Launch Ad Venture Student Competition 2017 – 2018

The European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA) and its European Institute for Commercial Communications Education (edcom) have launched a call for entries for its tenth annual advertising student competition, Ad Venture, in collaboration with Amnesty International.

Students in the field of commercial communications are challenged to create a communications campaign to inform the public about the issue of the current refugee crisis. The campaign should also inspire Europeans to feel that they personally have a role to play in actively welcoming refugees.

This year’s client, Amnesty International, is a non-governmental organisation focused on human rights with millions of members and supporters around the world. Active since 1961, Amnesty International works with the objective of conducting research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated.

The campaign should address this issue with a focus on positive change and people power, helping to shift the narrative from crisis to action, appealing to people’s values – such as fairness, hospitality, generosity and tolerance. The final goal is to help Amnesty International inspire a movement of people to welcome refugees in their communities, by driving them to visit and join the iWelcome Community website.

 

The submitted entries will be assessed in three rounds by a broad base of judges, comprised of academics, advertising professionals and client representatives from across Europe. The three finalist teams will have the opportunity to present their campaign during the edcom Member’s Meeting in May 2018. The winning team will be rewarded with travel, accommodation and a ticket to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June 2018.

Students can register their teams until 15 December 2017 and should submit their campaigns by 16 March 2018. Please visit our website for more information.

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For further information, please contact:
Pauline De Pelsmacker, Education & Training Manager
Telephone: +32 2 740 07 18
Email: pauline.depelsmacker@eaca.eu

Note for editors
About Ad Venture
Ad Venture is the first Pan-European competition which gives students the opportunity to experience what it is like to work in advertising by creating their own campaign in response to a brief from a real client. The student agencies work on an advertising campaign from October to March by incorporating everything they’ve learned in class and putting their skills to test. Click here for more information.

About EACA
EACA – the European Association of Communications Agencies – The European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA) represents more than 2500 communications agencies and agency associations from 30 European countries that directly employ more than 120 000 people. EACA members include advertising, media, digital, branding and PR agencies.  They create and place adverts and develop brand-building campaigns. Click here for more information.

About edcom
edcom – the European Institute for Commercial Communications Education – was launched by EACA to promote excellence in commercial communications education and research and to encourage exchanges between the European commercial communications sector and academic partners. Click here for more information.

Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally. The NGO is campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all, using research and activism to shine a light on abuses. Amnesty has championed the human rights of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants for decades. They work to make sure governments honour their responsibility to protect their rights, condemning any policies and practices that undermine them. Click here for more information.