Every four years, the ICA Commission on Cartography and Children is responsible for the selection of a theme for the next two Barbara Petchenik Competitions. Again, the commission decided to organize a voting process to select a new theme.
First, members and colleagues were asked to propose themes for the competitions. We received 54 themes that were sent by colleagues from 11 countries and an international organization. An online voting slip was created with Google Forms to allow commission members and interested colleagues in general to participate in the voting process from May 6 to May 24, 2024.
In the end, we counted fifty responses in the voting process for the new theme for the competitions in 2025 and 2027. The winner theme with 20 votes is ‘Maps in everyday life’, submitted by the Argentine Centre of Cartography and proposed by David Díaz. Our warmest congratulations on behalf of the ICA to both the centre and David!
We would like to thank all the colleagues who sent their proposals and also all those who sent their votes in the last weeks. The detailed results of the voting process can be seen here:
Our next task is to update the rules for the 2025 competition, which will be discussed at the next commission meeting on 18 June at 4 p.m. as part of the 9ICCGIS2024 conference programme in Nessebar, Bulgaria.
Silvia Marinova & José Jesús Reyes Nuñez
Commission on Cartography and Children
