World Summit Youth Award !

World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) established a partnership with Ofok NGO to promote the resolution of global social issues with the Internet.

LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Salzburg/New York, February, 2008 – Th... www.youthaward.org and present your site and project to the world!


Only three more weeks to go – the final call!
The deadline for online submissions is February 28, 2009 and the application form is available online at http://competition.youthaward.org/reg/reg.asp for all online platforms that are led by youth under the age of 30. (Please note that the online platforms need to be youth-led so long as the specific project is.)


Projects may be submitted in the following five categories:

1. Fight Poverty, Hunger and Disease !
Rewards the most effective contents and applications addressing issues of extreme poverty and hunger, offers solutions for those whose income is less than $ 1 a day, supports the reduction of diseases and fights the spread of HIV/AIDS and the incidents of malaria.
2. Education for all !
Gives credit to the most innovative contents, platforms and solutions to give children everywhere, boys and girls alike, a full course of primary schooling, to advance in training for personal development and jobs, and to achieve a high level of understanding and knowledge of the global information society and its problems and promises, challenges and opportunities.
3. Power 2 Women !
Demonstrates the most inspiring contents and communities which promote gender equality and empower women, eliminate gender disparity in education and at work places, facilitate access of women to all levels of political decision making and that strengthen women’s contribution to peaceful resolution of conflicts.
4. Create your Culture !
Celebrates the most engaging online platforms and applications expressing young people’s aspirations, ideas and values, sharing their news, enabling their participation in decision-making processes, strengthening social justice, promoting the knowledge of many languages and cultures, supporting multilingualism, creating new contemporary forms of culture and preserving indigenous knowledge and traditions.
5. Go Green !
Showcases the ground-breaking applications and contents addressing the natural environment, ensuring sustainability, integrating the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes, reversing the loss of environmental resources including biodiversity, reducing the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and improving the lives of slum dwellers.

WSYA Timeline
• February 28, 2009 Deadline for online submission (midnight/GMT)
• March 15, 2009 First round of judging to select finalists
• April 01-08, 2009 Second round of judging to select winners
• April 15, 2009 WSYA winners announced to the public and media
• June 10-13, 2009 Winners and finalists showcase projects and get
honoured at the WSYA Winners Events and Gala


WSYA Jury & Gala
An international jury of 12 experts will evaluate the projects, determining three winners for each category. Winners will be given the opportunity to showcase their platform to heads of state, business leaders and civil society at the World Summit Award (WSA) Gala and Winners Conference in June, 2009 in Monterrey, Mexico.


Get involved today at www.youthaward.org and showcase your project to the world!