This contest for young people is sponsored by The Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO. The aim is to inspire society to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference in the world.

Theme
The theme of this year's International Essay Contest is "Creating a Society Full of Kindness".
What does “Kindness” mean to you? How do you think we can create a kinder society?
Carry out ten acts of kindness, and then use your experience as inspiration in writing your essay (your essay does not need to be about your acts of kindness).

 

Guidelines
1. Essays may be submitted by anyone up to 25 years old (as of 15 June 2019) in one of the following age categories: Children (ages up to 14); Youth (ages 15 - 25).
2. Essays must be Essays must be 700 words or less, typed or printed in English, Spanish, German, French or 1600 characters or less in Japanese, typed or printed.
Excluding essay title and cover page.
3. Essays must have a cover page indicating: category (Children or Youth); essay title; your name; mailing address ; phone number; e-mail; nationality; age as of 15 June 2018; gender; school name; word count. Teachers and youth directors may submit a collection of essays from their class or group. Please enclose a list of participants' names and the name and contact information of the submitting teacher or director.
(Entries missing any of the above information will not be considered.)
4. Entries may be submitted by postal mail or online.
5.Teachers and youth directors may submit a collection of essays from their class or group. They need to enclose a list of participants' names, ages and the name and contact information of the submitting teacher or director.
* Entries missing any of the above information will not be considered.
*A cover page template is available to download. 
6. Essays must be original and unpublished.
7. Essays must be written by one person. Co-authored essays are not accepted.
8. Copyright of the essays entered will be assigned to the organiser.

 

Awards
The following awards will be given in the Children’s category and Youth category respectively:
- 1st Prize: Certificate and prize of 100,000 Yen (approx. US$ 920 as of January 2019) and gift (1 entrant) - 1st prize winner will be invited to the award ceremony in Tokyo, Japan in 23 November 2019 and will receive the Minister of Education Award. Travel expenses will be covered by the organisers;
- 2nd Prize: Certificate and prize of 50,000 Yen (approx. US$ 460 as of January 2019) (2 entrants);
- 3rd Prize: Certificate and gift (5 entrants);
- Honorable Mention: Certificate and gift (25 entrants).

Winners will be announced on 31 October 2019 on this website. 
Certificates and gifts will be mailed to the winners in December 2019.

 

Deadline: 15 June 2019, (23:59 local time). 
 

Find out more: https://www.goipeace.or.jp/en/work/essay-contest

Questo concorso per i giovani è patrocinato dalla Fondazione Goi Peace, partner dell'UNESCO. L'obiettivo è di ispirare la società ad imparare dalle giovani menti e a riflettere su come ciascuno di noi può fare la differenza nel mondo.

Il tema di quest'anno del Concorso internazionale di Componimento per i Giovani è Cosa significa "gentilezza" per te? Come pensi che possiamo creare una società più gentile? Compi dieci atti di gentilezza, quindi usa la tua esperienza come ispirazione per scrivere un saggio (il saggio non deve necessariamente riguardare i tuoi atti di gentilezza).

Linee guida
1. I componimenti possono essere presentati da giovani al di sotto dei 25 (15 Giugno 2019) anni in una delle seguenti categorie di età: Bambini (fino ai 14 anni); Giovani (dai 15 ai 25).
2. I componimenti devono essere massimo di 700 parole, in inglese, spagnolo, tedesco, francese o di 1600 caratteri o meno in giapponese.
3. I componimenti devono presentare una copertina che indichi: la categoria (Bambini o Giovani); il titolo; il nome del partecipante; l'indirizzo postale; il numero di telefono; l'e-mail; la nazionalità; l'età; il genere; il nome della scuola. Gli insegnanti e i presidi possono presentare una raccolta di componimenti della propria classe o gruppo. E' necessario includere un elenco dei partecipanti e il nome e l'indirizzo dell'insegnante o il preside che presenta la domanda. (Le domande che non contengono tutte le informazioni richieste non verranno prese in considerazione).
4. Gli elaborati devono essere presentati per posta oppure online.
5. Insegnanti e operatori giovanili possono presentare una raccolta di saggi dalla loro classe o gruppo. Dovranno allegare un elenco di nomi ed età dei partecipanti e le informazioni di contatto del docente o dell'operatore. Un modello è disponibile da scaricare..
6. Le opere devono essere originali e inedite.
7. componimenti devono essere scritti da una sola persona.
8. I diritti d'autore sono assegnati agli organizzatori.

