What is the role of the teachers in informing children and parents about the competition and copyright?

The participation of the children in the EPO Kids' collaborative art competition is voluntary. This webpage provides all the information teachers need to be able to inform children and parents about the competition and how it functions. We recommend that teachers inform the children and their parents from the outset about their plans to enter the competition. If any information is missing, teachers should contact the EPO by email at 50years@epo.org.

Please note that the original artwork remains the intellectual property of the creators: the children themselves. The EPO will attribute authorship of the entry to the participant(s), referring to the name of the school and the teacher(s) responsible. However, by submitting an entry to the competition, you give permission to the EPO to use the artwork for all the steps involved in the competition and for communication and promotion purposes around the competition.

As the teacher represents the group of children, it is his/her responsibility to obtain the consent of the children and their parents to submit their artwork in the EPO Kid's collaborative art competition.

For further details, please see the section on Intellectual Property in the Terms and Conditions, which you can find in full at the end of the submission form.