2021 BELMA Newsletter No 1

We are very excited to announce that the BELMA 2021 competition will be open from today.

Last year, despite all the obstacles caused by the pandemic, we had a rich variety of excellent products. Even though the award ceremony could only take place virtually, we were joined by many of you and were able to showcase the lucky winners.

In the run up to the new competition, we will show some of the winners in a series of videos - so watch the BELMA website for those excellent products.

Meanwhile, because we think that we might once again have to conduct most of the competition virtually and because we would like to encourage as many of you as possible to take part, we have lowered the fees. Please find the details online. This is only possible because we are keeping the costs down and the jury meets virtually instead of physically. Of course, everybody will receive the same detailed evaluation of their products as in former years.

This year, we are especially interested in products that you developed at short notice to counteract the effects of the pandemic. The special prizes will reflect this.

If you have any questions concerning the competition or are not sure which categories to enter your products in, please contact

Jean-Claude Lasnier.

We wish you all good luck and look forward to a stimulating competition with your great products.

Jean-Claude Lasnier
Chairman of the BELMA jury

Helga Holtkamp
Director of EEPG