erasmus euromedia awards

PARTICIPATIONThe invitation for the submission of projects/products/productions/programmes is addressed to■■■■■organizations and enterprises in the field of broadcasting, televisionand print media (public, commercial, private)organizations in the field of education with emphasis on mediacultural and/or social initiatives and project groups (film, video,Internet)public institutions in the field of media-education(e.g.: media centres, media museums)project groups, institutions and enterprises in the field ofdocumentary filmCONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATIONSubmissions for the ESEC Erasmus EuroMedia Awards need to be deliveredby June 15th 2008 (Postmark). After this date no further submissionswill considered.The following conditions of participation need to be fulfilled:■ Submission of the application form with complete and correctdatas, which will be used in the case of honour for the awardceremony, document and press release (the application form can bedownloaded on the following websites: http://www.esec-online.net,http://www.comenius-award.net and http://www.gpi-online.de);■■■■■Delivery of 3 copies of the submitted project and/or the transmissionof free and unrestricted access rights for on-line products withpasswords, access codes and/or resolutions if necessary;Delivery of an abstract with a content description and an explanatorystatement for each submitted product (not more than 3 DIN A4pages, maximum 2 illustrations);Delivery of a demonstration trailer (max. 5 minutes length), whichcan be presented in case of honour;Delivery of an image file (gif, jpg or png8; 300 dpi dissolution;minimum width 7 cm), which can be used for presentation, documentationand publication for the submitted product and/orproject;Transfer of the participation fee to the ESEC bank account.The fee needs to be transferred (latest by June 15th 2008)together with the nomination.POSTBANK (Germany)Account Number: 732662462Bank Code: 44010046BIC: PBNKDEFFIBAN: DE89440100460732662462Group A* Group B*Participation fee per submitted project EUR 200,00 EUR 150,00Reduced participation fee per submittedproject for non-profit organizations andeducational institutionEUR 150,00 EUR 100,00*Group A:Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal,Spain, Sweden, Switzerland*Group B:Albania, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro,Romania, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Russia, UkraineLegal proceedings are barred.REGISTRATIONESEC European Society for Education and Communication1. President: Univ. Prof. Dr. Thomas A. BauerDepartment for Communications, University of ViennaSchopenhauerstrasse 32A - 1180 Vienna, AustriaPhone: +43 (0) 1 4277/49335Fax: +43 (0) 1 4277/49344Web: http://www.esec-online.netInformation and Organisation:Harald Schwarz, MA. University of ViennaSchopenhauerstrasse 32A-1180 Vienna, AustriaPhone: +43 (0) 1 4277/49335Fax: +43 (0) 1 4277/49344Web: http://www.esec-online.netE-Mail: harald.schwarz@univie.ac.atCall for Application

The European Society for Education and Communication (ESEC) awardsthe Erasmus EuroMedia Prices for outstanding productions and programmesin the sector of media dealing with European Values (society,culture/education and politics). Since 1995 the Erasmus EuroMediaAwards have been given to a considerable amount of producers with highprofile for their media oeuvres interpreting Europe.The ESEC Erasmus EuroMedia Award Ceremony will take place in Vienna(Rathaus Wien) on October 10th, 2008The Erasmus EuroMedia Awards 2008 are endowed with 9.000 EUR intotal. This sum will be distributed among the winners of the ErasmusEuroMedia Award, the Erasmus Sponsorship Awards and the ErasmusSpecial Awards.Apart from the donation, the value of the award mainly lies in the factthat the awarded projects gain international attention. Moreover theseawards have always been a good reason and criterion for receiving financialsupport of future projects given by public institutions. Within thepast years with its Erasmus EuroMedia Awards, the ESEC has becomean international competent network entity between various projects andproject operators. It is not only recognized but also appreciated by experts,award candidates and award winners.ERASMUS EUROMEDIA AWARDSESEC awards the Erasmus EuroMedia Prizes for programmes, products orproductions in all kinds of media and media formats, which■■critically support the European Discourse regarding interpretationsof its objectives, perspectives, problems, conditions