Keeping the promise...
Since the ‘Unleash Your Creativity’ competition was launched on 1 May, we have received over 1000 print ‘Ads Against Poverty’. People from 31 European countries have so far joined the call to action to send a creative message to world leaders gathering on 20 September at the UN General Assembly in New York to take stock of the progress of the Millennium Development Goals.
The competition is open to citizens and residents of all 48 European countries, including advertising professionals.
Voting is open to citizens everywhere in the world. On 1 July the top thirty ads will be sent to the seven member jury. Fifteen of the ads will be chosen by the organizers (United Nations Regional Information Centre) and the other half by popular vote. So please take a few minutes to look at the ads and vote for your favorites. You can filter the ads by country or by name of artist.
The ads of the top thirty finalists will become an exhibition to be organized by the Belgian Presidency of the EU.
The winning ad will receive the EU Spanish Presidency Prize of 5000 Euros, in a ceremony in Madrid. Both events will take place in September.
Some of the finalists´ works will be published in major European newspapers who have partnered with the UN in the WeCanEndPoverty campaign.
A Facebook popularity contest will also be launched this week. Everyone everywhere can join and support their favourite ads. This contest will be open until September.
