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Chapter 21
Map Drawing Competition for Children
in Indonesia
Rizka Windiastuti
Abstract The National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping of
Indonesia (BAKOSURTANAL) has been organizing map drawing competitions
for children in Indonesia as a way to popularize map to children. These
competitions were always handled seriously and such competitions were always
participated by more than expected numbers of children. This paper will share how
BAKOSURTANAL organized the competitions, from the publication until the
judgments to get the winners.
21.1
Introduction
The National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping of Indonesia
(BAKOSURTANAL) is a government body that is responsible to conduct govern-
mental duties in the field of surveys and mapping according to prevailing
regulations. As the coordinating agency for survey and mapping activities in
national scope, BAKOSURTANAL has an obligation to disseminate information
about services and products of survey and mapping activities, especially the ones
performed by BAKOSURTANAL. It is also necessary to raise awareness about
maps and the usages to various levels of community, including the children. Some
of the methods used to raise public awareness include organizing various
exhibitions, workshops, seminars, trainings, map adventure games, and map draw-
ing competitions.
The map drawing competition was initially inspired when the International
Cartographic Association (ICA) in cooperation with the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) invited BAKOSURTANAL to coordinate a map drawing competition
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