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The World Bank, the Cities Alliance and the Government of Norway invite you to participate in an International Essay Competition 2008
What can you do to shape the city of your dreams?
Please answer all three questions below:
1) Think about the city you live in. What are the biggest opportunities and challenges for people living there?
2) What needs to be done to transform your city into the city of your dreams?
3) What could be your role, working together with your peers, in shaping the city of your dreams? Please focus on one or two points you mentioned in question 2).
You may use some of the points below to structure your answer:
If you have been personally involved in concrete initiatives, write specifically about your experience:
Who have you worked with? Who have you helped? What have you accomplished? In what way would you consider this work to be innovative? How have you measured the results of your work?
Looking ahead:
How would you expand or improve the impact of your work? How can other youth replicate your experience?
If you don’t have practical experience, write specifically about your ideas:
How would you work with your peers to shape the city of your dreams?
The International Essay Competition is open to all young people, students and non-students alike, between the ages of 18 and 25 (born between 1983 - 1990). Essays should be submitted by individuals.
Your essay may not be longer than 10 pages (4000 words maximum), 1.5 line-spaced.
You are required to provide an abstract of no more than one page. An abstract is a short summary in which you explain the aim, the methodology, the reasoning and the main conclusions of your paper.
The abstract will be used by the jury to make a pre-selection.
You may submit your paper and abstract in English, French, Spanish, Arabic or Portuguese.
The submission process for the Essay Competition is entirely Internet-based. Essays submitted by email or post will not be accepted.
For more info: http://www.essaycompetition.org/
2007 Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards for Good Practices (extended)
"The 2007 Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards for Good Practices" was named in honour of the late Mr. Ryutaro Hashimoto, former Prime Minister of Japan and first Chair of the Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development. The awards programme aims to honour not only the winners but also to present and share the lessons learned and knowledge gained for sustainable development in the region through the continual updating of the APFED-database which is open to the public.
CALL FOR APPLICATION:
The 2007 Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards
APFED is pleased to invite all eligible organisations that have made contributions to the promotion of sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific to apply for the 2007 Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards.
Deadline of Submission (EXTENDED): 26 June 2007 (Japan Standard time)
Details can be found in the official website: http://www.iges.or.jp/en/apfed/award/
Alcan Prize for Sustainability
In association with the International Business Leaders Forum, aluminum-packaging giant Alcan created this $1 million prize to support nonprofit organizations' efforts to promote sustainable development. The prize recognizes and rewards not-for-profit, civil society, and nongovernmental organizations for their contributions to at least two of the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, environmental, and social.
Qualifications: Open to all not-for-profit, civil society, and nongovernmental organizations.
http://www.greenbiz.com/reference/awards_record.cfm?LinkAdvID=45810
The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy are now calling for entries for 2006 (deadline November 21) and we are keen to attract applications from outstanding local sustainable energy projects in the developing world.
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