Web Competitions Quizzes, surprises and interesting lessons are shared in the Fly Higher Member Club! Competition 3 Portraits of Aeronautic women- essay competition Stories of space girls! Do you like writing? Do you like letting your imagination fly? This is your opportunity to show the rest of the world your great talent. Send us an essay about an aeronautic woman, a girl who can pilot planes, or female astronaut. If you get to the final you will be very popular not only among your friends and in your school but also in others schools around Europe you are playing with. Age Scope: This activity is open to 6 to 16-year-olds. Language: English, Spanish, Dutch, French or Portuguese. Objective: Attracting more young women in Aeronautic careers and achieve the essential accomplishment towards gender equality and social justice. Increase of the number of girls in scientific career paths, which is explicitly linked with the Lisbon Strategy objectives. Increase motivation and encourage the interest of girls to engage in the field of Aeronautics for both science-related subjects and gender-sensitive educational and career/vocational guidance. Procedure: Candidates can email the essay to flyhigher@inovamais.eu. Instructions for sending can be consulted at www.flyhigher.eu/childrenyouth The essay shall include at least one aeronautic or aerospace woman character.the essays could be handwritten or typed and can include illustrations. The format of the files should be.doc,.pdf,.jpg,.jpeg or.png. The language of the essay could be in any of those of the members of the FLY HIGHER project: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese or Dutch. There will be a competition for each language. There will be 2 categories: 6-10 and 11-16, and 3 prizes in each category. All the pieces of work will be exhibited and the winners will be announced during the final conference and on the website. Topic: Aeronautics and aerospace, e.g. holiday flight, scenes at an airport, planes flying overhead, etc. Prizes: 3 prizes will be awarded according to the following categories: Most original, Most aviation, Best woman in aviation. All submissions will be exhibited and the winners will be announced in the final conference and in the website. Timeframe: The competition will run from October 2013, simultaneously in all countries until March 2014. Awards will be given in April 2014. Go to: www.flyhigher.eu to participate The school with more participants will be awarded a diploma and its name will be published in the Fly Higher web page.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE Children and youngsters can participate in the competition by accessing in the project websitehttp://www.flyhigher.eu/. It will be mandatory to include the name of the participant, his or her age, country and school. Any technical problems should be reported to flyhigher@inovamais.pt. FLY HIGHER Project will not be liable for any losses resulting from technical problems, whether the fault of FLY HIGHER Project or not. TIMEFRAME: The competition will run in EU countries from October 2013 until March 2014. Awards will be given in April 2014. PRIZE: Three Awards will be given in each competition to: Most original picture: Evaluating creativity and art of the photograph.most creative Artwork. Most aviation: Evaluating the most inspiring and interesting aviation depiction. Most illustrative women presence in aviation: Evaluating the picture which best shows women involved in the field of aeronautics. The award will consist of: To Students: A gift item valued around 50 euros per award, to the Most Original, Most Aviation and Illustrative Woman. Publication of the name and drawing of the winner on the website. Winners will be mentioned in the project final conference. To schools: FLY HIGHER winner certificate for the schools of the winner students. FLY HIGHER winner certificate for the school with the largest number of participants. FLY HIGHER participant certificate for the schools with at least 25 students in the competition.
REQUIREMENTS: The participants must be citizens or legal residents in any country of the EU. All the essays must be related to aeronautics. They should be uploaded in the website or sent through email until the 31st of March 2014 to be valid. The registration to the club is available in the FLY HIGHER website and it is entirely free. COMPETITION PURPOSE: Attract, motivate and encourage young Europeans to embrace future careers in the field of Aeronautics. ACCEPTANCE The Prize must be accepted as provided. The Prize will be awarded to the Winner after 20 days and following all verification checks. Each Prize must be accepted as described in these rules and cannot be transferred to another person. WINNER SELECTION The prize winner will be the person that better show the aviation in relation with the categories under the FLYHIGHER judge s opinion, this expert board will be made by the Fly Higher Project partners. The names of the winners will be published on www.flyhigher.eu in April 2014. The decision of the judges is final. The judges reserve the right to modify the competition rules and/or submission procedures as deemed necessary should a technical issue arise during the competition. The judges reserve the right to make clarifications with regards to the competition rules as deemed necessary. PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS The competition can only be entered and won through the FLY HIGHER website or the fly higher email address flyhigher@inovamais.pt. HOW TO WIN To be declared a Winner of the Contest, Candidates must email or upload the photograph to the Web Platform in any image file format or PDF file. Photographs and photo-collages are accepted. In addition, before being declared a Winner, each Winner, will be required to sign a standard Release and Indemnity Form specific to the Prize confirming understanding,
compliance with and acceptance of the Contest rules and acceptance of the Prize was awarded and a release of all liability satisfactory to FLY HIGHER Project and return the signed form. ELIGIBIILTY The Contest is open only to residents of EU countries. This contest is open from 9 to 16-yearolds during the contest dates. Submission of photographs taken by children below this age range will need an accompanying letter to justify the submission and they will be accepted on a case-by-case basis. PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT TOOLS: The picture could be made by any device able to do so. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY Participants must: (i) Acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules including all eligibility requirements; and (ii) Agree to be bound by the decisions of FLY HIGHER Project, made in FLY HIGHER's sole discretion, which shall be final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. Entrants who have not complied with these Official Rules are subject to disqualification. Participants and/or Winners assume liability for injuries caused, or claimed to be caused by participating in the Contest, or by the acceptance, possession, or use of any prize awarded, including but not limited to claims/damages for personal injury, or property damage. By entering this Contest, the Winner consents to the unlimited reproduction, publication use and distribution of photographs by FLYHIGHER Project in all forms and media, and in all manners including advertising, trade, display, editorial, art, advertisements, video production, exhibitions and website content. DISCLAIMER All entries become the property of FLYHIGHER Project, who shall have no liability for lost, stolen, late, damaged or misdirected entries; for any failure of the website during the promotional period; for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment or software; for failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by FLYHIGHER Project for any reason including, without limitation, on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or
any website, or any combination thereof; or for any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any material in the contest. All entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are ineligible, incomplete, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way. DISCLOSURES Any attempt by an entrant or other individual, to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest, including but not limited to any fraudulent claims, is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, FLYHIGHER Project reserves the right to seek remedies and damages from any such individual, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. A Participant engaging in any of the foregoing activities will be disqualified and will forfeit any Prizes won. RESERVATIONS OF WEB LEGAL EDUCATION FLYHIGHER Project reserves the right to suspend, cancel or modify the Contest at any time. If fraud, technical failures including any network server or hardware failure, viruses, bugs, errors in programming, or any other errors or other causes beyond the control of FLYHIGHER Project corrupt the administration, security, integrity or proper play of the Contest. CONSTRUCTION All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Rules and Regulations, or the rights and obligations of entrant and FLYHIGHER Project in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of Portugal. INVALIDITY The Contest Rules and Regulations and the decisions of FLYHIGHER Project are final and absolute. All ideas submitted become the property of FLY HIGHER Project without payment of any compensation in addition to the Prize award to the Winner. FLYHIGHER Project retains the right, in its absolute discretion, to make substitutions of equivalent kind or value in the event of the unavailability of any component of the selected prize for any reason whatsoever.