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>Invitation to participate in world wide web-contest: Youth for Youth
>WSYA
>
>Are you under 27 with an interesting site on the web? Are you a young
>designer, web developer, social entrepreneur, music producer or artist
>interested in international issues? Are you passionate about using
>Internet for young people? Do you care about social change?
>
>If yes: You are invited to enter right now at www.youthaward.org and
>showcase your site and project to the world!
>
>Sponsored by the Internet Society, the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is
>an international contest for youth-led projects that bridge the content
>gap in the emerging Information Society. It is the first global “youth for
>youth” initiative; promoting best practice in e-content and technological
>creativity and demonstrating young people’s potential to create digital
>opportunities.
>
>WSYA showcases you and your site and seeks to contribute on a global scale
>to reducing poverty, protecting the environment, sharing knowledge and
>empowering marginalized young people.
>
>Site and projects may be submitted online by all applicants less than 27
>years of age until September 18, 2005 in three e-Content categories:
>
>Development: Rewards the best online platform for youth centred around
>issues of poverty reduction, environmental sustainability, social justice,
>health or peace
>Creativity and Culture: Celebrates the most innovative online platform
>highlighting young people’s potential for producing creative content,
>promoting multilingualism, creating new contemporary forms of culture and
>preserving indigenous knowledge and/or traditional culture
>Community Engagement: Showcases the most engaging online platform
>facilitating young people’s participation in global, national or local
>decision-making processes and sharing news/ideas to empower youth and
>build community
>
>World Summit Youth Award finalists and category winners will be selected
>by an independent jury comprised of 12 young experts in youth engagement,
>new media and social entrepreneurship. Projects will be evaluated on the
>basis of five criteria
>Content: Quality, comprehensiveness and impact of content
>Design: Usability and aesthetic value of site and graphics
>Innovation & Creativity: Demonstration of significant originality and
>initiative.
>Interactivity: Level of engagement and action offered by to site users
>Sustainability: Level of project sustainability over time.
>
>WSYA is organized within the framework of the United Nations World Summit
>on the Information Society. Winners in the WSYA are invited to the Summit
>Conference in Tunis, November 16-18th 2005 ­ all expenses paid. Please
>register on the web ! For enquiries or to obtain a printed press kit,
>please contact:
>
>Thomas Biebl, WSYA Project Coordinator
>ICNM - International Center for New Media
>Moosstraße 43a. 5020 Salzburg, AUSTRIA
>Email: biebl@icnm.net/
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