andchallenges;pursue educational goals regarding the European topics such asEuropean values, European identity and consciousness, transculturalcommunication in Europe, social integration, solidarity,diversity and peaceful neighbourhood.CALLThe Call for the Erasmus EuroMedia Awards will be published on theESEC-Website (http://www.esec-online.net) as well as on the relatedaward website Comenius-EduMedia-Award (http://www.comeniusaward.net),on the Website of the University of Vienna (http://www.univie.ac.at/Publizistik),on the Website of deScripto – A journal of media inSouth East Europe (http://www.descripto.info) and on all other website ofESEC Representatives such as the GPI (http://www.gpi-online.de) etc..AWARDING PROCEDUREA two-stage award Procedure will be used:1. stage (rating)Erasmus Seals of ApprovalAn international jury of experts will evaluate all submissions on the basisof qualitative criteria. Due to different languages the evaluation will becarried out under the supervision of the national ESEC Representativesand ESEC Experts. All submissions that correspond to the catalogue ofcriteria will be awarded with the Erasmus EuroMedia Seal of Approval.2. stage (ranking)All submissions achieving the Seal of Approval will automatically takepart in the Erasmus EuroMedia Awards Contest.Erasmus EuroMedia Grand Award 2008 (EUR 3.000)The international jury of experts will select the application with most outstandingperformance, depth in topic, critical and/or analytic referenceto reality and/or innovative format from the Erasmus Seal awarded projects..Erasmus EuroMedia Sponsorship Awards 2008(in total EUR 3.000)The international jury of experts will chose projects with special thematicfocus on current debates, controversial topics and investigative formats.Erasmus EuroMedia Special Awards 2008 (each with EUR 1.000)The international jury of experts will assign winners according to the followingcategories:■■■Educational and EthicsDiscourse and PoliticsAesthetic and DesignErasmus EuroMedia Country Focus 2008The main goal of ESEC is to bring the idea of Europe with its differentcultures, traditions and values together. Thus it is essential to show theseregional and national specific traditions and stories. 2008 the CountryFocus will be on Czech Republic. With this specific award category ESECwants to give the best of Czech organizations, producers, groups andothers the opportunity to present their works to the European partners.AWARDThe candidates will be informed by August 30th 2008 about the ErasmusSeal of Approval Certification and the Erasmus Awards Nomination.The Winner of the Erasmus EuroMedia Award 2008, the Winners of theErasmus EuroMedia Sponsorship Awards 2008, the Winner of the ErasmusEuroMedia Special Awards 2008 and the Winners of the ErasmusEuroMedia Country Focus 2008 will be announced at the ESEC ErasmusEuroMedia Award Ceremony on October 10th 2008. The programme informationwill be distributed in time.The award winners are allowed to use the ESEC Erasmus EuroMediaAward Logo after the ceremony for their advertising purposes.PUBLICATIONThe decisions of the Erasmus EuroMedia Awards will be announced atthe ESEC Erasmus EuroMedia Awards Ceremony on October 10th 2008and published at the same time. All Erasmus EuroMedia Seal of ApprovalHolders and Erasmus EuroMedia Awards Category Winners 2008 will bepresented with a short evaluation in the magazines deScripto – A Journalof Media in South East Europe and L.A. Multimedia (by the GPI) and onthe Websites http://www.esec-online.net, http://www.comenius-award.net and http://www.gpi-online.net.JURYThe media-projects/products, when submitted to the ESEC, will be certifiedby the ESEC Representatives in several European countries.The international jury members 2008 are:■ Thomas A. Bauer, Dr. Univ. Prof., University of Vienna, Austria■ Dimitris Charalambis, Dr. Univ. Prof., National Council for TelevsionAthens, Greece■ Joan Hemels, Dr. Univ. Prof., University of Amsterdam,The Netherlands■ Jose Iranzo, Dr. Univ. Prof. University of Malaga, Spain■ Marko Ivanisin, Dr., University of Maribor, Slovenia■ Tarik Jusic, Dr., Media Centar Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina■ Ceyhan Kandemir, Dr. Ass.Prof., Istanbul University■ Barbara Köpplova, Dr. Univ. Doz., Charles University, Prague,Czech Republic■ Stjepan Malovic, Dr. Univ. Prof., University of Dubrovnik, Croatia■ Bernd Mikuszeit, Dr., Institute for Education and Media, Berlin,Germany■ Gerhard E. Ortner, DDr. Univ. Prof., Distant University Hagen,Germany