[Franco as Francophonie- Phoenix  as Award / Lebanon national Phoenix bird]

Purpose: Promoting Lebanese university students in art and design. Exhibiting their work in UNESCO Palace with media coverage. Making them work on the Theme: International Day of Francophonie on March 21^st. Letting them know what Rotaract and Rotary can do for them

Patronage: Ministry of Culture 

Date: March 20^th -27^th  

Place: UNESCO Palace 

Participants: (30 students from the 10 major universities): 17 students presented their work because of the assassination of the Lebanese Prime Minister. 

Attendees: 150 persons on the opening. 90% of Beirut Rotaract Club present. 100% of the other Rotaract Club of Lebanon were represented at the opening ceremony.

 Details:

-          A jury consisting of seven select members from different art categories (including the Minister of Culture representative and the director of the Agence Univesitaire de la Francophonie, from the French Ambassy) voting for the best ten projects.

-          Award distribution to the first ten winners including 2 return tickets for Greece.

-          Exhibition sustained for a week open to the public & media.

Media:

-          600 Posters hanging in all Lebanon (universities, hotel, malls, libraries) and 1000 awareness Brochures distributed including the details of the projects and an overview on Rotaract principles.

-          2 TV reportage on main TV stations (NBN, New TV) including one 30 minutes Interview with the President of the Club:

-          Several press releases including three press releases in L’orient Le Jour, Francophone number 1 newspapers, Mondanite magazine and many others.

Special Remark:

This project was successfully conducted till the end, under the enormous pressure of having everything cancelled because of the political assassination of the Lebanese Prime Minister.