Bridgetown, Barbados, June 17, 2015 – One Caribbean Community (CARICOM) resident is being given the opportunity to walk away with a grand prize of US$1,000 in a logo competition launched by the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA).
The CAHFSA is inviting submissions of logo designs that reflect the agency’s goals and objectives.
The competition, which is funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) Project, is open to residents of all 15 CARICOM Member States.
Chief executive officer of CAHFSA, Simeon Collins, said the winning logo will appear on the agency’s letterheads, business cards, website, etc.
“The logo is the very first thing a reader will notice, even before reading text, so we want it to create a brand identity for the institution to inspire trust, recognition and admiration for the agency,” he said.
The logo should utilize the colours of CARICOM – dark blue, light blue and yellow; be creative, original and not previously published; must not include any material (photograph, icon, symbol, etc.) that is copyright protected; must reproduce well in electronic and print media; must remain legible when the size is reduced; and must be visually effective in both colour and grayscale.
Electronic and hard copy entries (size 8 ½” x 11”), along with completed entry forms, should be submitted by 4:30 p.m. ECT on Friday, July 10, 2015 to, cahfsalogocontest@gmail.com or the office of Inter-American Institute For Cooperation On Agriculture (IICA) in Barbados, 3rd Floor Baobab Tower, Warrens, St. Michael, Barbados.
In addition to receiving US$1,000, the individual who submits the winning entry will receive a certificate, an invitation to the official logo launch with complimentary airfare and accommodations, artistic credit for their design, and the opportunity to be featured on the CAHFSA website.
Entry forms and full details of competition rules and guidelines are available at: www.Caricom.org
About the Caribbean Agricultural Heath and Food Safety Agency
The Caribbean Agricultural Heath and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) is an intergovernmental agency established by the signing of an agreement among Member States of the Caribbean Community.
The primary goal of CAHFSA is to assist CARICOM Member States to coordinate and strengthen their infrastructure, institutional and human resource capacity to effectively deliver agricultural goods that meet international agricultural health and food safety standards, measures and guidelines in order to safeguard human health and to prevent the introduction, or minimize the incidence of transmission of agricultural pests across national borders.
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