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Subject: UNESCO Web Prize From: Gerhard Haupt <haupt@snafu.de> Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 17:35:56 +0200 Hello everybody, >From Axel Plathe I received the notification that the deadline for registration to the UNESCO Web Prize has been extended to 15 June, 1999. I think, this may be interesting for the members of our mailing list who are making big efforts for producing cultural content for the net. That's why I'm forwarding the official press release. Good luck to anybody who wants to take part in this competition. Referring to the discussion on net art/art on the net and cultural diversity in the internet, I recommend to visit the projects submitted last year: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/webprize/1998_index.html Also I would like to personally welcome all the new members who joined the mailing list in the last weeks. At the moment there are 285 members subscribed to our forum. Best wishes, Gerhard Haupt moderator of the forum 1999 UNESCO WEB PRIZE COMPETITION --------------------------------- 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, 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] . Registrations can be made: - on-line [http://www.unesco.org/webworld/webprize/1999/registration.html]; - 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, please see the websites: Web Prize 1999: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/webprize/1999/index.html http://mirror-us.unesco.org/webworld/webprize/1999/index.html UNESCO Web Prize - home: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/webprize/index.htm ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/syndicate to unsubscribe, write to <syndicate-request@aec.at> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe your@email.adress