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Make a Movie, do a documentary, interview people or simply tell us a story, the OCEAN is the limit! If you want to come on board of this great adventure sign yourself up and your friends to the Professor Mário Ruivo Prize Movie Contest. The 'Professor Mário Ruivo Prize' will award an original Movie, made by students on the theme: Seas and Us - Links between Ocean and Daily Life Activities. For that you and your friends must be students between 12 and 21 years and produce a Movie on the Theme. Please check the information bellow on how to proceed.

About the Prize

In October 2009 the EurOcean approved the creation of Movie Prize conferred to a student or a team of students to reward an original Movie related to the marine environment. This Prize intents to raise public awareness to the importance of the Ocean and the Ocean related services to Humankind. It was also agreed that the Prize should be named "Professor Mário Ruivo Prize" as a tribute to the first President of EurOcean, who held the position between 2002 and 2008, and as recognition of his work as a pioneer on the sciences of the sea and marine research at national, European, and international level.

About Professor Mário Ruivo

Professor Mário Ruivo is a trained biologist (Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 1950), specialized in Biological Oceanography and Management of Marine Living Resources (University of Paris Sorbonne, Laboratoire Arago: 1951-54). He was Director of the Division of Aquatic Resources and the Environment of the Department of Fisheries of FAO (1961-74), and participated in United Nations Conference on Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972). He was also Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO (1980-89) where he was elected Vice-President in 2003, and Invited Professor at the University of Porto / ICBAS (Course Policy and Management of Ocean). He is currently the President of the National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS) and President of the Intersectorial Oceanographic Commission of the Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher Education COI/MCTES. Professor Mário Ruivo has received numerous awards, the last of which was in 2010 when he was proclaimed Doctor "Honoris Causa" by the University of Azores, in recognition of his career achievements.

Participation Criteria

The Participants must be a student or a student team, with an age range from 12 to 18 years old - Junior category or, with an age range from 18 to 21 years old - Senior category. In the case of minors of age an Adult Advisor is required.
All Movies must be European, i.e. made in a European Country.
The Movies must be completed within the Qualifying Period. Entry forms must be fully completed, signed, and, together with a standard DVD, posted to EurOcean no later than 25th March 2012.
Only Movies on the following allowed file types: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, FLV, WMV, AVI, MP4, MOV, will be accepted.
The Movie must have a maximum size of 700 MB.
Movies should be no longer than 15 minutes in length.

Rules and Regulations

When applying for the Prize please be sure you understand and agree with Rules and Regulations of the Prize. Please check the information here

Entry Form

Entry forms must be fully completed, signed, and, together with a standard DVD, posted to EurOcean no later than 25th March 2012. Please submit your Entry Form and DVD to: EurOcean- European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology Avenida Dom Carlos I, 126-7° 1249-074 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

Download the Entry Form here (Individual Applications)

Download the Entry Form here (Team Applications)

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