NISR, Infographic Competition, 2013

Background and  Competition overview:

Every year in November, the African statistical community celebrates the African Statistics Day (ASD) with the objective of raising public awareness about the importance of statistics in the economic and social development of the continent. The decision of celebrating ASD every year was taken since 1990 by the twenty-fifth session of the United Nations Economic for Africa and the Sixteenth Meeting of African ministers responsible for Economic Planning and development.

In Rwanda, the day will be celebrated on 22nd November 2013 and under the guidance and coordination of the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), the day will be marked with a number of events. It is in this context that , for the second time, NISR is organizing a competition to invite graduate and postgraduate students of educational institutions of higher learning (both public and private) in Rwanda to produce winning static infographics by participating in the NISR Infographic Competition 2013.

‘Infographics’ (or Information Graphics) are graphic, visual representations of data and information. They come extremely handy when it is required to explain complex information, numbers or data rather quickly and effectively. A great infographic can render complicated information easily understandable and engrossing.

Data for the competition:

The focus on inforgraphics should be on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) indicators in connection with other datasets accessible through NISR’s website specifically through DevInfo Rwanda platform – designed and developed as a monitoring tool for tracking the progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) in Rwanda. Microdata if used can be accessed from NADA platform on NISR’s website.

Entry review:

The Judges will review the entries and judge them based on the following criteria:

1.  Relevancy to MDG indicators   ”
2.  Story (The narrative character of the infographic)
3.  Design & Hierarchy (appropriate representation of different data levels, including clear leading piece of data)
4.  Accurate Data Representation
5.  Innovative (Out of the box thinking)
6.  Informative Visualizations (Full on information)
7.  Distinct Point of View (Uniqueness)
8.  Creativity & Originality
9.  Shareability (format, size, openness etc. to be optimum to ease public access)
10.Statistical concepts (Clear statistical understanding)
 
Prizes (Total prize value around  US$ 8,000)

First  prize: Computer: Mac Book Air Notebook Computer from Apple  to each member of the team placed first
Second prize : Ipad to each member of the team placed second
Third prize:  Smart phones : Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 to each member of the team placed third
 
Entry information:

1. Participation in the competition is invited only from teams of 2 to 3 students from the same university (inter-universities teams are not allowed)
2. The teams must be approved by the institution
3. Teams with gender balance are encouraged
4. Only one entry per team is allowed
5. The entries should be in the format of either PDF or images – minimum resolution must be 640 pixels tall or wide, maximum is 3000 pixels tall or wide. Maximum file sizeis 4MBs.
6. A short description (200-300 words) of the infographic with the entry is required
7. All entries should be in English
8. Please ensure that all images in infographic are available under a Creative Commons license or permission has been obtained
9. By entering the competition, the entrants agree to grant permission to NISR to use and reproduce their work, with appropriate acknowledgement
10.Registration of teams and submission of the entries will happen only through NISR website
11.Top 15 entries will be recognized and showcased on the NISR’s website and at the venue of award ceremony. The teams are expected to present their work to the audiences.  

Important dates:

1. Registration of teams with NISR by October 29th , 2013
2. Submission of entries to NISR by November 13th , 2013
3. Notifications to the winners by November 20th , 2013
4. Award/Certificate of recognition will be issued on November 22, 2013

Below are some sample infographics:

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE(PDF)

Submitting entries:

 
 
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