The DoingMyPart.Coop contest will run from August 12, 2010, at 00:01 (Eastern Daylight Time) until November 7, 2010, at 23:59 (Eastern Standard Time).
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
To take part in the DoingMyPart.Coop contest, participants must make a video clip or write an essay illustrated by a photo(s) that explains how they are doing their part in their school, community, family or elsewhere and how this enables them to put into practice one or more of the cooperative values (democracy, equality, equity, solidarity, mutual aid). Participants must ensure that they meet the contest eligibility criteria.
Each entry must be made by an individual. Group entries will not be accepted.
Entry content may be in French (100%) or in English (100%).
To be eligible, the video clips and essays with photo(s), and the entry forms, must be completed and registered on the contest web site before November 7, 2010 at 23:59.
The video clips, essays and entry forms become the property of DID and will not be returned to the participants.
ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS
To be eligible to enter the DoingMyPart.Coop contest, participants must be between the age of 18 and 30 at the time of registration, and be Canadian citizens, residing in Canada, and members of a cooperative. 9. Each participant who chooses to submit a video clip must respect the following conditions:
Each participant who chooses to submit a video clip must respect the following conditions:
Produce a video clip lasting between one (1) and two (2) minutes, without exceeding two (2) minutes.
Record the video clip in a file that respects the following parameters:
Format: MPEG4
Resolution: 640 × 480
Audio quality: 128 kbps
Maximum size: 100 M
Upload the video clip to the contest web site using the link provided in the entry form.
Send a copy of the video clip on a CD to the following address:
DoingMyPart.Coop contest
150, rue des Commandeurs
Lévis, Québec (Canada)
G6V 6P8
Have a copy of the release form signed by each individual appearing in the video clip and send it to concours@did.qc.ca before November 7, 2010 at 23:59. The form must also be completed by any participating musicians. The release form can be requested by telephone from the person in charge of the contest at DID at (418) 835-2401, extension 5796. The completed form can be sent by fax to (418) 833-0742.
The video clip may be produced entirely in French or entirely in English.
Each participant who chooses to submit an essay with photo(s) must respect the following conditions:
Write an essay of between 300 and 450 words, without exceeding 450 words (as counted by the word counter integrated into the entry form on the contest web site).
Paste your text into the space provided on the contest web site (in the entry form).
Paste your photo(s) into the space provided on the contest web site (in the entry form).
The essay may be written entirely in French or entirely in English.
The quality of the video clips and photos is not an evaluation criteria of major importance. Although a minimum quality is required in order to ensure that the message is understood, participants are not required to present a professional quality video clip or photo(s).
Participants who submit a video clip to this contest declare and guarantee that they own all rights that they are ceding, and that it is an original work and free from any claim. This includes rights related to works by third parties and performer’s rights. Participants also declare and guarantee that the video clip does not infringe on the rights of any third party, in particular the right of privacy and right of publicity, and does not contain any libelous elements.
By entering this contest, the participant grants DID an exclusive licence authorizing DID to make the video clip or essay with photo(s) available to the public on the contest web site from December 8, 2010 to January 9, 2011. This will make it possible for the general public to vote for the works posted.
If the participant wins a prize as part of this contest, the participant authorizes DID to use the work submitted (video clip or essay with photo) on a non-exclusive basis along with their name, initials, photograph, visual representation, text, statements, biographical information, voice, and indication of city and province of residence worldwide, indefinitely and in all forms of media, currently known, or developed in the future, without additional authorization and free of charge.
DID reserves the right to refuse any video clip or essay with photo(s) that it deems unacceptable or offensive, or that does not respect the theme of this contest or the technical parameters, or who’s content is false or grossly inexact.
An individual may submit only one entry to this contest.
No purchase is required.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Between November 15 and November 30 of 2010, a jury will view and evaluate each of the eligible video clips. The jury will be composed of representatives from DID and the contest partners. The jury will make a preselection of the five (5) best video clips and the five (5) best essays with photo(s).
The members of the jury will evaluate each video clip and each essay with photo(s) based on the four (4) following criteria:
Relevance to the contest theme (15%)
Pertinence of the subject and clarity of the message (60%). The participant clearly presents:
the cause or the organization or the project or the individuals with which they are collaborating (15%)
the nature of their involvement or contribution to this cause, organization or project (15%)
how their involvement is tied to cooperative values: democracy, equality, equity, solidarity, mutual aid (15%)
their personal motivation for their involvement, etc.) (15%)
Respect for eligibility conditions (10%): the participant respects the format parameters for the video clip or essay with photo(s) (see Articles 9 and 10 in the contest rules).
Quality of language (15%): vocabulary and syntax in all presentations; pronunciation in video clips and spelling in essays
ATTRIBUTION OF PRIZES
The 10 individuals selected by the jury will automatically be designated as contest finalists. Between November 28 and December 3, 2010, DID will communicate with each of these 10 finalists using the contact information provided in the registration form. Each of the 10 finalists must reply to DID by December 3, 2010 at 5 p.m. at the latest (Eastern Standard Time) to confirm that they have been informed that they have been selected as finalists and that their video clip, or essay with photo(s), will be posted on the contest web site for the vote by the general public. This communication will also enable DID to inform each of the 10 finalists of the prizes they have won and the procedure for claiming them.
