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27 nationalities, 1 message: end poverty! Something still needs to be done to fight poverty worldwide. If you are an EU citizen between 15 and 25 years old, join the fight against poverty and get your message out. The challenge is to create a song of maximum 5 minutes, which contains a message on the fight against poverty or development cooperation. This year there are two different prizes: one chosen by a jury of professionals and the other through online voting by Internet users. Participants can vote once every day until 31 October 2010. Winners will get a professional studio recording of their song and will be invited to perform in Brussels during the European Development Days in December 2010. Online submission deadline: 30 September 2010. More details about the contest’s terms and conditions, please visit the I Fight Poverty web site.

The Party of European Socialists Group in the Committee of the Regions invites young Europeans between the age of 18 and 30 years old to participate in the photo competition ‘In Search of Solidarity’. The challenge is tot shape the concept of solidarity and present concrete solutions to fight poverty. Photo documentaries (3-6 photos), which illustrate local initiatives helping the most deprived groups, can be submitted before the deadline of 30 September 2010. In addition to high value prizes such as semi-professional photographic kits, the winners will be invited to Brussels to attend a seminar on combating poverty in Europe and their photos will be displayed in an exhibition.

On the occasion of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, Europe Direct Firenze announces the Photo Contest ‘NO1OUT’ under the theme: ‘Fight against poverty and social exclusion’. The challenge is to photograph a situation of poverty or social exclusion in the European Union. Fill in the application form including your photo and a short explanation and send it to: imagoeuropae@comune.fi.it before the participation deadline of 30 July 2010. Find out more.

In order to participate, you just have to upload an original, creative, funny picture featuring the European Health Insurance Card to the Social Europe Facebook page. The three participants with the most «I like» on their picture will receive two 3-day tickets to attend the Couleur Café festival between the 25 and 27 June (including transport from any European town and accommodation in Brussels). Preferably, you should use your own European Health Insurance Card for the photo. If you don’t have one, you can print out and use the image on this page. Here you can also find further details about the contest rules. Deadline: 4 June 2010

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.

As you could read in one of our earlier posts, Challenge:Future is an international youth competition that demonstrates the youth creativity and their high potential. As a Challenge:Future member you can participate in various challenges or join the discussion in the Weekly Hot Topics on the Challenge:Future forum.

Quick Challenge: What worries you the most in 2020?
Climate change, poverty, social inequality, biodiversity loss are just some of the big issues of our time. Let’s try to look 10 years into the future and answer the question: What worries you the most in 2020? Which will be the big issues for you personally, your country or the planet? Submission deadline: 30 May 2010. A selection of the entries will be published in the Future Book, the official publication of this year’s Challenge:Future competition that will highlight the best ideas and contributions.

The European Commission invites print, online and video journalists from all 27 EU Member States, Iceland and Norway to participate in the European Year Journalist Award 2010. Their articles or news reports must cover the issues of poverty and social exclusion in the European Union and must be published or aired between 1 October, 2009 and 31 August, 2010. The European Year (EY) Journalist Award 2010 has been created in order to support and recognize journalists who contribute to an increased awareness and a broader understanding of poverty and social exclusion through their work. Interested? Simply complete the online submission form and upload your entry before the deadline of 31 August 2010. Find out more.

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.

Have you done any kind of European Volunteer Service abroad between January 2007 and February 2010 and are you between the age of 15 and 30 years? If so, you are invited to participate in the Scriptamanent contest. The challenge is to write about your EVS experiences. The winning work will receive a sum of 300 euros! For the competition rules and registration sheet, please visit this webpage. Deadline: 1 April 2010.

NANOYOU invites young people between the ages of 16 and 25 years to take pictures of the nanotechnologies applications they discover in their environment and upload them to the picture gallery. A jury composed of designers, engineers, architects and scientists will select the best three pictures that portrait how nanotechnologies are becoming part of our lives. The three winning photographers will get cash prizes and also be invited to NANOYOU’s public debate in Paris on April 8, 2010, to present and comment on their images and exchange opinions with the public. Submission deadline: 1 July 2010. Find out more.