Intercultural Promotion: App and Games development competition
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Wants to Foster Innovation through Apps and Games Promoting Intercultural Dialogue The UNAOC invites participants to Create UNAOC 2012, a global competition organized with MIT Education Arcade and Learning Games Network; international partners include Global Voices, Fundazione Mondo Digitale, Voice of America, ICT for Peace, John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, Doha Centre for Media Freedom, Ashoka, Soliya, among others. DEADLINE...
Read MoreFWD: Young People Without Borders
Bloody plagiarism if you ask me Looks good! See below for a copy of their latest email. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ subject: [Youthgas} Calling all adventurers… Calling all change makers… Calling all trailblazers… What if you could travel to amazing places like India, China and Vietnam? What if you could experience life in another culture as a local, not a tourist? What if you could do these...
Read MorePartners Newsletter March 2012
See the Attached Partners Australia Newsletter. In particular, note pages 5 till 10 that give info on potential long-term volunteer assignments. Looking for something to do if you’ve got a gap year coming along? Have a look! Also note that they’re running a networking event on Tuesday (13 March) from 6.30-8.30 at the Alchemy Restaurant and Bar, 175 Eagle St, Brisbane. Follow...
Read MoreGlobal Youth Cultural Summit
A new international youth summit on the UN Millennium Development Goals – the Global Youth Cultural Summit (GYCS) – is set to take place in Jakarta, Indonesia, from August 9-13th. Up to 400 young people will be selected via a short video/essay competition based on the theme of “Youth! It’s time to think, act and share your aspirations for the MDGs!” These 400 people will receive free accommodation and meals during the whole summit! More, the best 8 entries to the...
Read MoreWin a trip to Brazil to cover World Environment Day!
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), in partnership with TreeHugger, is yet again sponsoring a free trip to Brazil for a winning blogger to write, blog and tweet about World Environment Day (on 5 June 2012). Bloggers are invited to enter competition via online submissions of blog articles on the Green Economy. The top ten bloggers, selected by a UNEP-TreeHugger jury, will be invited to a second round of blogging – a blogdown! The winner of this online showdown (blogdown) will...
Read MoreNominations now open for the 2012 YMCA QLD Youth Parliament
As a bit of intro and sing-along while you read – here you go… The YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament (QYP) is a Queensland Studies Authority accredited education program for young people Queensland -wide. For 17 years QYP has been providing an apolitical environment where participants can engage with community issues as Youth Representatives of Parliament. As well as providing an important link for Youth to influence real levels of Government, QYP is a fantastic opportunity for...
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