A) Who can be a contestant?

The contest is open to individual initiatives or initiatives emanating from private or public organizations, will they be sponsors, producers or designers of the contestant web site. The content has to be related to defence, conservation or renewal of cultural and/or artistic heritage.

B) Contestant categories:

The contestants will present their web site in one of the following categories

• State sponsored museum
• Privately sponsored museum
• Historical monument fund or equivalent
• Local or territorial collectivity
• Public institution
• Cultural or artistic non profitable organisation
• Cultural or artistic foundation
• Original initiative

C) The two themes:

The themes of the Internet sites presented to the contest must be

• Defence, conservation or renewal of the cultural and/or artistic heritage: They will show in particular the techniques or the knowledge of the candidate.
• Didactic exhibition approach: They will show and will explain a period, a specific art school, a place or several related places.

Nota Bene: as in every contest, a candidate presenting a web site out of the subject above will be disqualified.

D) The special mention:
The thematic prizes, awarding the best ways to present a problematic and its proximity dimension will be distinguished from the special mentions awarding a specific way of treatment of the following subjects

• Educational sites
• Pedagogical sites
• Community sites

E) The analyses process:
The analyse process for the selection of the Internet sites will be the following

• Ergonomics
• Technical realisation
• Collaborations and partnerships
• Link policy
• Linguistic accessibility (access in several languages or to blind persons)

Nota Bene: The content of the deliberation will remain confidential. The decision of the jury is supreme. The Grand Jury remains free to refuse to grant an award in a category if the numbers of candidates or if the general quality of the presented web sites are insufficient.

F) The process of the contest:

On-line contest (Internet user's Prize):

After he subscribes and after this subscription has been validated, any web user will be invited, country by country, to vote for the most remarkable, the most useful or the most efficient proposition. The voter will have to justify his choice using sound arguments. The voter will designate three candidates by country for the first, the second and the third place.

Nota Bene: In order to be able to participate in the "Internet User's Prize" as a jury member, every web user that would have subscribe will receive by mail or e-mail, a personal code that will be absolutely necessary to express one's vote.

Off-line contest (Special mention):

The Grand Jury of the Internet Fiesta is an international group of project managers, graphic designers and professionals of the conservation of heritage, artistic managers and specialised journalists, all of them being expatriated. They will evaluate accessibility, eventual scenario, graphics, music, navigation, creativity and originality. The Grand Jury will be assisted by a selection of non professional expatriated web users.

Nota Bene: In order to be able to participate in the "Prize of the Internauts" as a jury member, every web user that would have subscribe will receive by mail or e-mail, a personal code that will be absolutely necessary to express one's vote.

Awards granting:

The awards will be given during a gala organised in Paris. It will provide the event with a larger notoriety and a better media coverage which will give the awarded contestants an increased visibility enlarging the impact of the prize.