The Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations has been organised biennially since 1978 by Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU). This Concours is designed to discover up-and-coming, adult illustrators, graphic designers and artists in Asia (except Japan), the Pacific, Africa, Arab States, Latin America and the Caribbean, to provide an occasion at which they can present their works widely and to offer incentives for their creative activities.
The International Jury is comprised of well-known editors and illustrators of children' s books from different countries, and the jury members meet in Tokyo and select one Grand Prize winner,