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“Shoot Against Poverty” is looking for young amateur photographers between 15 and 25 years old to join us in the fight against poverty! Send in your best photograph visualizing the fight against poverty in the south. Motivate your picture and tell us something about your own commitment to this worthy cause. Maybe your picture will be selected for the outdoor exposition in the centre of Brussels during the European Development Days in 2010. In addition you will have a chance to win the first prize: a trip to Burkina Faso for a workshop photography during the film festival Yèelba FESPACO 2011! Get your camera and sign up for the competition. Submission deadline: 15 November 2010. Find out more.

New submission deadline of the video competition in celebration of the 10^th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteering: 20 November 2010. Further information about the participation criteria, prizes and selection procedure is available on this website.

IGLYO is proud to announce its poster contest “1st of December – World AIDS day” to fight against the discrimination suffered by HIV-positive young people. The submitted posters should be creative, original, artistic, positive in approach and should reflect the diversity of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender(LGBTQ)movement. The selected poster will be used by IGLYO in health campaigns to fight against the discrimination of HIV positive young people. In addition, the winning participant will receive a certificate, an official IGLYO cup, a printed copy of the poster and a voucher worth € 200,-. Submission deadline: 6 November 2010. Find out more about the contest rules.

 Young Reporters Against Poverty (YRAP) is a competition for journalism and communication student between 18 and 30 years old, from all 27 EU Member states. Submit a written article or short radio broadcast in your native language on the subject: EU development assistance. The focus should be “aid” to support the economic, social and political development of developing countries. The 33 finalist students will be able to create their own personal page on www.youngreporters.net where their winning article/broadcast will be displayed. They will also be invited in Brussels to report from the European Development Days on 4-7 December 2010. Three overall winners will finally be selected for the press trip of a lifetime to Africa. Submission deadline: 29 October 2010. Find out more.

European citizens are invited to participate in the Europa Diary Cover competition. The challenge is to design a cover for the Europa diary, which should not contain any text and should be suitable for distribution to young people )aged 16-18′ in all EU countries. The Europa diary covers topics such as environment, consumer affairs, responsible consumption, and the European Union itself. The deadline for submitting entries is 13 November 2010. If you want to participate in this competition, please visit the Europa Diary competition web site for detailed information.

The World Youth Movement for Democracy (WYMD) is pleased to announce the launch of its Global Essay Contest. Youngsters between the age of 18 and 30 years old are invited to submit an essay on democracy. The Two Global winners will be announced and provided with a sponsorship to cover travel and othere expenses related to their participation in the Community of Democracies Ministerial Meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, in July 2011. Raise Your Voice, Share Your Ideas, and Get Involved in Democracy! Please submit your essay by World Youth Day for Democracy on 18 October 2010. For further details about the competition, please visit the WMYD web site.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the UN International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10), the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) invites young volunteers to create short (30-60 second) videos showing their visions for how to make the world a better place through volunteering. The video theme will be: “Volunteering to Change the World”. The challenge is to create a film that advertise the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers. Your video can show your volunteer work, your motivations for volunteering, your hopes and visions for 2011, it can inspire other people to volunteer, or any number of other things. Submission deadline: 31 October 2010. Further details about the competition rules & conditions.

YouThink! is kicking off the International Year of Youth by organising a storytelling contest. The challenge is to finish the story on the YouThink! web site, adding no more than 300 words. Because the theme of the International Year of Youth relates to dialog and understanding across cultures, generations and borders, you need to include one thing about your culture in your story. It could be a song, a tradition, a piece of clothing, a verse from a poem…it’s up to you. This is your chance to share something about your culture with the rest of the world. Submission deadline: 15 October 2010.

The Sustainable Thinking Platform has launched the second edition of its multimedia competition aimed at young people aged 18-30 years old. The challenge is to take a picture, write an essay or to create a video that can inspire others to embrace sustainability as a way of life and answers the question:“With an ever-increasing population, how can we maximise resource efficiency to meet our growing needs?”

Participants will be competing for the chance to win a laptop computer, a photographic camera or a camcorder depending on the entry category. Even if you are not a winner, you may not have to walk away empty handed. By spreading the word of the competition amongst your friends, you will increase the chances of being awarded a 100 Euro Amazon gift certificate. As in the previous edition, participants are asked to rate other members’ work. These votes will be used to select the finalists for the competition, with the winners chosen by a professional panel of journalists and industry representatives. So hurry up, join the STP community, upload your work before the submission deadline of 31 November 2010. For further details, please visit the Sustainable Thinking Platform.

About the Sustainable Thinking Platform
 The Sustainable Thinking Platform has been created to continue promoting a wide debate about sustainability issues. This community gives you the opportunity to exchange ideas, share artistic creations and connect with hundreds of people interested in building a better future for our planet. The Sustainable Thinking Platform has over 1,000 members from almost 100 different countries worldwide. More than 250 people participated in the 1st edition of this year’s multimedia competition. Curious to the winners? Please, click here.

The World Bank Institute is organising the 2010 Young Professionals Competition: Ideas for Action. Are you a young professional between the ages of 18 and 35? Do you have ideas that promote good governance and business strategies that enable sustainable growth? If the answers are yes, then put your ideas to the test and maybe you will win this competition. Winners will present their ideas at the African conference on Strengthening Responsible Business and Governance to be held in Brussels, from 16 to 18 November 2010. Submission deadline: 20 September 2010. Want to know more? Please download the competition instructions or the registration form on the Ideas for Action web page.