Premi 
I seguenti premi saranno assegnati rispettivamente nella categoria Bambini e nella categoria Giovani: 1° Premio: Certificato, premio di 100,00 Yen (approssimativamente 920 dollari USA) e un regalo (1 candidato); 2° Premio: Certificato, premio di 50,000 Yen (approssimativamente 460 dollari USA) e un regalo (2 candidati); 3° Premio: Certificato e un regalo (5 candidati); Menzione d'Onore: Certificato e un regalo (25 candidati). Il primo e il secondo classificato riceveranno un premio in denaro e un certificato. Il vincitore del primo premio varrà invitato alla cerimonia di premiazione a Tokyo, Giappone il 23 Novembre 2019, e riceverà il Minister of Education Award. 

Scadenza: 15 Giugno 2019 (23.59 ora locale).

I vincitori verranno annunciati alla fine di Ottobre 2019 sui siti della Fondazione GOI PEACE e dell'UNESCO.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://www.goipeace.or.jp/english/activities/programs/1601.html

The European Youth Forum is launching the ‘European Youth Capital’ (EYC) 2022. This title is assigned to a European city for a period of one year during to empower young people, boost youth participation and strengthen European identity. Each year, a new European city is given the chance to showcase its innovative ideas, projects and activities that aim to raise up young voices and bring a new youth perspective to all aspects of city life. The European Youth Capital initiative aims to support both young people and the city to open up these possibilities and lead the way for other European municipalities to follow. 

A city can become a European Youth Capital if it distinguishes itself in a positive way and has an ambitious programme for empowering youth. The title is bestowed by a joint selection jury of European youth organisations and institutional partners.
Please read the application criteria here.

Eligibility:
All municipalities in Member States of the Council of Europe are eligible for the title ‘European Youth Capital’. 

By accepting the European Youth Capital title, the Awarded City commits to host the European Youth Forum’s Statutory Meeting together with the European Youth Capital Award Ceremony.
Statutory Meeting means either the Council of Members meeting or the General Assembly meeting of the European Youth Forum. The Council of Members meeting takes place two times a year (spring and autumn) during two (2) full calendar days; the General Assembly takes place every two (2) years during three (3) full calendar days.
This gives the municipality that will be awarded the European Youth Capital title upcoming year the opportunity to welcome youth leaders from all across Europe, showcase their work, develop links with local youth organisations, and mark the fact that their EYC year is about to begin.
The European Youth Forum covers the travel costs for this meeting, while the awarded Municipality covers the costs of accommodation and venue facilities.

Deadlines: 
- 13^th January 2019 (23:59 CET), for submission of concept notes.
The application includes a fee of 300 Euros, to be paid before the deadline at the European Youth Forum.

- 26^th May 2019 (23:59 CET), for submission of detailed application forms.
The application includes a fee of 700 Euros, to be paid before the deadline at the European Youth Forum.

- 22^nd September 2019 (23:59 CET), for final application forms.

Find out more: https://www.youthforum.org/youthcapital

Il Forum europeo della gioventù ha lanciato la "Capitale Europea della Gioventù" (EYC) 2022. Questo titolo viene assegnato a una città europea per un periodo di un anno durante il quale si intende conferire più potere ai giovani  e rafforzare la loro partecipazione, rafforzare l'identità europea. Ogni anno, una nuova città europea ha la possibilità di mostrare le sue idee innovative, i progetti e le attività che mirano a dare voce ai giovani e portare una nuova prospettiva a tutti gli aspetti della vita cittadina. 

