The World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) are inviting photographers from Armenia and around the world to participate in a photo contest dedicated to “Building Disaster Resilience across Armenia."
Located in one of the most seismically active regions of the world, Armenia is highly vulnerable to seismic risk – a risk that is exacerbated by the country’s rapid urbanization. A devastating example of this was the December 7, 1988 Spitak earthquake, which affected 40% of the country, left 514,000 people without shelter, injured 20,000 and killed more than 25,000 people, and caused an estimated economic loss of US$15-20 billion.
Much has changed in Armenia since then, and in the lead up to the 30th Anniversary of the Spitak Earthquake (December 7th, 2018), we're holding a photo contest to celebrate and pay tribute to the inspiring resilience of the Armenian people who were affected by the disastrous 1988 Spitak Earthquake.
Submit your entries directly to the group by 11:30pm EST, November 16, 2018.
Winners and prizes will be announced on the 30th Anniversary of the Spitak Earthquake - December 7, 2018 as part of a commemorative conference in Gyumri, Armenia.
The top 3 entries will win cash prizes, and the top 10 will be featured on the World Bank website and in printed materials for the conference.
Full contest details can be found on the World Bank contest page. Good luck!
Group Rules
By submitting an entry to this contest, every contestant agrees and accepts the terms set forth below. If you do not agree with these terms, do not submit an entry.
Profile, rights and obligations of contestants
The Contest is open to individuals from Armenia and around the world who are not active staff of the World Bank, including consultants, interns, contractors and their employees. Family members and relatives of World Bank staff are eligible to participate, except for family members and relatives of World Bank staff involved in the Armenia National Disaster Risk Management Program.
Contestants must be over the age of 18 when entering.
Contestant acknowledges that all entries in this contest are public and not private communications. Further, contestant acknowledges that chats, postings, conferences, e-mails and other communications by other contestants are not endorsed by the panel of judges, and/or the World Bank and/or its partners, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by the panel of judges and/or the World Bank and/or its partners. Contestant declares, represents and warrant that contestant is the rightful owner of the entry, and of all the patents, copyrights, and/or trademarks associated with the entry.
By entering this contest, contestant further declares, represents and warrants that contestant has not:
- (a) infringed on any third party rights, including copyrights, trademarks, industrial property, trade secrets, confidentiality obligations and rights of privacy and publicity, and that contestant has obtained the necessary written release(s) or permission(s) to use any third party rights or intellectual property, including any trademarks appearing on contestant’s Entry, or
- (b) violated any applicable law(s) in any countries in the world. By entering this contest contestant further agrees that the panel of judges has the right to verify the ownership and originality of any entry and that upon request, contestant shall submit a written copy of any release or permission contestant has received from a third party granting contestant the right to use such property. Contestant understands that in the event a submission is selected as a winning entry, and contestant’s ownership rights and the originality of contestant’s entry cannot be verified to the satisfaction of the panel of judges or is in any other way ineligible, the panel of judges may select an alternate winner based on the same judging criteria. The panel of judges reserves the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the entries received from contestants.
Contestant shall not do any of the following:
- Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
- Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information.
- Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless contestant owns or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
- Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
- Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
- Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
- Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters.
- Download any file posted by another contestant that contestant knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
Copyright
- You retain copyright and remain the owner of your images and may also continue to use them in any manner you choose, regardless of whether your entry is selected as a winner or runner-up. You agree that the images you submit may be publicly exhibited, used in printed publications of the World Bank, its social media platforms, its websites, or in any other media, and may be copied and displayed in any country with appropriate attribution to you as the photographer. GFDRR and the World Bank Group hold copyright to the collection of photos that constitute the Armenia Spitak Earthquake Photo Contest.
- The World Bank Group reserves the right to publish and/or to make available to the public the all submissions. The World Bank reserves the right to modify the format and content of the submissions for publication purposes.
Conduct
Failure to comply with these terms may result in disqualification from the contest. The panel of judges and/or World Bank are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the contest, administration of the contest or in the announcement of the awards. The World Bank may update and/or modify the terms and conditions of this contest in their sole discretion, and contestant agrees to accept and be bound by any updates and/or modifications.
Grounds for disqualification
If after announcing the winners the panel of judges find and/or determine that a winning contestant has misrepresented, misstated, or mischaracterized contestant’s entry of this contest in any way or contestant is not the rightful owner of the submitted entry, the entry may be withdrawn and disqualified from the contest, and any privileges received by winning this contest may be rescinded. Any determinations made by the panel of judges in withdrawing and disqualifying any entry will be final and confidential. By entering this contest, contestant agrees to keep any controversies between contestant, the panel of judges and/or the World Bank confidential and contestant further agrees not to disparage the panel of judges, and/or the World Bank, in any dispute or controversy.
No recourse to judicial procedures
To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to any other recourse to judicial procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this contest are hereby excluded, and contestant expressly waives any and all such rights.
Contact the World Bank office in Armenia: Telephone: 374 10 59 42 21 or 374 10 52 09 92
Additional Info: This group will count toward the photo's limit (60 for Pro members, 30 for free members). Members can post 3 things to the pool.
Accepted content types: Photos, images
Accepted safety levels: Safe