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As part of the celebrations of its 20 years, GAIN launches the IV Edition of the National Journalism Award for Nutrition and Food Security. All Mozambican journalists are invited to submit journalistic works for the promotion of nutrition and food security published between August 1st, 2021 and October 5th, 2022.

CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

I. Framework:

GAIN is a Swiss Foundation, launched at the UN in the year 2002, to address the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working together with governments and businesses, we aim to transform food systems so that they provide nutritious food for all people, especially the most vulnerable. In Mozambique, GAIN has been implementing activities since 2011 and has had its local representation since 2013.
According to the Household Budget Survey (HBS, 2019/20), Mozambique has high levels of chronic malnutrition (38%), in children under 5 years of age. Inadequate nutrition and food insecurity remains one of the biggest challenges to overcome in the country; much of the population has a diet that is poorly diversified in terms of fats, proteins, and micronutrients such as iron, due in part to the lack of information and awareness about the importance of a diversified diet as well as access to these diversified foods.
For this reason and as part of the celebrations of its 20 years, GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, in partnership with the Civil Society Platform under the Scaling up Nutritio Movement - PSC-SUN in Mozambique and the National Union of Journalists, launched the IV edition of the Journalism Award for Nutrition and Food Security, contemplating the awarding of the best journalistic works or set of works of Mozambican journalists for the promotion of nutrition and food security, as a contribution to reduce chronic malnutrition, as well as the best editor in chief for articles on Nutrition and Food Security.
The 4th Edition of the National Journalism Award for Nutrition and Food Security is governed by the present regulations.

1. Individual prizes will be awarded in the categories of Radio, Print and Television. Each contestant may submit a maximum of 2 pieces.

2. The prize for journalism in nutrition and food safety will be awarded to the media organization that frequently and excellently covers topics on chronic malnutrition.

3. Audio and television entries must be a minimum of 15 minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes in length;

4. The individual works to be awarded must be of individual and/or collective authorship of journalists presented in the same form as they were published in the media in Mozambique, that is:

a. For works published in the written press, three copies of the publication of the said article must be submitted
b. For radio works, three audio copies must be submitted
c. For television works, three DVD copies must be delivered
SOLE: In the case of competing news media, the works must be presented in the form of programs (radio and television cases) and pages of reports (written press cases) on the subject and submitted to the contest in a letter from the media and with the signature of the editorial manager.
Works presented in local languages must have a translation in dubbed form, in Portuguese, to facilitate understanding.

5. The copies submitted to the contest will not be returned and may be used by GAIN and partner institutions for different purposes, as long as they are non-profitable.

6. Considering the annuity of this award, only works published in Mozambican media in the period between:
August 01, 2021 to October 5, 2022.

7. The works must be accompanied by a brief Curriculum Vitae, indicating e-mail address, telephone numbers and other contact details of the author(s) and a letter of application to the competition indicating the title of the competing work.

II. Place for Submission of Applications:

Maputo City
1. Technical Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security (SETSAN), at Praça dos Heróis Moçambicanos, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development building
2. 2. National Union of Journalists (SNJ), at Avenida 24 de Julho nº 231.

In the Provinces
1. Provincial Directorates of Agriculture and Rural Development - Technical Secretariat of Food Security (SETSAN) and in the Provincial Secretariats of the SNJ.

III. Deadline for Submission of Applications:

a. The submission period for competing works is from June 07 to October 05, 2022.
b. Works published in the condition of anonymity and not subscribed by the identity of its author or name by which it is usually known will not be accepted.

For the present contest (2021/2022), the prizes are cash prizes:
a. The prize is in cash totaling 75.000.00 MT (seventy five thousand meticais) for the winner of each category (written, radio and television).

b. For the media organization that best divulges or approaches the subject of chronic malnutrition, the prize will be in the amount of 100.000,00 MT (one hundred thousand meticais). It is up to the awarded organization to encourage other professionals, journalists or not, who have participated in the preparation of the work.

IV. Award Ceremony

The jury will announce the winners of the "Prize of Journalism for Nutrition and Food Security" in a public ceremony to be held in September 2022, with place to be announced.

V. Basic criteria for evaluation

a. Entries will be evaluated from  6 to October 10th, 2022.
b. The evaluation scale is from 1 to 5, with works being considered for final evaluation with an average score above 3. The terms of reference for the jury will be: coherence, form, content, relevance, logic, veracity, accuracy, impartiality and whether the work has investigative content and promotes the reduction of chronic malnutrition, increases the awareness of policy makers and the general public on this issue and in improving food security in the community.
c. The media organization that has obtained the highest overall score in the reporting assignments or programs submitted by their respective journalists (contestants) will be considered the winner of the award for best media organization.
d. The assignments must reference up-to-date statistics from the last 10 years and from credible sources (databases, Health Demographic Survey, background studies and relevant research);

VI. Papers on the following topics will be considered for evaluation:

a. Relevant Nutrition and Food Security themes, such as: nutrition education and eating habits (taboos), exclusive breastfeeding, adequate complementary feeding, women's nutrition care during pregnancy and lactation, premature marriage and early pregnancy, supplementation, infectious and parasitic diseases, prenatal consultations, hygiene and sanitation, education, social protection, gender, women's empowerment, poverty, contribution of the private sector in promoting nutrition and food security, and others;

 8. For the appreciation of the works and selection of the winners, there will be a jury made up of personalities from relevant areas designated by GAIN Mozambique, and the partners PSC-SUN Mozambique, SETSAN, MISAU and SNJ.

 9. There will be no appeal to the decisions of the Jury.

 10. Members of the jury may not participate in the competition.

 11. If justified, the Jury may award honourable mentions.

 12. The participation of interested parties is free and voluntary.

 13. Enrolment in the contest implies acceptance, in letter and spirit, of the terms of these regulations.

 14. Winners of the "National Journalism Award for Nutrition and Food Security " implicitly authorize the use of their work for educational purposes without any charge to the sponsors, institutions involved and organizations supporting the initiative.

 15. These regulations may be amended by decision of the jury.

 16. Cases of omission will be decided by the jury.