Una città può diventare una Capitale Europea della Gioventù se si distingue in modo positivo e ha un programma ambizioso per responsabilizzare i giovani. Il titolo è conferito da una giuria  congiunta di organizzazioni giovanili europee e partner istituzionali.

Eleggibilità:
Tutti i comuni degli Stati membri del Consiglio d'Europa hanno diritto al titolo "Capitale Europea della Gioventù".

Accettando il titolo di Capitale Europea della Gioventù, la città premiata si impegna ad ospitare la riunione statutaria del Forum europeo della gioventù insieme alla cerimonia di conferimento del premio europeo per la gioventù.
Riunione statutaria significa la riunione del Consiglio dei deputati o la riunione dell'Assemblea generale del Forum europeo della gioventù. La riunione del Consiglio dei membri si svolge due volte l'anno (primavera e autunno) durante due giorni di calendario completi; l'Assemblea Generale ha luogo ogni due anni durante tre giorni di calendario completi.
Questo dà al comune che riceverà il titolo di Capitale Europea della Gioventù il prossimo anno l'opportunità di accogliere i giovani leader di tutta Europa, mostrare il loro lavoro, sviluppare legami con le organizzazioni giovanili locali e segnare il fatto che il loro anno di EYC sta per iniziare.
Il Forum europeo della gioventù copre i costi di viaggio per questo incontro, mentre il Comune premiato copre i costi delle strutture ricettive e delle strutture del luogo.

Scadenze:
- 13 gennaio 2019 (23:59 CET), per la presentazione di note concettuali. La candidatura include una tassa di 300 euro, da versare prima della scadenza al Forum europeo della gioventù.
- 26 maggio 2019 (23:59 CET), per la presentazione di moduli di richiesta dettagliati. La candidatura include una tassa di 700 euro, da versare prima della scadenza al Forum europeo della gioventù.
- 22 settembre 2019 (23:59 CET), per i moduli di domanda finale.

 Scopri di più: https://www.youthforum.org/youthcapital

Forumul European al Tineretului lansează "Capitala Europeană a Tineretului" (EYC) 2022. Timp de un an, un oraş european va purta acest titlu, având astfel oportunitatea de împuternici tinerii, de a spori participarea tinerilor și consolidarea identității europene. În fiecare an, un alt oraș european are oportunitatea de a-și prezenta ideile inovatoare, proiectele și activitățile ce privesc participarea activă a tinerilor în societate și aduc o nouă perspectivă privind toate aspectele vieții orașului. Inițiativa Capitala Europeană a Tineretului urărește crearea de oportunități pentru tineri, dar și pentru orașul care gazduiește inițiativa.

Un oraş poate deveni Capitala Europeană a Tineretului dacă se distinge într-un mod pozitiv şi prezintă un program ambiţios pentru împuternicirea tinerilor. Titlul este acordat de un comitet de selecţie format din reprezentanţi ai organizaţiilor europene de tineret şi instituţiilor partenere. Mai multe informaţii despre criteriile de înscriere se găsesc aici.

Eligibilitate
Toate orașele din statele membre ale Consiliului Europei sunt eligibile pentru titlul de "Capitală Europeană a Tineretului".

Prin acceptarea titlului de Capitală Europeană a Tineretului, orașul desemnat se angajează să găzduiască Întâlnirea statutară a Forumului European al Tineretului, împreună cu Ceremonia de decernare a premiilor pentru Capitala Europeană a tineretului.

Întâlnirea statutară înseamnă fie reuniunea Consiliului membrilor, fie Adunarea Generală a Forumului European al Tineretului. Reuniunea Consiliului membrilor are loc de două ori pe an (primăvara și toamna) pe parcursul a două (2) zile calendaristice; Adunarea Generală are loc o data la doi (2) ani în decursul a trei (3) zile calendaristice.

