About the Competition

The International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment is organized annually by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE). It has been held since 1990 and has received over 160,000 entries from children in over 100 countries. The Bayer Group, headquartered in Germany, joined as one of the co-organizers in 2005. Bayer is a German-based chemical and healthcare company.

The competition in 2005 focused on the the theme Green Cities. It was the first time there was a global competition as well as regional competitions and was organized in cooperation with partners in the regions. Preliminary selection was done by UNEP Regional Offices and their partners while the final selection was done by UNEP, the Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE Japan) and Bayer. The three partners invited children all over the world to submit their paintings to the UNEP office in their regions.