EMPLOYAGER 1.0
COMPETITION RULES
Red Bluejay Employager 1.0 Design Challenge 2015
Challenge conditions
This challenge abides by the competition rules as mentioned below. By participating in this challenge
and/or by submitting the entry form, you are agreeing with these competition rules.
Participants are obliged to abide by the competition rules. By not doing so, they will be excluded
from participation. If circumstances not covered by the competition rules occur, the Red Bluejay
Foundation (hereafter mentioned as Red Bluejay) will decide on them.
Modifications to the competition rules are published on the website
www.redbluejay.com/employager and are to be accepted, should one wish to continue participation
in the challenge.
Competition rules
Participation
This challenge is open to anyone (natural person) who is a citizen of the Netherlands except for team
members of Red Bluejay and employees of the municipality of Eindhoven, more specifically the
‘Economics’ and ‘Strategics’ sector.
Agreement to competition rules
By submitting an entry form the participant agrees to the competition rules. Participants are obliged
to abide by these competition rules. By not doing so, they will be excluded from participation.
Prize money
The prize to be won by participating to this competition consists of an amount of money, that is to be
invested in one’s own company and is to be used for further development and marketing of the
(winning) entry.
Entry
The participation entry is submitted through the internet. The entry commences and closes on the
dates mentioned on the website www.redbluejay.com/employager. Registrations and entries that are
submitted after the deadline, will not be considered by the jury. The point in time when the entry is
received is decisive. Red Bluejay will not be held responsible for possible delays in the digital
submission of the participant’s entry. After Red Bluejay has received the entry, the participant
receives a confirmation email of his/her entry at the email address provided by participant. The
entries and registrations need to comply with the conditions mentioned on the entry form.
Incomplete entry forms will not be considered and will not be eligible to compete.
Maximum of two entries per participant.
All entries need to be innovative. The participant guarantees that his/her entry is the result of his/her
own work (with or without holding the protected intellectual property rights) or, should a third party
be able to make a claim on any intellectual property rights of the entry, the participant guarantees
that he/she has the (written) consent of the actual rightful claimant to exploit the entry and
participate to this challenge organized by Red Bluejay.
Assessment
The assessment of the entries is carried out as follows:
Preselection: After expiry of the deadline, all entries are assessed on, among other things, conformity to
all specified conditions, criteria, and completeness of the entry. This preselection is carried out by Red
Bluejay. A sector expert may be consulted.
First-round assessment: After the preselection, the first-round assessment takes place through a
jury, who award five ideas (at most) with a cash prize. The jury further recommends these five ideas
as nominees for the second-round assessment. The jury consists of Red Bluejay members, the
Municipality of Eindhoven, partners and sponsors. The composition of the jury shall be announced
before the beginning of the second-round assessment on www.redbluejay.com/employager.
Second-round assessment: The jury selects the final prize winner from the nominees. The jury’s
choice is binding.
The public announcement of the prize winner will take place during an official ceremony.
Communication
The participant agrees, in case he or she is the winner and/or a nominee, to provide his or her
support for a possible publicity campaign - or other reporting from Red Bluejay - concerning this
competition or possible other following Red Bluejay competitions. The winning and/or nominee
participant grants Red Bluejay his/her permission to use short descriptions of the entry, only with the
purpose of the publicity campaign mentioned or other reporting concerning this challenge. This
permission will not involve any costs, is irrevocable and counts for all expressions in words and/or
images, regardless of the used medium by Red Bluejay.
Confidentiality
Data provided by the participants will only be used by Red Bluejay for the purpose of the realization
of the competition. With due regard of the above, the data provided shall be treated as confidential.
Intellectual property rights
The participant remains the holder of possible intellectual property rights, these will not be
transferred to Red Bluejay or the Municipality of Eindhoven.
Other stipulations
To conclude:
Red Bluejay will not enter into correspondence concerning the pre-selection, nominations
and the final outcome.
Participants should abide by the general accepted Dutch ethics, laws and rules.
The prize amounts are subject to (income) taxes. The taxes levied are to be paid by the
participant.
If circumstances not covered by these competition rules occur, the Red Bluejay’s
management will decide.
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