To commemorate the International Youth Day (12 August), the International Disaster Risk Reduction Day (13 October), and the World Tsunami Awareness Day (5 November), UNESCO-IOC Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre (IOTIC) and the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) jointly with U-INSPIRE Indonesia is organizing a series of activities on Indian Ocean Youth Short Video Competition on Tsunami Awareness.
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The competition will be divided into four groups:
- Group1 – Eastern Indian Ocean region:
Open for youth from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. - Group2 – Indian Ocean Small Island States:
Open for youth from Comoros, Maldives, Mauritius, Singapore, Seychelles, Timor-Leste and France La-reunion. - Group3 – North-Western Indian Ocean:
Open for youth from India, Pakistan, Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. - Group4 – Western Indian Ocean region:
Open for youth from Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, and Madagascar.
Location:
OnlineBenefits
The jury will select the best three videos for each group:
- The First Winner will receive
- A certificate of winner signed by UNESCO IOC, ICG/IOTWMS, and IOTIC
- Tsunami Ready Board-game and Gifts for each individual
- Money prize of approximately USD 1,000 (one thousand US Dollars)
- UNESCO will showcase the winning videos in UNESCO/IOC, IOC Tsunami Program, and IOTIC website and social media
- The Second Winner will receive
- A certificate of winner signed by UNESCO IOC, ICG/IOTWMS, and IOTIC
- Tsunami Ready Board-game and Gifts for each individual
- Money prize of approximately USD 600 (six hundred US Dollars)
- UNESCO will showcase the winning videos in UNESCO/IOC, IOC Tsunami Program, and IOTIC website and social media
- The Third Winner will receive
- A certificate of winner signed by UNESCO IOC, ICG/IOTWMS, and IOTIC
- Tsunami Ready Board-game and Gifts for each individual
- Money prize of approximately USD 400 (four hundred US Dollars)
- UNESCO will showcase the winning videos in UNESCO/IOC, IOC Tsunami Program, and IOTIC website and social media
Eligibilities
Participant Requirements
All participants should meet the following criteria:
- Age between 14 and 24 years old with interest in disaster risk reduction, especially on Tsunami Awareness.
- A resident of a country bordering the Indian Ocean under the mandate of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS)
- Individual participants and groups of up to three participants can enter the competition.
- To promote gender equality, groups should have at least one female member and female participation is encouraged.
Application Process
Submission Detail –
- Submit your video through this link: https://bit.ly/ioyvc-2021_video_submission. Submission of video without complete registration information will not be considered for the competition.
- Submission of video should include consent form. Download the consent form here:
https://bit.ly/Consent_Form_Age_14-18 or https://bit.ly/Consent_Form_Age_19_above - The short video should be submitted through google drive (link will be provided in due time and be informed through the email address provided by the participants)
- The short video should also be posted in the youth’s Social Media Account, especially Instagram with interesting captions and should mention and tag the accounts of @unescojakarta, @iotsunami, @ioc_unesco and @uinspire.indonesia and use the hashtags: #ioyouthvideocompetition, #IOTIC, #iotsunami, #Internationalyouthday #InternationalDRRday, #WTAD, #TsunamiDay, #worldtsunamiday, #worldtsunamiawarenessday, #DRRDay, #oceandecade20212030, #uinspire,
#uinspiretsunamivideocompetition
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Application Deadline: October 30, 2021
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