Sharjah Sustainability Award
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To promote the partnership principle of the environmental work which constitutes the fundamental pillar in supporting Sharjah’s strategic project for protecting the environment natural resources and preserving its biodiversity, through raising the level of environmental awareness of students by inspiring them to create and implement sustainable solutions to the environmental problems around them in order to build a green environment in a sustainable framework.
A Sustainable Green Environment
To promote and develop the spirit of competition among university students in different sectors and disciplines to produce extraordinary sustainable projects that contribute to the development of a green sustainable learning environment and promote the concept of green economy.
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Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority.
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E.C.E Committee in Sharjah.

1.
Sharjah Education Council.
2.
Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority.
3.
American University in Sharjah
4.
University of Sharjah
5.
Higher Colleges of Technology in Sharjah.
6.
Skyline University College.
7.
Sharjah Education Zone
8.
Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services.
9.
Emirates Association of Portrait Photography.
10.
Sharjah Media Corporation.
11.
Sharjah Media Center.
1. Entrench the principles of sustainable development in the education sector of universities, as one of the most important and largest constituent sector of the society.
2. Activate the environmental education role and its significance in working towards achieving the goals of sustainable development in universities.
3. Mainstreaming the environmental culture concept amongst various sectors of students in all universities.
4. Foster the sense of social environmental responsibility among students through assigning a key role for them in implementing the award project.
5. Activate universities’ activities that are aimed at excellence in the environmental field through stimulating the spirit of competition among universities to create and implement sustainable environmental solutions to protect the environment natural resources and biodiversity.
6. Activate the efforts of spreading the culture of green economy and proper sound relationship with the environment natural systems by universities and communities.

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Appreciation specific standards award granted to students and members of faculty who create innovative and unique environmental projects that met the award terms and criteria.
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The primary focus of the award is to apply a sustainable environmental project which will contribute to the consolidation of the principles of sustainable development in Sharjah.
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The winner will be granted a cash prize, SSA trophy and a certificate of excellence.
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The non-winners will be granted participation certificates.
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Students who are studying the following disciplines:
1.
Art.
2.
Architecture.
3.
Design.
4.
Mass Media
5.
Computer Engineering.
6.
Mass communication.
7.
Environmental Sciences, Biology and Chemistry.
8.
Any other individual participation from other disciplines.
At the following universities in Sharjah:
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American university.
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University of Sharjah.
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Higher colleges of Technology.

Skyline University College.

1 st Domain
The Design of a Smart Application of Information that is related to one of the following themes:
2 nd Domain
A One of the following Desert Park learning centers at EPAA:
 Arabia’s Wildlife Center.
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Natural History & Botanical Museum
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Islamic Botanical garden.
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Kalba Bird of Prey Center.
B The design of an interactive map of the terrestrial environment locations in Sharjah.
The field of Applied Scientific Research on the subject of sustainable solutions to the immediate and urgent environmental problems in Sharjah.
1.
Outstanding student award (for both domains)
2.
Outstanding students’ team award (for both domains)

1.
The applicant (s) should be one of full-time study student enrolled for the current academic year
2015 / 2016.
2.
The applicant (s) can participate in only one domain and one award category.
3.
The projects that are being offered to win the prize should have never been awarded another award before.
4.
The submitted project should be in the framework of the overall award objectives, terms and criteria.
5.
The chosen project’s domain should abide by its specified conditions and criteria.
6.
The winner (s) should submit a development plan that includes a range of performance indicators for the development and continuity and of the winning project based on the award criteria.
7.
The winner agrees to allow EPAA to disseminate the results of the winning applied research on its website and social media.
8.
EPAA reserves the right to benefit and use the winning smart application on site
9.
EPAA, the official award organizer, is not obliged to refund the winning projects.

1 st Domain Conditions
The Design of Smart Application of Information.
Award Categories:
1.
Outstanding student’s award
2.
Outstanding Students’ team award
Description
The award will be granted to the best student and the best team of students who demonstrates excellence and innovation in creating an intelligent application of information aimed at defining and educating a range of community members about :
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One of the Desert Park learning centers.
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Smart location map of the terrestrial environment locations in Sharjah.
1.
The participant (s) should be full-time study student enrolled for the current academic year
2015/2016.
2.
The team should include 4 students only.
3.
The participant (s) should not have previously submitted an application or an applied research of the same content and results for other awards.
4.
The participant(s) should submit a descriptive file that its content is closely related to the chosen theme (smart application, smart location map).

5.
The participant should abide by the award criteria & conditions that are specified for the award domains.
6.
The submitted project should be bilingual
(both in Arabic & English language).
7.
The produced application and map must be the participant’s and advisor’s ownership original creation and they bear full responsibility and accountability.
2 nd Domain
The field of Applied Scientific Research on the subject of sustainable solutions to the immediate and urgent environmental problems in Sharjah.
Award Categories:
1.
Outstanding student’s award
2.
Outstanding Students’ team award
Description
The award will be granted to the best applied scientific research that is done by individual students or team of students on sustainable solutions to the immediate and urgent environmental problems in Sharjah.
1.
The participant (s) should be full-time study student enrolled for the current academic year
2015/2016.
2.
The team should include 4 students only.
3.
The participant (s) should not have previously submitted an applied research of the same title and content for other awards.
4.
The participant(s) should submit a descriptive file about the research.

