Wanahitajika: Vijana wa kuzungumza katika XIV World Forestry Congress Huko Afrika Kusini ( Fully Funded to Durban South Africa)
Wanatafutwa
vijana wa kuweza KU-Present katika XIV World Forestry Congress huko Afrika ya
kusini. Waandaaji wa tukio ili wanakulipia Tiketi ya ndege kwenda na kurudi,
Chakula na gharama za kujisajiri pia Malazi katika Hotel kuanzia tarehe 7 mpaka
11 mwezi September.
Application
Deadline: 15 June 2015. SOMA ZAIDI HAPA CHINI
Forest 2015
is looking for passionate and inspiring youth speakers to make a TEDx-style
presentation at the youth special event during the XIV World Forestry Congress.
If you are involved in a youth-led initiative or project established and run by
young people to engage communities, we want to hear from you!
Benefits:
The
Organizers will pay your travel, accommodation and registration costs for the
full week of the Congress, 7-11 September, in Durban, South Africa.
Who can
apply?
Are you:
18–35 years
old? (this includes students and young professionals in this age group)
Actively
involved in a youth-led initiative or project created to benefit people,
forests and the environment?
Interested in
sharing your success stories and lessons learned with the global forestry
audience?
Interested in
having your project/initiative profiled at the XIV World Forestry Congress?
How to apply?
To be
considered as a youth speaker, please prepare the following:
a short
informal video (no more than 5 minutes) introducing yourself and the
project/initiative – this can be recorded on your cellphone, as it’s what you
say and show that counts, not the video quality. You can post your video online
and include a link in your submission, or attach the video file to your entry
(max 10 MB).
a short text
about your initiative (no more than 400 words)
a photo of
yourself and any photos (no more than three) that show your project/initiative
You can
submit your video, text and photos by email to yemi.adeyeye(at)fao.org with
katherine.clyne(at)fao.org in copy.
Please put
‘Youth Speakers entry’ in the subject line.
Alternatively,
entries can be sent by post to:
Yemi Adeyeye
Forestry
Department
Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Viale delle
Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome,
Italy.
If you have
already submitted a video as part of the Congress call for abstracts, please
let us know and we will include it for review in your submission.
Selection
process
All entries
will be posted on the #Forests2015 blog. First-level selection will be based on
the number of comments and “likes” that your entry attracts. Final selection
will be based on the quality of the entry and made to ensure a diversity of
speakers (gender, topic, language and continent).
Specifically
the organizers will look for:
impact and or
potential impact of youth-led initiatives
Projects that
adopt cross-sectorial or integrated land-use approaches (forestry,
agroforestry, watershed etc.)
projects that
bring together young people of diverse backgrounds
engaging
stories
Key Dates:
15 June 2015:
Participation deadline
30 June 2015:
Notification of results
Contact
Yemi Adeyeye
(Youth Liaison) – yemi.adeyeye(at)fao.org
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