DID reserves the right to remove a finalist from the list of 10 finalists if this individual does not reply to DID by December 3, 2010.
Between December 8, 2010 and January 9, 2011, the video clips and essays with photo(s) of the 10 finalists will be posted on the contest web site (www.Jefaismapart.Coop and www.Doingmypart.Coop) to enable the general public to vote for the two grand prize winners.
Between December 8, 2010 and January 9, 2011, the general public will be invited to vote on the contest web site for their favourite video clip and their favourite essay with photo(s). Voters must identify themselves by providing their email address. Only one vote (for a video clip and for an essay with photo) may be made from an email address.
The two grand prize winners will be designated at the conclusion of a democratic procedure, the vote by the general public. The participant whose video clip receives the most votes and the participant whose essay with photo(s) receives the most votes will be named the two grand prize winners.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIZES
The 10 finalists will win a selection of gifts offered by DID and the contest partners. The prizes are: a book about microfinance, a travel book about Vietnam, a Coopsco gift certificate valued at $50 offered by the FQCMS and a water bottle with the DID logo. The prizes offered have a total value of approximately $125 per person.
The two grand prize winners of this contest will each also win the grand prize consisting of an international development educational tour lasting a maximum of 10 days in Vietnam. The prize includes the flight, lodging, transfers, visas, three meals per day, the cost of cancellation insurance, taxes and the services of the resource persons who will welcome each of the two winners in Vietnam. The total value of the two tours is CAN $15,000 (all taxes paid). Each of the two winners will assume costs related to obtaining a passport, health insurance and any other personal expenses (ex: vaccines).
The country of destination for the awareness tour and the promotional items that are the secondary prizes are at the discretion of DID or, where applicable, its partners, and are subject to change.
The names of the 10 finalists, and their video clips or essays with photo(s), will be posted on the contest web site during International Development Week (February 6 to 12, 2011). The essays may also be used in various media promoting the contest winners.
OTHER CONDITIONS
No correspondence will be entered into with contestants other than that mentioned in Article 20.
With regard to the international development and education tours, no transfer, exchange, or partial or full monetary compensation will be allowed. The tours shall be made within the year following the awarding of the prizes, in function of the availability of the winners and host partners. Any default in undertaking the tour within the prescribed time limit shall free DID and its partners from any responsibility or obligation in relation to a winner.
In the case of prizes provided by the contest partners, no transfer, exchange, or partial or full monetary compensation will be allowed.
Contest organizers reserve the right to withdraw any contest entry deemed not to comply with eligibility requirements.
Winners shall release DID and its partners of all responsibility as to loss or damages of any nature whatsoever that could occur during the awarding, acceptance and/or use of their prizes.
If the contest organizers are unable to award a prize in accordance with the rules, for any reason beyond their control and unrelated to the winner, they shall agree to award a prize of a similar nature and of equal or higher value.
This contest is open to all Canadian citizens aged 18 to 30, residing in Canada, and member of a cooperative, excluding all administrators and employees of DID, CIDA and the FQCMS, and members of their immediate families through blood relationship, marriage or adoption and all persons living in the same household with such administrators or employees. To be eligible, contestants must be at least 18 years of age and no older than 30 at the time of entering the contest.
All video clips and essays with photo(s) submitted to the contest, and any documents submitted with them, become the property of DID which may use them at its discretion.
DID may use for promotional purposes, at its discretion and without compensation, all information submitted for identifying the winners such as photographs, their image, spoken remarks, place of residence or statements made by them when prizes are awarded.
By entering this contest, contestants agree to these contest rules. All decisions made by representatives of DID, or where applicable its partners, with respect to this contest shall be final and without appeal.
Any false statement or refusal to meet the requirements of the contest by a contestant shall automatically result in disqualification from the contest.
The winners of previous editions of the DID DoingMyPart.Coop contest are not eligible for the prizes offered in this year’s contest.
For the purposes of these rules, a contestant shall be the person whose name is given when registering. This contest is governed exclusively by Canadian law regardless of any conflict in jurisdiction. By entering the contest, each contestant fully and irrevocably acknowledges the jurisdiction of courts in Quebec, Canada. This contest shall be considered null and void where prohibited by law or where the law sets additional or conditions other than those prescribed in these contest rules and it is incumbent on each contestant to make all necessary efforts to meet the applicable eligibility requirements for the contest.
Claudine Turcotte, Catherine St-Pierre, Caroline Simard, David Emmanuel Hatier, Hélène Munger and Dany Richard
Winners of the 5th annual DoingMyPart.Coop contest (2010-2011)
“It transformed us!” That is how David Emmanuel Hatier and Caroline Simard described their awareness tour in Vietnam from June 10 to 19 as the grand prize winners of the fifth annual DoingMyPart.Coop contest organized by Développement international Desjardins (DID).
