Skills in Action Photo Competition 2024

What can I win?

• The winners of the Skills in Action Photo Competition will receive the following prizes:
  • 1st prize – 750 USD
  • 2nd prize – 500 USD
  • 3rd prize – 350 USD
• Winning photographers and finalists will receive a certificate, and their entries will be featured on the UNESCO-UNEVOC website and across various social media platforms. All submissions received will become the property of UNESCO-UNEVOC and will be eligible for use in future UNESCO-UNEVOC media campaigns, publications and promotional material.

What should my photo show?

• Photos should highlight innovative aspects of technical and vocational education and training (TVET).
• They want you to capture interesting moments showcasing how TVET is equipping young people with skills for the future. This year’s competition theme is TVET for a just and sustainable future for all and submissions should focus on one or more of the following:
  • Lifelong learning: photos highlighting how people of all ages continue acquiring skills through formal, non-formal and informal learning.
  • Equity and inclusion: photos highlighting that skills learning is for all regardless of gender, ethnicity, nationality and social status (such as belonging to lower income household or disadvantaged groups, being a migrant or a refugee).
  • Green and digital transformation: photos highlighting the digitalization of skills and/or resource efficient technologies or processes that reduce waste and minimise the environmental impact of human action.
  • Artificial intelligence (AI): photos highlighting how the power of AI is harnessed to further the efficiency of education and training. These can also be photos that highlight the importance of having AI skills to boost the efficiency of their vocational profession.
  • Innovation and excellence: photos demonstrating the adoption of innovative principles, processes, and skills ensuring high quality output and efficiency in their respective field of work/study.
  • Career guidance: photos highlighting the services which help people of any age to manage their careers and to make the educational and occupational choices that are meaningful for them.
  • Global citizenship education: photos demonstrating skills and knowledge helping to build more peaceful, tolerant, inclusive and secure societies.

Do’s and Dont’s

• Do’s
  • Decide your thematic area(s) of focus. This will ensure that your entry will not be filtered out for not adhering to the themes.
  • Use a camera that can output high-resolution photos with a minimum of 3000 pixels on the longest side with 300 DPI/PPI setting. Exempted from this are photos taken using mobile phones in the highest resolution (the acceptance of the entry is based on the quality and is subject to the decision).
  • Ensure that you have the approval/consent of the people in the picture, especially if the focus is on a single person. You are encourage to use this form. UNESCO will not be deemed responsible for the failure of the photographer to acquire consent of his/her model.
  • You can make simple edits to the photo but these need to be specified in the form.
• Dont’s
  • Don’t submit an entry of a photo collage (multiple photos on one frame).
  • Don’t put watermarks, signatures or any overlays on your picture.
  • Don’t send pictures that are not related to any of the thematic areas.

Am I eligible to participate?

• You are eligible to participate as long as:
  • you are at least 18 years old.
  • you are the owner or copyright holder of the photo entry/entries.

For more information, visit UNESCO.