EnteKochi Design Competition

This competition’s aim is to generate a range of ideas that can be presented as alternate visions for the canal and its surroundings through a participatory approach. The submitted documents cannot be returned. The participants of the competition declare to agree by submitting the competition entry that the contributions can be published in different media. Shortlisted entries will be summarized in a public exhibition. Authors retain copyright for their work. However, all submissions become the property of the GIZ, which has the right to publish all or any part of the submitted material.

By entering the competition and ticking the box marked ‘Submit’ on the Website application form, Participants agree to be bound by the following Terms & Conditions:

1. Registration and submission of entries imply acceptance of the copyright conditions as follows:
Copyright in all submitted material remains with the authors of the submission, but submissions are made on the explicit understanding that the organizers are free to publish and exhibit the contents of the submission, and advocate, adapt/amalgamate any of the ideas in parts or full, provided the authorship of the ideas is at all times appropriately acknowledged, and in all cases without compensation, regardless of whether the authors have been declared as winners or not. No compensation can be sought only by the virtue of participating in the said competition.

2. GIZ reserve all the legal rights to reject any proposal. A proposal will be excluded
from participation under the following conditions:
—If it is not sent within the deadline.
—This is an anonymous competition and the 6-character unique identity code is the only means of identification. The name of participants should neither appear on the plates nor as part of the file names as this will result in disqualification and exclusion from the competition.
—Participants who try to contact members of the jury will be disqualified.
—For example, the documentation does not comply with the requirements;
—Entry is open to all persons except Jury panelists, Steering Committee, Technical Committee, the organizers, their immediate families, or business partners.

3. The Submission Proposal must not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any third party. This includes the use of third-party trademarks, images, and/or copyright.

4. Participants accept that the Website is offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis. The Organizers do not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of software viruses or bugs or other defects.

5. The organizers do not have full control over and disclaim all responsibility or, any content which Participants may encounter, or events which may occur as a result of any Participant’s use of the Website, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the organizers shall not be liable for any damages or other losses of any type whatsoever incurred by Participants as a result of their use of the Website.

6. Implementation of the winning entries is the sole discretion of the authorities involved. There is no legal claim to contract value or corresponding assets.

7. The Organizers reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Competition and these Terms and Conditions in the event of any unforeseen circumstances arising outside their reasonable control.