National Art Masters go through to international final Once again, the Danube rivers have proved to be a great inspiration for young people to voice their concerns about rivers. Over a thousand children from 140 schools and clubs located across the Danube Basin answered our creative challenge in 2018. The 14-country art extravaganza tasked them to create a riverside artwork from materials found by the river or a 1-minute video expressing why rivers are important, related to the theme Get active for a healthy Danube!

You can see some of the resulting videos and artworks on, where you can also take part in voting for the most popular international video by 'liking' your favourite. National Art Masters now wait to hear who will win the top prize to be crowned the International Danube Art Master for 2018! The announcement will be made on later in the year. If you or your school are inspired to create art for the Danube, details of how to enter the 2019 competition will be available here in spring 2019. You might end up being crowned Art Master for your country and win a great prize!

In the meantime, you can read more about the competition on last year's or visit the website of co-organisers, where information is available in national languages. The latest competition news will also be posted on. Or, if you need more inspiration, check out the gallery and video below, showcasing the annual competition. Winners of the 2017 International Danube Art Master announced in Vienna Students from Ilidža in Bosnia-Herzegovina have been crowned the international Danube Art Masters for 2017, being placed first in the 13-country final! Congratulations go to the children from the Sixth School in Ilidža, Sarajevo, and to the competition organisers in, Ekotim!

Cards against humanity pdf expansion. The Award Ceremony was held on Wednesday, 13 December during the 20th ICPDR Ordinary Meeting in Vienna. The top three winners of Danube Art Master 2017 received their Awards from ICPDR President Peter Gammeltoft and Chairperson of the Public Participation Expert Group, Susanne Brandstetter in the presence of the Heads of delegation of 13 Danube countries. The EU Commission and all ICPDR observers congratulated the young representatives from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary and Croatia for their great art. “We believe that this competition encourages children and teenagers to learn more about the Danube and help protect it,” said ICPDR Executive Secretary Ivan Zavadsky about the competition.

“It is also an artistic reminder for adults and the representatives of Danube national governments of their joint responsibility to ensure that the Danube is protected for future generations.” Special feature 2017 – the video category. A special video category was launched this year with three winners getting a “special prize” in this creative category. The three main winners were in this order: • First place: Ukraine with “Tisza, you are life” by Denis Savchenko • Second place: Slovakia with “H.E.L.P” by a group of students, Secondary school of Design, Bratislava • Third place: Germany with “Skandal an der Donau” by Jakob Bauch The first winner of the Danube Art Master video category Denis Savchenko received a special award by the ICPDR. It was handed to the Head of Delegation from Ukraine and will be delivered to Denis. 14 Years of Danube Art Master in 14 countries Each year, the Danube Art Master contest challenges children living in the Danube Basin to create sustainable works of art dedicated to their rivers. New for 2017 was a special category for young film-makers: create a 1 minute video capturing your hopes and dreams for your river. National Art Masters were selected in each country, and then went through to the international round of the competition in Vienna.