The competition is traditionally held in two age categories: juniors – goldsmiths aged up to 22 (year of birth counts), studying or starting work in the profession, and seniors – people working as goldsmiths or amber craftsmen, holding confirmed professional qualifications. The organisers – the Goldsmiths and Jewellers Trade Commission of the Pomeranian Chamber of Crafts of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Międzynarodowe Targi Gdańskie S.A. – have prepared two competition themes for them: „100th Anniversary of Poland's Independence” (juniors) and „God, Honour, Homeland” (seniors).
Submitted works will be assessed by a Competition Committee consisting of: Jan Gogolewski – President of the Polish Craft Association; Wiesław Szajda – President of the Pomeranian Chamber of Crafts MSP; Waldemar Sawa – Elder of the Guild of Artistic Crafts; Zbigniew Strzelczyk – President of the National Chamber of Commerce of Amber; Ryszard Uliński – President of the International Amber Association; Cezary Kania – President of the Association of Jewellery Appraisers; Anna Maciejowska – Director of the Secondary Art School in Częstochowa; Edward Josefowski – Director of the Secondary Art School in Katowice. The jury's verdict will be announced during the 25th AMBERIF International Fair of Amber, Jewellery and Gemstones in Gdańsk.
The aim of the competition is to showcase the professional skills of goldsmiths and young goldsmith apprentices specialising in traditional and modern goldsmithing techniques, to support vocational training in goldsmithing and encourage professional development, to create original designs made according to individual needs, and to promote jewellery and goldsmith products made using „Baltic Gold”.