SERMED CALL FOR LOGO DESIGN CONTEST

SERMED INTRODUCTION

The Mediterranean region is the most vulnerable area to the impact of global warming, energy poverty, cooling access and water scarcity. Immense new knowledge on sustainable energy systems is produced at Universities, which provides efficacious solutions for a transition to a low-carbon economy, based on clean and green energy systems.

Advancements in building materials, technologies, systems and processes are growing fast towards more human-centered designs. There is an increased production of new research at universities with local and global relevance. However, much of the research produced findings is not readily accessible to the students, the public and, mainly, the businesses and markets. This condition creates a barrier for the concrete application of discoveries to answer to environmental challenges, like use of natural resources, climate change, sustainability in the use of energy. There is a market need to up-grade skills of professionals in the field and for fast path to translate to practice new researches and technology for sustainable energy.

The main question is "How can the research locally make its way to the industry and benefit people?"

SERMED aims at promoting a new methodology to connect research, market and students and create networks and cooperation starting from the results of the research and aiming to meet the real needs of Mediterranean countries in terms of professionalization, modernization and innovation in a green deal prospective.

Consortium will work to make accessible the results of the research to all people interested in, designing a new, effective and more comprehensible language, using modern and user friendly systems of communication, involving the final users in the scientific process and in the experiments developed for the achievement of the described outcomes. The new role of the universities will consist also in a concrete support needed to answer to the real problems in the area.

You are invited to participate in the logo design contest for SERMED Project

ELIGIBILITY

The Contest is open to the students and staff of all SERMED University partners involved in the project. Participants, to be considered eligible, must accept and agree to comply with the contest rules and submission guidelines:

-        Participants can submit a maximum of 2 logos but must be separate submissions;

-        Logo(s) will be accepted from individuals and/or teams;

-        Logo(s) which do not adhere to the rules and guidelines will not qualify for judging;

-        A bilingual (Arabic & English description) of the logo must be submitted, and should not exceed 350 words.

LOGO DESIGN GUIDELINES

The SERMED Logo will appear on all Project’s information tools: SERMED website, university partners’ websites, Project’s headed paper and all promotional materials, social media and social network. It

-        MUST be creative, original and not previously published;

-        MUST reflect the SERMED goals and activities;

-        MUST not include any material (photograph, icon, symbol etc) that is copyright protected;

-        SHOULD remind to the cooperation between MENA and European universities;

-        SHOULD include both text and colour;

KEY WORDS: Green Deal, clean energy, Green World, Environment, renewable energy, Sustainability, International cooperation, Development, Europe, Lebanon, Palestine, Quality, Universities, Stakeholders involvement

Required Elements:

-        Logo must reproduce well in electronic and print media;

-        Logo should be legible when reproduce on small surfaces;

-        Logo has to be visually effective when used in colour or in greyscale;

-        If the logo incorporates fonts, participants must be able to provide the font names.

DEADLINE

Submission deadline:  September 15, 2024

Winner notification: September 30, 2024

SUBMISSION GUIDES

Soft copy of the logo has to be sent by e-mail to the Email:

-        raficyounes@gmail.com

With subject line: “SERMED_LogoContest_your university acronym_your full name/name of your team” (Ex: SERMED_LogoContest_ _namesurname)

The acceptable image file formats are .png, .jpg, jpeg & .pdf (Resolution of 300 dpi and file size less than 3 MB).  The logo design is only required in ONE of the above-mentioned formats.

SERMED Steering Committee reserves the right to accept or to reject any or all submissions that do not meet the requirements for participation and/or competition. Incomplete entries will be declared void and will not be eligible for judging.

JUDGING CRITERIA:

Judging will be carried out according to the following criteria:

-Originality of the design

-Visual appeal reflecting goals, objectives & aspirations of SERMED

-Adherence to the logo design guidelines

SELECTION OF WINNERS

All entries will be screened, those that comply with the official contest rules, have met the guidelines and specifications will be judged by SERMED Steering Committee. The decision of the SERMED Steering Committee will be final and no appeal against the decision will be considered.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Once the prizes have been awarded to the winner, the copyright and the ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights for the winning logo design will deem to be transferred to the SERMED. The winning design will be used as the official logo for SERMED and SERMED project reserves the right to publish the winning logo on its print and electronic communications.

PRIZES

All participants will be awarded Certificate of Participation by SERMED Project.

The winner will receive:

-        A money prize of 200 USD

-        University souvenirs from Project partners

-        Recognized in the official website of the Project and the website of his/her home university

-        Certification signed by SERMED Project Coordinator and the home university.

-        Given priority in participation selection for SERMED Project courses/ mobility/ activities.