The Jury

The Jury members for this competition are:

  • Thomas Ratschker, Germany, President Jury
  • Gil Boyard, France
  • Dr. Jiří Martinek, Czech Republic
  • Tiina Räihä, Finland
  • Max van de Sluis, The Netherlands

  • Marios Vallianos, Greece

What does the Jury do?

  • Evaluates and scores the competitors' work;
  • Evaluates 4 out of 6 works in blind judging;
  • Has fixed evaluation criteria with numerous sub-criteria;
  • Uses the FLORINT 100-point system;
  • Determines the weighting factors in advance;
  • Does not know the scores of the other jury members;
  • Consists exclusively of experienced, certified judges;
  • Is supervised by the Jury President.

Our aim is to be fair and objective to all competitors and to find a worthy and deserving champion.