UNESCO web prize

Thu Feb 25 11:22:55 PST 1999

Forwarded from Steve Cisler, fyi

> From: "Axel Plathe" <A.Plathe at unesco.org>
To: gkd at phoenix.edc.org
Subject: [GKD] ANNOUNCE: UNESCO Web Prize 1999
Date: Wed, Feb 24, 1999, 12:57 PM

1999 UNESCO WEB PRIZE COMPETITION

Paris, February 23 {No.99-30} - Artists, designers and programmers
are invited to submit their websites in the areas of education,
science, culture and communication for selection for the 1999 UNESCO
Web Prize which will be awarded next autumn.

The Web Prize has been created in recognition of the growing
cultural and societal importance of the new   information and
communication technologies and to recompense their use in the
promotion of the Organization's ideals. It is attributed within the
framework of UNESCO Prizes for the Promotion of the Arts.  The Prize
covers two categories:

Category I - Free Theme: The contents of the websites should be
related to international co-operation in education, science, culture
and communication, possibly concerning UNESCO's priority target
groups  (women, young people, Africa and the least developed
countries), multi-lingualism and multi-culturalism.

Category II - Public Domain: UNESCO strongly promotes access to and
free flow of information. The ultimate goal of the information
society is to empower through access to and use of knowledge. One of
the main goals of UNESCO is to re-define "universal access" to
information. Websites submitted in this category may offer access to
texts, music or art, that are not restricted by copyright, or take
on the intellectual and social issues and benefits of accessibility
to information in the public domain.

The prize of US$10,000, awarded annually, will be given by the
Director-General of UNESCO to the creator(s) of the best website in
each category (i.e. US$5,000 each).

The Web Prize 1998 was awarded to the creators of the Brazilian
website on the Kamayura and Urubu-Kaapor tribes, 24-year-old web
designer Silvia Lunazzi, Nadia Karasawa and Etienne Samain
(http://www.cosmo.com.br/provedor/unesco). Registration forms for
the Prize must be submitted by Monday, May 31, 1999. Registrations
can be made:

on-line: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/webprize/registration; or by
mail to: The Director, Information and Informatics Division, UNESCO,
1, rue Miollis, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France. Projects must be
submitted by Friday, 30 July 1999 at the latest.

A poster publicising the Prize will be displayed in venues in more
than 180 countries around the world. Designed by graphic arts
student Jennifer Moore, it was chosen from entries produced by a
group of students at the University of Florida (USA) -
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/webprize/1999/index_poster.html

****

For more information, contact webprize at unesco.org or visit the Prize
website at http://www.unesco.org/webworld/webprize/1999/

____________

Axel Plathe
Information and Informatics Division
UNESCO
1, rue Miollis
75015 Paris
t        33.1.45.68.44.67
f        33.1.45.68.55.83
w        http://www.unesco.org/webworld

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From: "Axel Plathe" <A.Plathe at unesco.org> 
To: gkd at phoenix.edc.org 
Subject: [GKD] ANNOUNCE: UNESCO Web Prize 1999 
Date: Wed, Feb 24, 1999, 12:57 PM 
 
 
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1999 UNESCO WEB PRIZE COMPETITION 
 
Paris, February 23 {No.99-30} - Artists, designers and programmers are invi=
ted to submit their websites in the areas of education, science, culture and=
 communication for selection for the 1999 UNESCO Web Prize which will be awa=
rded next autumn. 
 
The Web Prize has been created in recognition of the growing cultural and s=
ocietal importance of the new   information and communication tech=
nologies and to recompense their use in the promotion of the Organization's =
ideals. It is attributed within the framework of UNESCO Prizes for the Promo=
tion of the Arts.  The Prize covers two categories: 
 
Category I - Free Theme: The contents of the websites should be related to =
international co-operation in education, science, culture and communication,=
 possibly concerning UNESCO's priority target groups  (women, young peo=
ple, Africa and the least developed countries), multi-lingualism and multi-c=
ulturalism. 
 
Category II - Public Domain: UNESCO strongly promotes access to and free fl=
ow of information. The ultimate goal of the information society is to empowe=
r through access to and use of knowledge. One of  the main goals of UNE=
SCO is to re-define "universal access" to information. Websites su=
bmitted in this category may offer access to texts, music or art, that are n=
ot restricted by copyright, or take on the intellectual and social issues an=
d benefits of accessibility to information in the public domain. 
 
The prize of US$10,000, awarded annually, will be given by the Director-Gen=
eral of UNESCO to the creator(s) of the best website in each category (i.e. =
US$5,000 each). 
 
The Web Prize 1998 was awarded to the creators of the Brazilian website on =
the Kamayura and Urubu-Kaapor tribes, 24-year-old web designer Silvia Lunazz=
i, Nadia Karasawa and Etienne Samain (http://www.co=
smo.com.br/provedor/unesco). Registration forms for the Prize mus=
t be submitted by Monday, May 31, 1999. Registrations can be made: 
 
on-line: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/webprize/r=
egistration; or by mail to: The Director, Information and Informa=
tics Division, UNESCO, 1, rue Miollis, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France. Projects m=
ust be submitted by Friday, 30 July 1999 at the latest. 
 
A poster publicising the Prize will be displayed in venues in more than 180=
 countries around the world. Designed by graphic arts student Jennifer Moore=
, it was chosen from entries produced by a group of students at the Universi=
ty of Florida (USA) - http://www.unesco.org/webworl=
d/webprize/1999/index_poster.html 
 
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For more information, contact webprize at unesco.org<=
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.unesco.org/webworld/webprize/1999/ 
 
 
____________ 
 
Axel Plathe 
Information and Informatics Division 
UNESCO 
1, rue Miollis 
75015 Paris 
t        33.1.45.68.44.67 
f        33.1.45.68.55.83 
w        http:/=
/www.unesco.org/webworld 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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