Posts Tagged ‘competition’

The European Commission invites online and print journalists to take part in the EU Journalist Award 2010 – Together against discrimination organised in the framework of the Commission’s anti-discrimination campaign. The articles on issues of discrimination and diversity in the European Union must be submitted before the competition deadline of 17 September 2010. For further details about the competition, please visit the Award website.

…the German project “European CNC Network – Train for Europe” was awarded the first prize in the European Charlemagne Youth Prize competition. The project brought together 24 vocational schools to build a small-gauge locomotive and wagons. 2^nd and 3th prizes went to the Irish book project “You are here” and “Best Engineering Competition BEC” from Bulgaria. The European Charlemagne Youth Prize is awarded to projects that promote European understanding and foster the development of a shared sense of European identity. For more information about the 3 winning projects, please click here.

The Assembly of European Regions (AER) is organising the 2nd edition of AER’s Regional Reporters: ‘Move on, Europe! From mobility to diversity’, a competition for young Europeans between 18 and 30 years old. Participants will have the chance to become one of the AER’s regional reporters and broadcast their recordings online on radio stations across Europe, thanks to the radio station ‘Europe and you’. The best recording winner will be invited to take part in the AER Summer School and Youth Summer School on Mobility (22-27 August 2010, St.Gallen, Thurgau, Switzerland) to join the AER Press and Communication team and support their press work during this particular event. Registration deadline: 20 April 2010. For further information, please visit the AER website.

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) invites young people between the ages of 18 to 30 years old to participate in the Youth Essay Competition 2010. In the essay they should share their ideas on how to create opportunities for youth to strengthen democracy and the private sector in their own countries. Essays can be submitted in 3 categories: Democracy that delivers, Entrepreneurship and society and Women and participation. For each category first, second, and third place authors will receive a $1,000 honorarium, and CIPE will publish the winning essays. Submission deadline: 18 June 2010. Further competition details.

The European People’s Party (EPP) invites all EU citizens between the ages of 15 and 30 to take part in the one-minute film competition. The challenge is to make a short film on the subject: ‘Imagine a life of poverty: can you picture a way out?’. Do you want to particpate in the film competition? Please download the rules and regulations or visit the competition website for further details. Participation deadline: 15 July 2010.

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights invites young people between the age of 18 and 30 years old from all EU countries to participate in the International Video Competition 2010. The challenge is to create a video answering the following questions: What are your fundamental rights? Do you know how to protect your fundamental rights? The 3 best entries will each win a 5 day trip for 2 people to Vienna, from 6 to 10 May 2010, with transportation and accommodation included. Your video may not be longer than 2 minutes and the language of the video must be English, German, French, Spanish or Italian. How to submit? Fill in the submission form including a link to your video before the deadline of 2 April 2010. Do you need further information and details about the competition rules? Please visit the FRA website.

UN-HABITAT invites young people from around the world to give ideas and solutions to address youth challenges in cities. To participate in the World Urban Youth Assembly International Essay Competition you need to write an essay on the theme: ‘right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide’ containing personal experiences and practical solutions by using your city as an example. For further competition details, please visit the website. Submission deadline: 28 February 2010.

Young people between the ages of 9 and 25 years old are invited to create and submit dynamic and forward thinking videos to share their thoughts, experiences, opinions, questions and suggestions about migration, integration, inclusiveness, identity, diversity and human rights. An international jury will select 3 winners in 3 age categories, which will be awarded at the award ceremony in New York. Are you interested to create and submit a video? Please visit the website, for further details about the rules and regulations or an entry form. Submission deadline: 30 June 2010.

TH!NK ABOUT IT blogging competition seeks enthusiast journalists, bloggers, students and experts to exchange ideas and debate sustainable development and global cooperation topics. The 3^rd edition of the European blogging competition TH!NK: Developing World will bring together over 100 bloggers from all over Europe. The competition will run from 24 March to 31 August 2010 and begins with a launch event in Brussels on 22 and 23 March. The big pirze is a trip to the UN headquarters in New York in September 2010, during the Millenium Development Goals summit. The previous edition of the competition TH!NK2: Climate Change won the European Public Affairs Award for the “Best Web 2.0 Campaign of the Year” in 2009. For further information, please visit Th!nk About It!

Because there are not as many participants to our Photo & Slogan contest as we hoped for at this moment, we decided to postpone our application deadline until 1 March 2010. So don’t hesitate and send your photo to anita@noborders.eu. For further details please check out our earlier post.