/fax:
+36 79 525 163
E-mail:
def@baja.hu; website: http://def.baja.hu
Contact
person: Tamás Enikő Anna,
MOLDOVA
Ecological Movement of Moldova
Serghei
Lazo St. no. 13, 2004 MD Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Tel: +
373 22 237423, fax: + 373 22 232408
E-mail:
def@natura.md; website: www.mem.md
Contact
person: Lucian Renitsa
MONTENEGRO
Drustvo prijatelja rijeke Tare (Friends of the Tara River Society)
Ul.Svetog Save 37,Post box 31,84
220 Zabljak, Montenegro
Tel.&fax +382 (0)89 361 115
, mob: +382 ( 0 ) 69 311 032
E mail: tarafriends@cg.yu
Contact person: Miroslav
Sljivancanin
ROMANIA
Eco Counselling Centre (ECCG)
Str.
Basarabiei nr. 2, 800201 Galati, Romania
Tel:
+40 236 499 957, fax: +40 236 312 331
E-mail:
eco@cceg.ro, (petrutamoisi@cceg.ro); website: www.cceg.ro
Contact
person: prof. Petruta Moisi
SERBIA
Danube Environmental Forum Serbia
Andricev
venac 2, 11 000 Beograd, (Planinarski savez), Serbia
Tel/fax:
+381 11 32 31 374
E-mail:
defyu@Eunet.yu, website: www.defyu.org.yu
Contact
person: Mirjana Bartula
SLOVAKIA
DAPHNE - Institute of Applied Ecology
Podunajska 24, 821 06
Bratislava, Slovakia
Tel./fax: +421 2 455 240 19,
E-mail:
viera.chrenkova@gmail.com; website: www.daphne.sk
Contact
person: Viera Chrenkova
SLOVENIA
Society for Bird Research and Nature Protection
(DPPVN), Ministry for Environment
Ptujska
c. 91, SI-2327 Race, Slovenia
Tel:
+386 41 699 268, fax: +386 1 754 93 79
E-mail:
milan.vogrin@guest.arnes.si; milena.janezic@gov.si
Contact
person: Milan Vogrin, Milena
Janezic
UKRAINE
The Western Center of the Ukrainian Branch of the
World Laboratory
4
Mateyko St., 290000, Lviv, Ukraine
Tel: +38 032 235 33 84; fax:
+38 032 238 73 69
E-mail:
networld@lviv.ua
Contact
person: Petro Hrytsyshyn
DANUBE ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM, DEF
SECRETARIAT
Déri sétány 13. III.4.
H-6500 Baja, Hungary
Tel.: +36-79-525-163 Fax: +36-79-525-163
e-mail: def@baja.hu; web: www.def.org.hu
Contact Person: SRAMKÓ Gyöngyi
Background
Information on the Danube Basin
The Danube and its tributaries form one of Europe’s
most important river systems. Throughout history, the Danube Basin has played a
crucial role in the political, socioeconomic and cultural development of
Central and SE Europe. It is the most international basin in the world,
covering 817,000 km˛, 1/3 of continental Europe, and embracing 18 countries.
From Germany’s Black Forest to the Romanian / Ukrainian Delta, the river flows
over 2,845km, connecting 81 million people in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Serbia-Montenegro,
Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine.
The Danube rivers are living spaces! They
are life, power, food, water, transport and recreation. Danube wetlands control
pollution, cleaning up toxins in the water. The rivers are a commercial link
across Europe and a unifying force for communities with different cultures,
languages and histories. As rivers of life, they provide livelihoods and a
haven for wildlife.
The Danube is of utmost importance to Europe’s
wildlife. A staggering 320 bird species have been found at the Delta. However,
over the last century, the Danube and its wildlife have suffered considerable
losses. The basin is now left with only 20% of its former floodplain area, only
half of which is in anything like near-natural condition; pollution blights
some areas; many stretches have been severely altered by humans - canalisation
and dam/embankment building have increased flood risk and pollution problems.
Background
Information on Danube Day
12 years ago, on the 29th June 1994, the Danube River
Protection Convention was signed in order to address these problems. The high
hopes held at the signing ceremony were realistic: cooperation between
governmental and non-governmental bodies (NGOs), scientific institutions and
industry has steadily increased. The work has been so successful that it now
serves as a model for the rest of the world. In 2004, the ICPDR designated June
29th as “Danube Day” to become a fixed event for people throughout the basin.
In celebrating Danube Day, the ICPDR works closely with international
organisations, governments, water authorities and NGOs united under the DEF.
Tuesday June 29, 2004 - the first Danube Day - saw the largest ever celebration
for the Danube Basin and its peoples: 13 countries, 100 events and 81 million
invitees, for one of the biggest parties the world has seen.
Now is the fourth opportunity to
celebrate Danube Day – so let’s JOIN IN! See www.danubeday.org for more information or contact SRAMKÓ Gyöngyi, DEF
Secretariat, def@baja.hu
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