Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 7:34 p.m.
Rabat – The Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC) launched, Thursday, the second edition of its comic strip competition on the occasion of World Investor Week for young people aged 12 to 24 years old living in Morocco.
Participants in this competition, divided into two categories (12 to 17 years old and 18 to 24 years old), must submit their comic strip no later than February 1, 2025, the AMMC informs in a document on the terms of participation. .
According to the same source, three themes can be addressed in a combined or distinct manner in the comic strip. These are the budget (building a story highlighting good budgeting practices, with the portrayal of realistic characters and situations), saving (developing a story that highlights the importance of savings and highlight how it can play a central role in the evolution of the characters’ journey) and investment in the capital market (develop a story highlighting investment in the capital market by through financial instruments).
To this end, investor guides are available to help participants better understand certain concepts relating to savings, the capital market, etc., in addition to a set of resources in the “Financial Education” section. ” from the AMMC website.
For the comic strip to be accepted for evaluation, it must contain between 6 and 16 panels, spread over a maximum of two boards in paper or digital version, be produced individually, created in color or black and white and written in French, Arabic or English, specifies the AMMC.
The comic must also comply with an A4 or A3 format and be submitted in digital file (digitized paper comic or file produced using a computer program) or in paper format, continues the Authority, adding that the participant must write at the bottom of each board, very legibly: their name, first name and age.
In addition, each participant must present a comic strip based on a scenario that must include a title (the title must be visible on the front of the page), a beginning and an end, and can only submit one comic strip. original, while ensuring the visual quality of the document in order to facilitate the jury’s evaluation.
Stressing that participation in the competition is reserved exclusively for Moroccan residents, the AMMC also points out that any incomplete or late project cannot be considered by the members of the jury and that the participation email or letter must contain the electronic address as well as the telephone number to reach the participant or their guardian.
As for the evaluation criteria, the comic strip will be judged according to the original conception of the main character, the integration of one of the themes, the originality and creativity, the quality and coherence of the adventure and the drawing, as well as as the presentation of the capital market from a dynamic and positive angle.
The project evaluation period is set from February 1 to 28, 2025. To assign a score to each project, the jury, made up of members of the AMMC project team, will examine each proposal using a grid. assessment developed according to the criteria defined by the Authority.
Two winners will be chosen from each target, regardless of language.
