European Commission
The European Commission, in conjunction with Low Associates (event secretariat), the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and the Luxembourg Chamber of Trades and Skilled Crafts would like to invite you to enter a competition to design and craft the prized trophies for the European Enterprise Promotions Awards. These trophies will be handed to winners at a prestigious awards ceremony on Thursday 19th November 2015.
The competition opens on Monday 13 April and trophy designs must be submitted to smeassembly@lowassociates.eu by Monday 1 June 2015. Judging of all entries will take place w/c 8 June and the winner will be informed by Friday 12 June 2015; the panel will include one representative from each of the European Commission, the Luxembourg Presidency, an independent expert designated jointly by the two professional chambers, and Low Associates.
Background
The European Enterprise Promotion Awards is an annual ceremony, started in 2006, where the European Commission makes presentations for excellence in innovation and entrepreneurship under 7 category headings. The event is part of the SME Assembly, which will be held on 19th – 20th November 2015 and will attract up to 600 delegates travelling from all European countries.
There is one main award – the Grand Jury Prize – plus 6 sub-category awards. We would like to present a trophy that incorporates some Luxembourgish heritage made by local crafts people. We are looking for one craftsperson, or a team of people, who can make 7 awards, 6 all the same plus the Grand Jury Prize which will be the same design but a bigger size. Apart from individual crafts people, we also encourage participation of anyone who teams up with Luxembourgish crafts people, or crafts people that team up with designers, artists or school classes.
In the past, the trophies have always taken inspiration from/reflected our event branding and the awards have included a variety of crafts expertise including mosaics, wood carving and clay sculpture (see document below).
The Competition
We require you to submit a trophy design and then, if you are the successful winner, craft the seven winning trophies so that they can be presented at the EEPA ceremony in November 2015.
The winner receives:
- A cheque for €5000
- A press release circulated to all European SME media outlets promoting the event, the trophy and the winner
- Social media coverage via the EEPA Facebook and Twitter feeds
- A 2m x 2m exhibition stand at the SME Assembly 2-day event to promote their work to 600 European delegates (including up to 60 European media contacts)
- The winner will be introduced to the audience on stage during the awards ceremony
- An invitation to the SME Assembly and the EEPA ceremony and dinner
In addition, the best runner-up entries will also have the opportunity to exhibit their work at the SME Assembly on a joint exhibition stand area with the Chamber of Trades and Skilled Crafts.
Submit your trophy design entry by Monday 1 June 2015 to smeassembly@lowassociates.eu. Together with your design, we would also like to know:
- What materials the trophies would be made from and any special processes you plan to use in making the trophies
- In the case of a team, which craftsman have agreed to collaborate for the production of the trophy
- What colours you plan for the trophies
- The approximate size of both the sub-category trophy and the Grand Jury Prize trophy
- The approximate weight of each trophy
By submitting an entry, you agree that you will provide 6 sub-category trophies plus one additional Grand Jury Prize trophy, which will be completed and delivered to the Luxembourg Chamber of Trade and Skilled Crafts (see contact details below) by Tuesday 17th November 2015 to the competition organisers.
More information in the document below