Acest lucru oferă municipalității căreia i se va acorda titlul de Capitală Europeană a Tineretului pentru anul următor, oportunitatea de a primi lideri de tineret din întreaga Europă, de a-și prezenta lucrările, de a dezvolta legături cu organizațiile locale de tineret și de a marca faptul că anul lor de Capitala Europeană a Tineretului este pe cale să înceapă.

Forumul European al Tineretului acoperă costurile de călătorie pentru această întâlnire, în timp ce municipalitatea desemnață acoperă costurile de cazare și a facilitățile legate de întâlnire.

Termene limită: 

- 13 ianuarie 2019 (23:59 CET), pentru trimiterea documentelor conceptuale.
Înscrierea include o taxă de 300 de euro, ce urmează să fie plătită înainte de termenul limită la Forumul European al Tineretului. 

- 26 mai 2019 (23:59 CET), pentru trimiterea formularelor complete.
Înscrierea include o taxă de 700 de Euro, ce urmează să fie plătită înainte de termenul limită la Forumul European al Tineretului.

- 22 septembrie 2019 (23:59 CET), pentru formularele actualizate.

Mai multe detalii: https://www.youthforum.org/youthcapital

This international competition rewards the most innovative projects using modern ICT technologies for education and social inclusion.
It aims to encourage young people and their teachers to use new technologies; exchange experiences and emulates successful initiatives.

Eligible projects, which use new ICT technology for education and training, should still be in operation as of 31 December 2016, be addressed to young people up to 29 years of age and fall in one of the following categories:
- Projects for users up to 10 years old
- Projects for users up to 15 years old
- Projects for users up to 18 years old
- Projects for users up to 29 years old
- Projects promoting ICT for environmental sustainability
- Projects using ICT to train youth to obtain initial job placement
- Projects promoting ICT for migrants and refugees integration.

Who can participate
The competition is open to participants all over the world:
• Public and private schools and universities
• Public and private institutions and organisations
• Associations, cooperatives and other non profit organisations
• Public and private companies
• Research centres
• Individual citizens of any age

Awards
There are three types of awards:
• The main GJC Award to winning project selected from among all participants: Winners receive a bronze medal with the Etruscan wolf, the prestigious symbol of the foundation of the City of Rome.
• The School Award: The best project on ICT-based educational innovation presented by Italian schools will receive an award.
• The Innovative Teacher Award: A reward to teacher who works everyday to create a dialogue between the school, the children and the evolving society.

How to apply:
The project can be submitted using the online form or downloading the word document from the website and sending it by e-mail, fax or post.

Deadline: 20 September 2019.

Find out more: http://www.gjc.it

Il concorso internazionale Global Junior Challenge premia i progetti più innovativi che utilizzano le moderne tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione (TIC) nell'ambito dell'istruzione e l'inclusione sociale. Ha l'obiettivo di incoraggiare i giovani e i loro insegnanti ad utilizzare le nuove tecnologie; scambiare esperienze e prender spunto da precedenti iniziative che hanno avuto un esito positivo.

I progetti ammissibili devono essere rivolti a giovani fino ai 29 anni e rientrare in una delle seguenti categorie: 
- utenti fino a 10 anni,
- utenti fino a 15 anni,
- utenti fino a 18 anni,
- utenti fino a 29 anni.
- Progetti che utilizzano l'ICT per l'inserimento dei giovani nel mondo del lavoro
- Progetti che utilizzano l'ICT per l'integrazione degli immigrati/rifugiati
- Progetti che utilizzano l'ICT per lo sviluppo sostenibile dell'ambiente

Chi può partecipare
Il concorso è aperto a partecipanti provenienti da tutto il mondo:
- Scuole pubbliche e private e università
- Istituzioni e organizzazioni pubbliche e private
- Associazioni, cooperative e altre organizzazioni non profit
- Società pubbliche e private
- Centri di ricerca
- Privati cittadini  di qualsiasi età

Il Global Junior Challenge 2019 assegna diversi tipi Premi:
- Premio del Global Junior Challenge
- Premio delle scuole
- Premio Tullio De Mauro per la didattica innovativa e inclusiva

Scadenza: 20 settembre 2019. 

