Art Directors Club of Europe was created in 1990 by a group of professional design and advertising associations from around Europe. Today it is still owned and managed by its members, and its mission remains the same: to foster and reward excellence and to showcase European creativity as a whole. The ADCE Awards is the only event in the world to bring together the best of European award-winning work under one competition. Once submitted, the work is judged by a panel of over 50 top creatives. The entries are then showcased in the ADCE Awards Annual, providing a unique and impressive archive of the very best of European creativity. The ADCE was founded in 1990 as a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to foster and reward excellence in European design and advertising. It is owned and managed by professional design and advertising associations from 18 European countries: Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ukraine.