The "BIE-Cosmos Prize, EXPO 2012 Yeosu for The Living Ocean and Coast" will recognize not-for-profit, innovative projects from citizens and organizations around the world on the theme of EXPO 2012 Yeosu "The Living Ocean and Coast: Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities".

The Prize will be awarded within the framework of the upcoming Expo (May 12 – August 12, 2012), and nominees will have the chance to promote their projects at EXPO 2012 Yeosu. One winner will be awarded a monetary sum of 20,000 € (twenty thousand Euros) to fund the development of the recognized project.

A collaborative initiative by the BIE and of the Commemorative Foundation for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition, Osaka, Japan (Expo '90 Foundation), the Prize aims to:

• promote the active participation of citizens, who add great value to the dynamism of these global events, and to

• support the work of citizens working for the benefit of society in fields related to the Expo theme.

The application form and other related documents are available for downloading here.

The deadline for applications has been extended to Mars 21, 2012.

For questions, please contact the BIE at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , including in the title "BIE-Cosmos Prize."

We look forward to receiving your application!

Professor Zhang Xiaosong, representative of Chain Reaction, the not-for-profit organisation winner of the second BIE-Cosmos Prize at EXPO Shanghai 2010, with BIE Secretary General Vicente G. Loscertales (left), Expo '90 Foundation President Yasuhisa Mitsui and BIE President Jean-Pierre Lafon (right)