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://www.gjc.it/en/rules

The James Dyson Award is an international student design award running in 26 countries. It is run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, as part of its mission to encourage the next generation of design engineers to be creative, challenge and invent.
The aim of the award is to support current and recent graduates of design or engineering who have a problem-solving idea.

 

Who can apply
The award is open to current university students of engineering, product design and industrial design, and those who have graduated in these subjects in the last four years.
All entrants must have undertaken their studies in one of the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,  the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates the United Kingdom and the United States.
Teams are also encouraged to enter, provided at least the team leader must have studied one of the qualifying subjects, and all team members must be (or have been within the last four years) enrolled for at least one semester in an undergraduate or graduate programme.
Team entries are restricted to a maximum of 10 members.

Prizes
International Winner
- €33,500 for the winning individual or team; 
- €5,500 for the institution where the winner studies or previously studied; and 
- a James Dyson Award Certificate.

International Runners-up:
- €5,500 to the entrant (or as applicable the team); and 
- a James Dyson Award Certificate.

National Winners from each Eligible Country:
- €2,200 to the entrant (or as applicable the team); and 
- a James Dyson Award Certificate

 

Application
Applicants need to need to register and upload proof that they're students or recent graduates in one of the qualifying subjects.
Once registered, they need to complete the online form explaining:

• What their invention does
• Where they got their inspiration
• How it works
• How they developed their design
• What sets it apart
• What the future holds for it

They need to submit the entry in English. If they wish, they can also submit a copy in one of several other languages.
They can upload up to five images, of up to 3MB each, to support their entry, including one feature image. They could also include a video, it often helps to explain an idea or project.
Videos should be less than 3 minutes long and show both the development process of the design and the prototype in action. Videos need to be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo first.
Please check the gallery of past winners for examples of successful entries.

Read the full rules of the competition on https://bit.ly/2K4nUtb

Deadline: 11 July 2019, 11.59 EST.
 

Read more: http://www.jamesdysonaward.org

Il James Dyson Award è un concorso internazionale di design che celebra, incoraggia e ispira le prossime generazioni di ingegneri. Si rivolge a studenti e neolaureati in ingegneria ed è promosso dalla James Dyson Foundation, l’ente di beneficenza di James Dyson istituito per ispirare la prossima generazione di ingegneri.

Tema 
“Progettare un prodotto in grado di risolvere un problema”

Chi può partecipare?
Non conta la provenienza. Tuttavia, tutti i partecipanti devono aver studiato in uno dei seguenti Paesi e regioni : Australia, Austria, Belgio, Canada, Cina, Corea del Sud, Emirati Arabi Uniti, Filippine, Francia, Germania, Giappone, Hong Kong, India, Irlanda, Italia, Malesia, Messico, Nuova Zelanda, Paesi Bassi, Regno Unito, Russia, Singapore, Spagna, Svizzera, Svezia, Taiwan, e USA.

Candidatura
Le candidature saranno sotto forma di progetto caricato sul sito del Premio, che deve comprendere schizzi e immagini di modelli e prototipi che dimostrano il processo di ricerca e sviluppo. Inoltre deve essere presentata una descrizione del progetto, che sottolinea lo scopo e la funzione. Devono essere presentate due versioni, la prima nella lingua madre del candidato e la seconda in inglese. La descrizione non deve superare le 200 parole. I candidati possono presentare quanti progetti desiderano. Per poter caricare i propri materiali, è necessario prima registrarsi su: https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/how-to-enter/

Premi
Il James Dyson Award è l'occasione per farsi conoscere come inventore. Oltre a vincere un significativo premio in denaro, si avrà la possibilità di ricevere visibilità sui media per dare avvio alla propria carriera,  e magari anche raggiungere il livello di sicurezza necessario per lanciare il proprio business.

