Cultural Innovation International Prize

Introduction

The Cultural Innovation International Prize is a biennial competition organised by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona(hereafter CCCB) with the aim of incentivising projects that explore the potential cultural scenarios of the coming years through research and practice. The first call for entries ties in with the 20th anniversary of the CCCB and is being held in partnership with Audiences Europe Network, a working platform that brings together cultural institutions and organisations from different European countries with the aim of fostering reflection on audiences in the sphere of culture.

Call for entries and subject of the prize

Each call for entries will propose a theme for the competing projects to work on. The chosen theme for the first call for entries for 2014-2015 is AUDIENCE/S:

In recent years, there has been ongoing research in the cultural sphere into ways of adapting to the changes experienced by the concept of the «audience»: What do we understand today by audience/s at cultural centres, museums and similar spaces? What is the meaning of this concept at a time when the borders between physical and virtual space are being diluted, intermixed or blurred? Has the classic paradigm, according to which the audience followed and, at best, took part in the initiatives of centres and museums from a secondary position, been altered? Which new models are currently being applied to this sphere? What are the real needs of these new audiences? Do centres and museums satisfy them? What innovations could they introduce in order to fulfil their mission? What changes are necessary in order to meet the challenge of audience/s over the coming years?

Entrants for the Prize are required to submit a project that will create, produce and/or feature cultural contents. The format, subject and/or management methods must provide an innovative response to these or other related questions. The projects submitted must have a theoretical basis and present an analysis of their specific sphere of intervention, according to the guidelines set out in point 8- Requisite documents.

Conditions of entry

The following persons are eligible to enter for the Prize:

Natural persons aged 18 or over living in any country, regardless of nationality. They can submit an entry individually or as a group. In the latter case, the group must appoint a representative in writing should they be selected for the Prize.
Legal persons: not-for-profit associations, cooperatives, foundations and organisations from any country. They must appoint a representative in writing should they be selected for the Prize.

The following persons are not eligible to enter the Prize:

Employees of the CCCB, partners and the sponsor of the Prize, members of the jury and the technical commission appointed by the CCCB.
For-profit businesses or organisations.

Only one project per natural person (or group) or legal person can be submitted.  

Entries will not be accepted after the registration and submission deadline, as set out in point 5- Calendar.

The projects submitted must be previously unpublished. All entrants guarantee that they are the authors or owners of the project, that it is an original work, and they hold all the necessary intellectual property rights in order to submit an entry for the Prize. They also guarantee that they have received permission from the persons featured in the project or third parties who have produced any of its contents (graphics, audiovisuals and others).

By submitting their project, the authors or rights holders undertake not to withdraw it from the competition.

Entries that do not comply with the submission guidelines shall be disqualified.

Prize

The winning entrant –project author, authors or rights holders– will receive 10,000 € in prize money. This amount is subject to the tax deductions established by the law currently in force. The prize money will be paid by bank transfer only, following the deduction of tax (where appropriate).

In the case of group submissions, the payment will be made to the appointed representative of said group who will be responsible for paying the other members, thereby exempting the CCCB from this responsibility.

The CCCB reserves the right to choose whether to carry out the project, or not, within a two-year period. The decision will be taken by the CCCB, and the winner informed no later than six months after the Prize has been awarded.

Calendar

1st october 2014:
Publication of the rules and terms and conditions of entry; the call for entries opens.

1st october 2014 – 5th february 2015:
Registration and submission period.

6th february– 14th may 2015:
Evaluation of the projects by the technical commission and jury.

15th may – 15th june 2015:
The jury makes its decision and notifies the representative of the winning project. The award ceremony takes place. (*)

Project selection process and composition of the jury

Only those projects that comply with the terms and conditions of entry shall be accepted. A technical commission designated by the CCCB will read all the projects that have been accepted, write a report about each one and select ten shortlisted entrants. The ten projects will be submitted to a jury specialising in the field of the call for entries and they will select the winning project. The jury can declare the prize null and void or choose a joint prize-winner.

The jury shall be appointed at the discretion of the CCCB. Its decisions, including the selection of the winning entrant/s, will be adopted by a simple majority. The jury's deliberations will not be disclosed. The CCCB shall not be accountable for the opinions expressed by the jury or any of its members, before or after the final decision, with regard to any of the projects presented, without prejudice to the contents of the final outcome of the competition. The CCCB will act as the secretariat and appoint the secretary who will assist the jury and draw up the minutes of the sessions during the project selection process.

Selection criteria

The jury will award the prize to the most innovative project based on the following criteria:

• Originality of the proposal. The project must show outstanding "innovative" qualities, in absolute terms, or bring together, for the first time, established themes, genres, formats or management models.
• Conceptual and methodological rigour. The project must be underpinned by a coherent theoretical framework and the appropriate tools and methods must be used in its proposed implementation. The project must also demonstrate it can provide the solutions to the problems and questions raised.
• Innovations in ways of relating to the audience. Special consideration will be given to those proposals that resignify and transform the conventional ways museums and cultural centres relate to the community by bringing new ways of making an increasingly active and participative audience an integral part of their dynamics for creating, managing and distributing contents.
• Cross-cutting interventions and methods. Special consideration will be given to those proposals that express a desire to incorporate, into the cultural sphere, processes, methods and dynamics that are characteristic of other fields and disciplines that may enrich and facilitate the relationship between cultural institutions and the community.
• Social impact of the project. Special consideration will be given to those proposals that are underpinned by a desire to serve the audience and geared to narrowing the existing gaps in the socio-cultural sphere and which encourage the use and care of (physical and virtual) community spaces.
• Project viability. The project presented must be economically and organisationally viable.

