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to celebrate the 1600th anniversary of Venice, an iconic city of the Silk Roads.
Venice, called “Venezia” in respect for its originality, is not only the hometown of the great legendary traveler Marco Polo. It has also been a place where diverse commodities, innovative ideas, thoughts, arts, skills arrive from and disperse to all places along the Silk Roads. It has also been a model by which we can learn how much important the openness and respect to different cultures and the cultural diversity melted in a city as a result are for peaceful coexistence and co-prosperity among people and, eventually, sustainability of civilisation.
Considering all these valuable facts about Venice, a celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the city cannot and should not be confined to its residents and the people of Italy. It is legitimate and essential for all the people who live along the Silk Roads and other areas of the earth and who love Venice and understand the values of the Silk Road legacies for sustainability of civilisations to celebrate the anniversary.
- Video Contest
- T-Shirt Pattern Design Contest
- Essay Contest
We cordially invite all students of the member universities of SUN to participate in the three contests. Students of non-member universities of SUN are invited to the
first two contests: video contest and t-shirt pattern design contest.
The submission deadline for all the contests is 30 June 2022. The prize winners (three for each contest) will be announced by 31 July 2022. The prize winners will be invited to the awards ceremony to be held in Venice from 10 to 12 October 2022. The prize is composed of (1) official certificate of recognition, (2) provision of accommodation (hotel room and meals), and (3) financial support of €300 for air travel.
For more detailed information regarding themes and other details of the contests, please refer to the guidelines available on the official websites of and .
