About the Competition
Frontex is pleased to announce the launch of the European Day for Border Guards photo competition for 2013! The aim of the contest is to reflect the distinctive nature of European borders across the continent and to gather inspiration from the beauty of European landscapes. With that in mind, the theme for this year is:
“Ties that Bind: Bridging borders in modern Europe”
While very often presented as barriers between peoples, borders are rarely discussed as vitally important crossroads of societal integration. All photo submissions should attempt to tackle the meaning and impact of frontiers in their role as connectors in a variety of forms: physical, psychological, social, cultural, economic and ethnic.
Prizes
Chosen winners will receive a cash prize of 500 euros (1st place), 250 euros (2nd place) or 200 euros (3rd place), an opportunity to participate in ED4BG in Warsaw, Poland as well as publication of their photo in The Border Post magazine. All photos will also be on display at the ED4BG conference, which is expected to host well over 700 people from across Europe.
How to Enter
To enter the competition, please prepare an email including the following information:
-maximum 2 jpeg format photos (minimum 2500 x 3500 pixels)
-completed entry form
All submissions should be sent to photo@frontex.europa.eu by the deadline of 30 April 2013 at midnight. Late entries will not be accepted. Please ensure that you have read the photo competition terms and conditions before sending your submission. Frontex reserves the right to disqualify any contestant who is deemed to be in violation of these conditions.
Judging Criteria
The judges’ panel will consist of 3 Frontex staff as well as one independant, professional photographer. The panel will look for a creative, engaging and inspiring photo relevant to the topic of the contest listed above.
Specific criteria are as follows:
• Relevance of your photo to the competition topic
• Creativity expressed
• Originality
• Photographic ability
Winners will be notified via email no later than 13 May, 2013, to ensure adequate time for travel arrangements.
Confidentiality and Protection of Personal Data
The personal data as contained in your submission to this contest will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
The data controller is the Frontex Information and Transparency team represented by Izabella Cooper. The data will be processed for the purpose of providing for all the practical arrangements relating to your participation in the contest and other purposes that may not be deemed as incompatible with it.
The data may be disclosed to other organisational units within Frontex insofar as necessary for those purposes, or to third parties, subject to respect for Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and, in cases of a request for public access to a document or documents containing such data, to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
You have the right to access your data and to obtain rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data. Under certain circumstances, you may also have the right to obtain blocking or erasure of data and the right to object processing. The extent of these rights and the conditions for their exercise are laid down in Article 13 to 18 of the Regulation mentioned above. You may contact for this purpose Information and Transparency by telephone (+48 22 205 9665) or by e-mail (photo@frontex.europa.eu).
If you consider that your rights have been infringed as a result of the processing of your personal data, you may lodge a complaint with the European Data Protection Supervisor.