Scadenza: dal 28 marzo all'11 luglio 2019, 23,59 CET.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://www.jamesdysonaward.org

Le James Dyson Award est un prix international de design ouvert aux étudiants de 22 pays. Il est organisé par la Fondation James Dyson (une organisation caritative) dans le cadre de sa mission : encourager les inventeurs de demain à faire preuve de créativité, d’innovation et d’ingéniosité.

Le thème pour le James Dyson Award 2016 est : « Résoudre un problème par une solution innovante ».

Eligibilité

Le James Dyson Award est ouvert aux étudiants en design produits, en design industriel et en ingénierie ainsi qu’aux personnes diplômées au cours de ces 4 dernières années dans l’un des pays suivant : Allemagne, l’Australie, l’Autriche, la Belgique, le Canada, la Chine, la Corée, l’Espagne, les Etats-Unis, la France, Hong Kong, L’Irlande, l’Italie, le Japon, la Malaisie, la Nouvelle Zélande, les Pays-Bas, le Royaume-Uni la Russie, Singapour, la Suisse et Taïwan.

Prix

Il y a un lauréat international et un lauréat national par pays participant au James Dyson Award.

Lauréat international :

• 40 000 € pour l’étudiant ou l’équipe d’étudiants
• 7 000 € pour le département universitaire de l’étudiant
• Un certificat James Dyson Award

Finalistes internationaux :

• 7 000 € chacun
• Un certificat James Dyson Award

Lauréat national :

• 2 750 € chacun
• Un certificat James Dyson Award

Candidature

Afin de soumettre un projet, les candidats devront se créer un profil sur le site du James Dyson Award, puis fournir :

• Une description de leur projet : ce qui les a inspiré, le processus de développement qu’ils ont choisi, le fonctionnement et l’usage de leur innovation. La première partie doit être remplie en français et la seconde partie en anglais. La description ne doit pas dépasser 200 mots.
• Des images, croquis, sketchs de leur projet : au crayon, à l’ordinateur, sous toutes les formes qu’ils souhaitent. Il faudra également soumettre une image de leur projet avec un fond blanc. Chaque image doit peser minimum 1MB mais ne doit pas dépasser 3MB.
• Une vidéo de leur projet. Cet élément n’est pas obligatoire mais vivement recommandé. Elle doit reprendre leur démarche, montrer les différentes facettes du développement. Elle ne doit pas durer plus de 3mn. La vidéo doit être uploadée sur Youtube ou Vimeo.

Les participants peuvent envoyer autant de projets qu’ils souhaitent.

Date limite : le 19 juillet 2016

Règlement du concours

Plus d’informations

The Social Innovation Tournament is the flagship initiative of the European Investment Bank which aims to promote innovative ideas and rewards initiatives that create social and environmental impact, covering projects in a wide range of fields, from education, healthcare and job creation, to new technologies, systems and processes. 

The Social Innovation Tournament recognises and supports the best European social entrepreneurs. It is organised in a different country every year to reward and sponsor European entrepreneurs whose primary purpose is to generate a social, ethical or environmental impact.

All projects will compete for two prizes in a General Category, and projects falling within the Special Category (in 2019, projects focused on sustainable consumption and production (including circular economy)) will also compete for two prizes in the Special Category.
Winning projects in both categories will be awarded a 1st and 2nd prize of EUR 50 000 and EUR 20 000 respectively.

The winner of the 1st prize in the General Category will also receive an EY mentoring voucher (half-day business-plan fine-tuning offered by EY Transaction Advisory Services in Belgium).
Two project teams (up to two persons per project) will be selected to attend the INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Programme in Fontainebleau, France.
All finalists will join the SIT Alumni Network. SIT Alumni benefit from numerous training opportunities, participate in conferences around Europe, and network with investors, venture philanthropists and foundations who can help their project to grow their impact.