5.
The participant should abide by the award criteria
& conditions that are specified for the applied research.
6.
The submitted research should be bilingual (both in
Arabic & English language).
7.
The participant (s) should submit the original copy of the research.
8.
The submitted research must be the participant’s and advisor’s ownership original creation and they bear full responsibility and accountability.
All entries will be evaluated by a panel of judges from the Environment and Protected Areas Authority and the collaborative parties. Each project will be evaluated based on its specified criteria. Each of the judging criteria has an associated point value. The total number of points possible for each project is
1000 points.
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st
Quality of content and comprehensiveness in terms of :
1- Clarity
2- Progression of ideas.
Score
25
3- Categorization.
25
25
4- Gives the audience a clear sense of key concepts that are related to the theme.
25
1 st criterion net score
Net Score
nd
1- Navigation.
2- Search engine.
3- Orientation.
Score
50
50
50
Net Score

4- Sequence of information display. 50
nd
net score
rd
Quality of design in terms of:
1- Interface look
Score
100
2- Aesthetic value of graphics and pictures.
3- Music and audio
100
100
rd
net score
Net Score
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th
The display excellence and Technical quality in terms of :
1- Creativity of idea and application performance
2- Innovation
3- Modernity
4- Sequence of application information
Score
100
100
100
100
th
net score
Net Score
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st
Methodology/method of scientific thinking in terms of:
Scientific methodological sequence of lookup items, and gud and comprehensiveness
Net Score

.) ( هتيلومش و هحوض و ، ثحبلا رصانعل يملعلا يجهنملا لسلستلا .
1
.) (.ةماع ريغ و ةحضاو ، ادج ةزكرم ةيضق /ةلكشم دوجو .
2
.) ( ةحضاو و ةديج ةقيرطب ثحبلا ةلكشم ةغايص .
3
.) ( ثحبلا ةيضق / ةلكشم عم لماعتلا ةيجهنم حوضو .
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ةلكشملا لح و جئاتنلا ىلا لوصولل فادهلاا ةحضاو ةيئارجإ ةطخ دوجو .
5
.) (
.) ( ثحبلا ةلكشم/عوضومب قلعتت ةيملع رداصم و ثاحباب داهشتسلاا .
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.) ( هثحب ريوطتل ثحابلا ىدل ةيلبقتسم ةيؤر دوجو
1. Fill out the participation form and approve it by the project’s supervisor.
2. Send the participation form using one of the following means:
Email:
Fax :
06 / 5311200 or
06 / 2311419
3. Kindly call to confirm the receipt of your participation form by phone, 06 – 5311501.
A descriptive file for the award project (posters & smart application) must be submitted in the form of paper file and a flash or CD
– ROM. The file should cover the following key points:
 The motives and reasons for choosing the domain.
 An overview of the project’s goals, importance and benefits.
 Project’s procedural plan for its implementation and evaluation.
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The expected results and impacts of spreading the project.

The deadline for the submission of the descriptive file (paper and flash or CD) is as follows:
Award Domains & Categories
1. Poster design domain:

Outstanding student category.
 Outstanding students’ team category.
Deadline for Submission
Thursday 26 th March 2015
2. Smart application domain:

Outstanding student category.
 Outstanding students’ team category.
Thursday 26 th March 2015
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The descriptive file of the project (posters & smart application) should be submitted to
EPAA headquarters’ administrative office. (Location Map will be sent).
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The deadline for the submission of the original copy of the project (the 3 posters and the smart application soft copy) is as follows:
Award Domains & Categories
1. Poster design domain:

Outstanding student category.
 Outstanding students’ team category.
Deadline for Submission
Monday 6 th April 2015.
2. Smart application domain:

Outstanding student category.
 Outstanding students’ team category.
Monday 6 th April 2015.
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The 3 posters and application soft copy should be submitted to EPAA headquarters’ administrative office. (Address: Thaid Road, Desert Park, Arabian Wildlife Center, 9 th bridge).
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Kindly note that the projects delivered after the closing date will be rejected.

Participation Domain
The Design of an
Environmental Awareness
Poster
Award Category
Outstanding university student
Outstanding students’ team
Outstanding university student
Target Group
American university in Sharjah
University of Sharjah
Sharjah Higher Colleges of
Technology
Skyline University College
American university in Sharjah
University of Sharjah
Sharjah Higher Colleges of
Technology
Skyline University College
American university in Sharjah.
University of Sharjah
# Prizes
1
1
1

The Smart Application of
Information.
Outstanding students’ team
Sharjah Higher Colleges of
Technology
Skyline University College
American university in Sharjah
University of Sharjah
Sharjah Higher Colleges of
Technology
Skyline University College
Total number of prizes
1
4 prizes

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