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Notice of convocation

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States is pleased to announce the opening of a Public Contest to select an official logo to mark the “Inter-American Year of the Fight against Corruption.”

This Contest is being held pursuant to OAS General Assembly resolution AG/RES. 2071 (XXXV-O/05), in which the member states declared 2006 to be the “Inter-American Year of the Fight against Corruption,” in the framework of the Follow-up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC).

The winning logo may be used by the member states, organs, agencies, and entities of the OAS, as well as by institutions involved in activities marking the year’s observance and in other activities associated with it, within their sphere of competence.

Requirements for participation

The convocation to take part in the Contest is addressed to nationals of OAS member states. Participants should be over 18 years of age and either undergraduates or postgraduates in architecture, art, or graphic design.

Participants must submit a certificate of enrolment in an officially registered academic institution in one of the 34 OAS member states.

Presentation and dispatch of logos

• Only one design per participant will be accepted.
   

• The dimensions must be 8” x 8” (eight inches by eight inches).
   

• The designs may be created in the following programs:
  PC: QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Fireworks, and Corel Draw.
  MAC: QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Fireworks, and Corel Draw.
   

• Color images in continuous tone or shades of grey must have a resolution of 300 to 400 dpi/ppi (dots per inch/pixels per inch). Bitmap images must be at least 300 dpi. Images in bitmap format, such as scans, photographs, or designs created using Photoshop must be saved as tif, eps, or the Photoshop format psd. JPEG (jpg) files must be saved with maximum JPEG quality (300 dpi).
   

• Color: Colors must be specified as “Spot” or “4-color Process” (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black, CMYK). “Spot” colors should be taken from Pantone-coasted or HKS-coated (glossy) color systems. “Spot” colors used in the design that are to be printed using the “4-color Process” should be converted to their CMYK equivalent unless they are to be printed using additional colors. Colors defined in Red-Green-Blue (RGB) mode must be converted into the CMYK mode.
   

• Indentation and trim marks: The design should stretch ⅛” (3.2 mm) beyond the trim marks (or final size) of the logo. The trim marks should be placed just outside the indented area, showing where the printing area ends.
   

• Printing area and margins: Keep all text at least ¼” (6.4 mm) inside the final trimmed area. The use of borders or lines (as part of the design) parallel to the logo trim margins is not recommended, because the slightest variation in the printing position could be noticeable. If an outside line is to be used, it should be placed at least ¼” (6.4mm) or more away from the edge of the logo. If a solid border or indentation border has to be used outside the edge of the logo, it must be at least ¼” (6.4mm) thick.

• The color prints and CD of the design (both are required) should be mailed to:

Mariana Tarzia
Organization of American States
Office of External Relations & Resources Mobilization
17th St. & Constitution Ave., NW. MNB- 110-E
Washington, D.C. 20006
USA

Cut-off date for reception of designs and announcement of the winning logo

The cut-off date for the reception of designs shall be midnight on February 15, 2006, Washington D.C. time.

The winner of the Contest will be contacted by phone or e-mail and the official announcement will be posted on the website of the Organization of American States (www.oas.org) on March 10, 2006.

Award

An interdisciplinary panel will examine the designs received. The designer of the winning logo will be invited by the Organization of American States, with all travel expenses paid, to attend the Conference of States Parties of MESICIC, to be held in the second quarter of 2006, in Washington, D.C. The winning logo will be presented at that Conference and its designer will receive a plaque in recognition of his or her design.