Requisite documents

The projects must be submitted as a pdf file. The document must be in English, Spanish or Catalan (60, A4-size pages maximum, 11pt Arial or Helvetica font, 1.15 line spacing). The document may include images, tables or other graphic content. The document must contain the following sections:

1. Cover, featuring the following:

«Cultural Innovation International Prize. Call for entries 2014- 2015: Audience/s»

Title of the project being submitted.

Name and surname of the project author, authors or rights holders: natural persons.

Name of the organisation or group under which the authors of the project are working (where applicable).

Name and surname of the representative or contact person –the same one featured on the online registration form for the Prize– in the case of joint authorship or ownership.

Project, set out in the following sections:

2.1 Project summary of no more than two pages.

2.2 Theoretical framework. Rationale behind the project within the subject area "Audience/s", as set out in point 1- Call for entries and subject of the Prize. This section should include, at least:

Analysis and diagnosis of the current situation in the specific sphere of intervention of the project.
Objectives. A clear explanation of the overall and specific aims of the project.
Related bibliography and online resources.

2.3 Section detailing the proposal. Definition of a project that will create, produce and/or feature cultural contents that will provide a practical answer to the points set out in the theoretical framework. This section should include, at least:

Detailed description of the project.
Necessary personnel and technical resources.
Working schedule.
Itemised budget.

Supplementary documents:

Entrants can also submit a video to make it easier to understand specific aspects of the projects, such as how to use websites or mobile apps or any prototype or model which can be presented audiovisually. We will acceptmp4 video files, of no more than 30 Mb with a running time of about 3 minutes.

Detailed instructions about how to submit entries are given in the document Registrationguide.pdf, which can be downloaded from the following link: www.innovationcccb.org/registration.

Registration process

Registration for the competition is free of charge. Online entries only using the form available at www.innovationcccb.org/registration. Entries submitted by post, courier service or delivered by hand to the CCCB will not be accepted.

The registration process consists of two parts:

1. User registration: Entrants must register as a user and provide a valid e-mail address. They will receive a confirmation e-mail which will allow them access to the registration form which they will use to submit the project. 

2. Registration form: Once the user has registered, they will be directed to the form where they will fill in details about the authorship of the project, appoint a representative for the authors and present the project, complying with the specifications given in point 8- Requisite documents.

Only one project can be presented per person or group in each call for entries. The registration and submission process will commence on 1st October 2014 and end on 5th February 2015 (at 7pm Central European Time). The online registration form can be altered and filled in as many times as the user wishes within this time period.

Detailed instructions about the registration process are given in the document Registrationguide.pdf, which can be downloaded from the following link: www.innovationcccb.org/registration.

Reproduction and distribution rights

The author, authors or rights holders of the winning project, grant the organisers of the Prize the exclusive intellectual property rights to the project, throughout the world and for the maximum period allowed by law, as well as the image rights of the people who may appear therein, so that the project can be published by digital media and online or in the organisers' printed matter or in any media. More specifically, the winning entrant/s transfer the rights of reproduction, distribution, public communication and transformation, including the translation of the project into any other language.

Entrants whose projects have been shortlisted, grant the organisers of the Prize the non-exclusive intellectual property rights to the project, throughout the world and for the maximum period allowed by law, as well as the image rights of the people who may appear therein, so that the project can be published by digital media and online or in the organisers' printed matter or in any media. More specifically, the shortlisted entrants transfer the rights of reproduction, distribution, public communication and transformation, including the translation of the project into any other language.

The CCCB reserves the right to choose whether to carry out the project, or not, within a two-year period. The decision will be taken by the CCCB, and the project author, authors or rights holders will be informed no later than six months after the Prize has been awarded. The author, authors or rights holders undertake to respect this decision and enter into the contract with the commission or advisory committee to carry out the project, if appropriate.

Data protection

The details provided by the participants will be treated in accordance with the provisions of the Organic Law on the Protection of Personal Data (LOPD 15 / 1999, of 13th December) and, where appropriate, will be stored in an automated archive, owned by the CCCB, which is registered with the Spanish Data Protection Agency. The details provided will, under no circumstances, be disclosed to third parties other than the CCCB.

The CCCB will establish the technical and organisational measures necessary to guarantee the security of the automated archive, data processing centres, venues, equipment, systems, programmes and people who may be involved in the automated processing of personal details according to the established laws and regulations.

In accordance with Organic Law 15/1999, of 13th December, affected parties may exercise their right to access, rectify, contest and/or cancel the personal data. They can do so by:

Letter addressed to: CCCB - General Register, c/ Montalegre, 5, 08001 Barcelona.
E-mail to: info@cccb.org with the subject heading «Exercise of rights LOPD».

They must clearly specify their name and surname and include a copy of their ID card, passport or tax identification number.

If the entrant's details change, they should contact the organisers so that their files can be updated.

Dispute resolution and jurisdiction

If there any questions, discrepancies, claims or issues arising directly or indirectly from the interpretation or execution of the present rules, terms and conditions, the parties involved expressly waive any other code of law that might pertain to them and agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals of Barcelona.