RCMRD Drawing, Painting and Map Competition 2024 Edition

Theme: Conserving our Biodiversity, Forests and Seascape Ecosystems

Total Prize Tag: Euros 16,000

22 March 2024 to 19 November 2024


Objective

To Promote the use of Maps, Earth Observation and create awareness of the data sharing geoportals and observatories to allow users to discover GIS datasets and creatively use them to develop innovative solutions.

25 Participating Countries

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Draw, Paint or Map to WIN

Unleash your full potential and discover your passion in creating web maps, paintings, drawings, story maps, data dashboards or web applications.

Award Prizes

The applicable entries can be anything relating to Environmental and Biodiversity Conservation Efforts that seeks to protect or create awareness to our Natural Resources. Entries along these topics are eligible: Forestry, Protected Areas, National Parks, Conserved Areas, Plants, Species, Wildlife, Fisheries, Wetlands, Marine, Coastal Information, Blue Economy, etc. Below are the award prizes in the various categories:

  • School Category (Per School Award)
    • Primary School (Euros 3,000)
    • High School (Euros 3,000)
  • Professional Category (Individual Award)
    • Biodiversity Ecosystem (Euros 2,000)
    • Sea Scape Ecosystem (Euros 2,000)
    • Forestry Ecosystem (Euros 2,000)
  • Overall Winner (Euros 4,000)
    • The winner will be voted by people based on the 2 best entries of in the five sub categories mentioned above, as identified by the Judges. The poll will have 10 entries.

All the winners will receive a 1-year Esri ArcGIS for Personal use license and Certificate from RCMRD.

Judging Criteria

A map is a representation or drawing of the earth's surface or a part of its area drawn on a flat surface. All categories should ensure their submissions are aligned with theme i.e.; Environmental and Biodiversity Conservation Efforts To Protect our Natural Resources.

  • School Category (Team Submission)
    • Creative - This should be a drawing or painting that illustrates the theme for example to show the amazing variety of life on the planet, the richness of ecosystems, the reasons why the environment & biodiversity is being lost, the things people are doing to protect or spoil them. (25 marks)
    • Visual Appeal - Effective use of colors, coordination, harmony and their relations among the various elements illustrated in the map elements. Participants are encouraged to make their submission colorful using Paint, Colored pencil, ink, collage, pastel, crayons, etc. Computer generated graphics are not allowed. (25 marks)
    • Innovative - Use your imagination to come up with something truly unique, creative, innovative and self explanatory. The minimum size of the paper should A4 paper size. (25 marks)
    • Effective communication - The submission should be easy to understand, concise, effectively presented and should be an original. Details of the participants such as school details should not be included in the drawing or painting. (25 marks)
  • Professional Category (Individual Submission)
    • Map Centric - Exploration, analysis, and presentation of a geographic phenomenon with clear focus on a specific topic, question, story line, awareness or problem solution related to the theme. (20 marks)
    • Visual Appeal - Effective use of colors, coordination, harmony and their relations among the various elements illustrated in the map elements. This includes color coordination, use of symbology, grammar, punctuation, spelling and good cartography. (20 marks)
    • Design Layout - logical organization and visual flow of maps, text and graphic. Legibility of text font, text size, figures, tables, popups, videos & graphics (20 marks)
    • Effective communication - The submission should be easy to understand, concise, effectively presented and should be an original (20 marks)
    • Effective use of Geographic Information - appropriate use and portrayal of spatial data from at least 2 data sources listed in this page and complete documentation (20marks)

The intellectual property of the entries is owned by the participants., however, the organizers, have the right to publish, exhibit, print or distribute the entries through any media.

Data Sources

For the professional level categories, the following sources of Spatial Dataset may be used:

All submitted entries must use at least two datasets from any of the above named data sources. Other data sources may be used as well.

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