Rules for ‘Advent Calendar’ Instagram contest

Presence Switzerland, which is part of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, is organising a competition on its @HouseofSwitzerland Instagram account. The competition is free of charge and participants are under no obligation to buy anything.

1. Who can take part?

The competition is open to everyone in Switzerland and abroad who is aged 18 or over, and to minors with their parents’ approval, but not to Presence Switzerland staff members.

Presence Switzerland reserves the right to require participants to show proof that they meet these conditions to qualify for a prize.

In order take part, participants must have an Instagram account and be subscribed to the @HouseofSwitzerland Instragram feed.

Participation in this competition implies acceptance of these rules.

2. How to take part?

Every day around noon from 1 to 24 December 2016, Presence Switzerland will ask a question related to Switzerland on its Swiss Stories feed. Participants have 23 hours to submit their answer to Presence Switzerland via Instagram’s direct messaging feature in the @houseofswitzerland account. Only answers submitted in this way will be considered.

3. Winners and prizes

3.1. Selection and announcement of winners

Around 11am on the day after the answers have been submitted, Presence Switzerland will pick the winner by drawing lots from the correct answers. Winners are thus determined by pure chance. Winners are informed via Instagram Direct. In taking part, they authorise Presence Switzerland to announce their name in the Swiss Story for that day. Non-winning participants will not necessarily be contacted by Presence Switzerland.

3.2. Distribution of prizes

To receive their prize, winners are requested to inform Presence Switzerland of their postal address within 15 days. Winners who do not contact Presence Switzerland within 15 days are deemed to have forfeited their prize. When this happens a new winner is picked for the same prize.

3.3. Prizes

Twenty-four Happy Lilly cows will be sent to the winners during the 24 days of the competition. The winners agree to accept this prize and not to sell it or exchange it for goods or services of any kind.

If you have any questions, please email hos@eda.admin.ch