Register: APR/30/2018, Submit: MAY/01/2018, Eligibility: Architects, architecture students, philosophers, sociologists, photographers; individually, teams up to 6 members, Fee: 40 EUR + VAT (FEB/01 – FEB/28/2018), 60 EUR + VAT (MAR/01 – MAR/31/2018), 70 EUR + VAT (APR/01 – APR/30/2018); VAT 21%, Awards: 1st Prize 1,500 EUR, 2nd Prize 1,000 EUR, 3rd Prize 300 EUR, People’s Choice Prize 200 EUR, 10 Honorable Mentions
Violent conflict and persecution, compounded by rising food insecurity, environmental degradation, poor governance and countless other factors, drove more than three million people to leave their countries as refugees or to seek asylum in 2016, joining millions of others already in exile. Many more people were trapped or uprooted inside their own countries. Political solutions and prospects for peace remained elusive in most situations, and while some did manage to return home or find other solutions, at the end of the year the global number of people of concern to UNHCR exceeded 67 million.