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After the success of the first edition, Montado de Sobro e Cortiça organizes the Ideas and Creativity Contest again. This second edition is structured in the same way, with four distinct categories: Tourism and Visitation, Forest and Agrifood, Design and New Cork Products, and Fashion. Applications are now open: until April 13, you can apply for the Fashion category, while for the remaining categories you can apply until April 26.
Each participant will have to submit a proposal, corresponding to a category, aimed at promoting and enhancing Cork Oak and Cork Cork with a touch of originality, creativity, and that is, above all, feasible. It is necessary to include in the proposal competitive advantages for the territory and for its products.
After receiving the proposals, a period of analysis and selection of the finalists by category follows. Until April 20, candidates selected from the Fashion category will be contacted and the delivery of cork fabrics will be carried out until April 24. On May 31, the coordinates developed by the finalist designers will be presented at Coruche Fashion Cork, a fashion show taking place within the scope of FICOR 2019. On the same day, the winner will be announced.
Selected participants from the remaining categories will be contacted until May 14th and the presentation of the finalist proposals and the nomination of the winner of each category will take place on June 18th, at the Cork Oak and Cork Observatory.
The objective of the Ideas and Creativity Contest is to contribute to stimulating creativity and entrepreneurship in the EEC PROVERE “Montado de Sobro e Cortiça” territory . In addition, it is intended to promote the promotion of endogenous resources in the region, through the recognition of innovative projects that demonstrate the potential to boost the dynamism of the Cork Oak and Cork Forest.
See the Rules for Participation in the Contest of Ideas and Creativity of the Cork Oak Forest at https://bit.ly/2C7BYwV.