They were accompanied by two board members and two employees from Desjardins cooperatives: Hélène Munger, a young board member with the Caisse Desjardins des Chutes de Montmorency, Dany Richard, a young board member with the Caisse Desjardins d’Aylmer, Claudine Turcotte, cooperative development advisor at the Caisse Desjardins du Lac-Memphrémagog and Catherine St-Pierre, a teller at the Caisse Desjardins des Verts-Sommets de l'Estrie. These four participants were chosen from participating Desjardins cooperatives.
Mathieu Ouellette, Marie-Claude Lépine, Pierre Gauthier, Francyn Laquerre and Alexandra Boilard (missing in this photo - Martine Sirois) Winners of the 3rd annual DoingMyPart.Coop contest (2008-2009)
To set foot in Africa, meet with Burkinans who are employees or directors of local financial cooperatives, exchange ideas with Canadian international aid workers, soak up the local culture... these were a few of the goals that Pierre, Marie-Claude, Alexandra, Francyn, Mathieu and Martine set for themselves before their departure for an awareness tour in Burkina Faso which took place from May 21 to May 30, 2010. Organized by Développement international Desjardins (DID), which has been involved in microfinance support projects in this country since 1972, the tour transformed their project into an experience they will not soon forget...
Richard Archambault (on the right) with two delegates from the Desjardins financial cooperatives (Karine Bernard and Nancy Soulières)
Winners of the 3rd annual DoingMyPart.Coop contest (2008-2009)
At the heart of this mission: discovering the microfinance sector, which occupies an important place in the financial milieu of many countries, and the role and contribution of Desjardins to the financial sector, whether in the capital, Mexico City, Guadalajara or Huasteca, a rural region in the east of the country.
On the menu: visits to Mexican financial cooperatives, meetings with representatives of the federations of savings and credit cooperatives and discussions with members, employees and managers of the cooperatives.
« I had already traveled in Mexico," notes Richard Archambault, "but this time I discovered a brand new facet. It surprised me to learn that access to credit was difficult for Mexicans, and that when it was available the interest rates were very high in the banks, as high as 30%. In my opinion, the savings and credit cooperatives that we visited are a tangible alternative for meeting the challenge of access to basic financial services. ».
At the end of their trip, Richard, Karine and Nancy returned to Québec with a new feeling of pride. Richard mentions a discussion that the three had: « Before learning about DID and discovering the nature of its support to the microfinance sector in Mexico, I would have had a hard time saying what the difference was between Desjardins and Canadian banks – or in other words, how the cooperative nature of my financial institution was an advantage for me. Now, the difference is very clear! »
Sarah Kelly and Mike Lafleur
Winners of the 2nd annual DoingMyPart.Coop contest (2007-2008)
This is what Mike Lafleur wrote in his trip diary, on returning from Tanzania:
“When John F Kennedy famously said “a rising tide can lift all boats,” he wasn’t talking about economic development in Africa. Yet his sentiments apply very nicely to microcredit.
During my stay in Tanzania, I had the opportunity to visit several financial cooperatives throughout Dar es Salaam and hear from members and staff about their successes and challenges first hand. Members proudly shared their stories of how their businesses grew leading to subsequent loans and increased profits. Staff members in turn spoke to the steady growth of members and savings while printing off the latest reports from their desktop computers.
In a country struggling with fraud and corruption, the network of financial cooperatives was indeed acting as the ‘rising tide’ as they continue to lead the way to sustainable development through good governance, committed leadership, technological advancements, training and education and social responsibility.”
Marie-Hélène Dufour and Jean-Sébastien Dufresne
Winners of the 1st DoingMyPart.Coop contest (2006-2007)
This international development awareness tour was offered by DID to the grand prize winners. It enabled Marie-Hélène and Jean-Sébastien to travel to the capital Asunción where they visited four cooperative financial institutions belonging to the CENCOPAN network to which DID microfinance experts-advisors provided technical assistance.
In her trip diary, Marie-Hélène noted that she learned the importance, when providing support to developing countries, of adapting both the process and resources to the local needs of the financial sector in the country being supported.
"Visiting the CENCOPAN financial cooperatives, I learned a great deal about microfinance, how it operates and its impact, which is significant. In addition, I was able to see the tangible effects of Desjardins activities in Paraguay on the development of microfinance."
Marie-Hélène and Jean-Sébastien, who were already involved in international development projects, had the opportunity to add to their experience and open themselves to new realities in the sector.
In her journal, Marie-Hélène expressed it in these words: "What I have learned, are methods for intervention that I could replicate in development projects in Québec and abroad. Even if my projects will be mainly in the health sector, because I am studying medicine, certain concepts concerning interaction between cultures remain applicable. Especially since I believe that the accessibility of health care is very often closely linked to the accessibility of financial resources."
