Opportunities For Youth

Renovations Limit Delegates But Project Scope Continues to Expand

Youth Assembly
August 4 – 6, 2010:
Engaging Tomorrow’s Leaders Today

Notes:
Attendance will be very limited in 2010 due to UN Renovations. All delegates are urged to apply now.

The Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations has always been about practical information. That is why the Assembly is over-registered year after year. We hope you choose to register soon; space is very limited in 2010 due to UN renovations and the YA is already more than three quarters registered.

Join hundreds of youth leaders from Asia, dozens of delegates from both Latin America and Africa, as well hundreds of other 16-24 year old young people who are expected to attend the events at UN Headquarters this August 4 – 6, 2010.

This year our focus is split between the success of the MDGs and the challenge to develop youth leaders in trying economic times.

See below for personal opportunities, such as the following:

Nominations of Young Heroes Invited for Gloria Barron Prize
Young people between the ages of 8 and 18 will be recognized for the positive difference they have made to others and our planet; each will receive $2,500 to support their service work or higher education goals….
Posted on January 27, 2010 Deadline: April 30, 2010 http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=282800007

Nominations Invited for World of Children Annual Awards. Program Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to individuals working to improve the lives of children around the world with programs that provide opportunities for safety, learning, and growth…. Posted on March 4, 2010 Deadline: May 1, 2010 http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=286500024

And don’t forget to register; there will be many more opportunities for youth leaders there and then!

Click for internship opportunities at Friendship Ambassadors Foundation
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Deadline: Rolling

Paruware Trust will be offering a weeklong Entrepreneurship summer camp where college, university and other young people aged between 18 and 30 will explore and apply economic and entrepreneurship concepts and skills by working on their own ideas for starting business. Participants will learn real world business skills: team building, leadership development, financial management, verbal communication, and business etiquette through interactive lessons and exercises. Participants also learn how to successfully negotiate for business materials, set goals, and recognize real business opportunities. There will also be an opportunity to pitch your ideas for funding and support.

When: October 2010

We operate on a rolling admission basis until the start of the camp; please send your application as soon as you can. For any questions and application form, please contact us at paruware@yahoo.co.uk
You can also download the application form here

BBC is seeking short (no longer than 2 minutes) documentary video
entries about “how you see the world.” Deadline: March 12.

Applicants can use any type of camera, including a mobile phone, a
point-and-click, or a friend’s camcorder. Entries must be sent in any of
the following formats: avi, mov, wmv, mp4, mpg, flv, 3gp, wav, mp3 or
wma. Only one entry per applicants will be accepted.

BBC is looking for original films that are emotionally touching,
important or visually impactful. The first prize is HD mini-DV video
camera.

For more information, click here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specialreports/myworld.shtml. Tips
for applicants are available here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/2010/01/100120_myworld_toptips.shtml.

Open to: young people in the age 9 – 25
Deadline: 30/06/2010

PLURAL + festival is a platform for young people to express themselves on key migration and diversity issues and reinforced the belief that youth are powerful and creative agents of social change in the world.

Young people – 9 to 25 years of age – across the world are invited to free contest by submitting short videos of between one to five minutes in length and share their thoughts, experiences, opinions, questions and suggestions about migration, integration, inclusiveness, identity, the human rights of migrant and related issues; highlighting their realities as well as presenting their ideas on how to develop peaceful coexistence in diverse cultural and religious contexts.

The aim of PLURAL + is to ensure youth involvement on migration and diversity issues not just at community level, but also globally by facilitating the voice of youth to be heard around the world through a variety of media platforms and distribution (broadcast, video festivals, etc.).

Award
The PLURAL+ JURY AWARD prizes will be awarded in three (3) age-based categories:
* 9 to 12 years old
* 13 to 17 years old
* 18 to 25 years old

The PLURAL+ International Jury will select three videos (one for each age group). These awardees will receive $ 1,000 USD each as well as, when possible, an invitation (travel and accommodations expenses paid) to attend the November 12th, 2010 PLURAL + Awards Ceremony in New York City.

Eligibility
1. entrants to PLURAL+ must be youth between the ages of 9-25 (as of 30 September 2010)
2. the Entrant is the one person responsible for submitting the video

Submission procedure
Each entry package must contain:
* a fully completed and signed entry form
* a DVD of the video

For deteiled information about the video format and submission process click here

Entry packages must sent to:
c/o UN – Alliance of Civilizations
Chrysler Building
405 Lexington ave, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10174
USA

All entry packages must be received by September 30, 2010.

More detailed info

Global Youth Service Day is quickly approaching! With only two months to go, we hope your plans are under way and that you are excited to celebrate the involvement of youth in your community. We encourage all project organizers to register on www.GYSD.org.

In many countries, a National Lead Agency serves as the lead convener and organizer of Global Youth Service Day. National Lead Agencies promote GYSD in their country, organize high profile events, engage local media and government officials, and coordinate project registration and reporting. All NLAs will be selected and supported by the new Regional Lead Agencies. Apply to serve as a National Lead Agency at: http://gysd.org/node/add/nla-reg.

Local Organizers play a critical role – everyone who plans, registers and implements a GYSD project is a Local Organizer. Global Youth Service Day is a grassroots movement of youth improving their communities and changing the world – and would not achieve the scale, diversity, and impact it does each year without the tireless efforts of thousands of Local Organizers in NGOs, schools and universities, youth programs, government agencies, faith communities, and families around the world. To be recognized as a Local Organizer, register your project at http://gysd.org/node/add/gysd-international.
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Deadline: 24 February 2010

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) would like to work with national and international non-governmental organizations to promote recovery through improved livelihood opportunities to benefit Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), communities at risk of displacement, and host communities. To that end, IOM invites all interested organizations to submit an Organization Profile and Concept Note in accordance with the guidance provided in this Call for Proposals. IOM reserves the right to fund any or none of the applications received. Find out more

Deadline: 26 February 2010

HEARD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa is offering to support up to 12 young researchers to publish on health or HIV/AIDS in an international peer reviewed journal. Successful young researchers will be linked to an international academic mentor who will support the writing of an article for submission for publication.
Young researchers seeking consideration for involvement should submit an original paper on HIV or health issues in Africa (up to 10,000 words) based on their research. Applicants must be citizens of SADC or EAC and be 35 or under on 1st January 2010. For more information please email Andy Gibbs: gibbs@ukzn.ac.za or visit www.heard.org.za

Poets and writers from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey are
invited to submit poems, short stories and creative essays for
publication in the book “Our First Element: Caucasian Water.” Deadline:
February 5.

The book will include photographs by Caucasian photographers, old
legends, water ritual and celebration stories, proverbs and quotes,
contemporary poems and short stories. Entries can display the human
relationship to water or refer to any water issue in the Caucasus region.

The 20 best works will be published in the book in the Armenian and
English languages.

The publication is supported by The Foundation for the Preservation of
Wildlife and Cultural Assets in Armenia.

Works should be submitted to creative@fpwc. org.

Working with the four One Stop Youth Resource Center (OSYC) from East Africa and the International Centre for Sustainable Cities, the content was recently pilot tested through an interactive training process designed with the goal of increasing the capacity of key staff and volunteers within the Centre to evaluate their own programs. Read more…

The World Urban youth Assembly will be held on 19-20 March 2010 prior to the Fifth Session of the World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Young people will meet to discuss and debate issues of concern among themselves focused on urbanization, unemployment, human settlements and good governance. Read more…