All projects will also compete for a residency at IRIS (Incubadora Regional de Inovação Social, located in Amarante, Portugal).
The award will be used by the project team to implement/extend their operations to Portugal, starting with the Tâmega and Sousa Region (where the municipality of Amarante is located).

The Tournament runs in two rounds. A Selection Committee comprised mainly of EIB Group experts in innovation, the environment, and other relevant disciplines selects up to 15 projects.
The finalists are invited to a mentoring bootcamp (9^th-13^th  July 2019) to provide them with the necessary guidance for the finalisation of their proposals.
In the Final Event, to be held in Dublin, Ireland, on 24^th October 2019, where all the finalists have to present and defend their project to a Jury composed of social innovation specialists.
 

Prizes
All projects will compete for the General Category 1st and 2nd Prizes of EUR 50 000 and EUR 20 000 respectively. Projects falling under the Special Category (in 2019, projects focusing on sustainable development, with special emphasis on circular economy) will also compete for the Special Category 1st and 2nd Prizes of EUR 50 000 and EUR 20 000 respectively. No winner may be awarded more than one prize.
 

Eligible applicants
The Tournament is open individuals or teams from (or residing in) the European Union Member States, Candidate and Potential Candidate countries, and EFTA countries that submit proposals to be implemented in one or more such countries. 
Any single applicant can submit as many proposals as they want.

The Tournament aims to attract both non-for-profit and for-profit organisations, in particularly young entrepreneurs and social enterprises, NGOs, corporate responsibility departments of private sector companies of any size, government or local government entities and university communities. Entries from high school teams will also be welcome.

Applications need to be submitted only electronically here.

Projects can be submitted in French or English.
Presentations at the Final Event will be in English.
 

Deadline: 7^th March 2019, 23:59 CET.

Find out more: https://institute.eib.org/whatwedo/social/social-innovation-tournament

Il Torneo per l'Innovazione Sociale riconosce e sostiene i migliori imprenditori sociali europei promuovendo idee innovative e opportunità gratificanti in relazione alla lotta contro l'esclusione sociale, coprendo progetti in un'ampia gamma di settori, dall'istruzione, all'assistenza sanitaria e alla creazione di posti di lavoro, alle nuove tecnologie, ai nuovi sistemi e nuovi processi.

Tutti i progetti competono per due premi in una Categoria Generale e due in una Categoria Speciale. Nel 2019, i premi della categoria speciale andranno a progetti incentrati sul consumo sostenibile e sulla produzione sostenibile (compresa l'economia circolare). I progetti competono anche per una residenza presso IRIS (Incubadora Regional de Inovação Social). Due progetti saranno selezionati per partecipare al programma di imprenditoria sociale INSEAD a Fontainebleau, in Francia.

Il torneo si svolge in due turni. Un comitato di selezione, composto principalmente da esperti del Gruppo BEI in materia di innovazione, ambiente e altre discipline pertinenti, seleziona 15 finalisti. I finalisti sono invitati a un programma di tutoraggio per fornire loro le indicazioni necessarie per finalizzare le loro proposte. All'evento finale, tutti i finalisti devono presentare il loro progetto a una giuria di specialisti dell'innovazione sociale.

Il torneo di innovazione sociale di quest'anno si svolgerà a Dublino, in Irlanda.

I premi sono assegnati da una giuria di specialisti del mondo accademico e imprenditoriale. I progetti vincitori di entrambe le categorie riceveranno rispettivamente un primo e un secondo premio rispettivamente di 50.000 euro e 20.000 euro.

Il torneo è rivolto a organizzazioni no-profit e for-profit, principalmente da giovani imprenditori e imprese sociali, dipartimenti di aziende del settore privato di qualsiasi dimensione, ONG e enti governativi o di enti locali e comunità universitarie. Anche le voci dei gruppi di studenti sono benvenute. Il Torneo è aperto a singoli o team provenienti (o residenti) dagli Stati membri dell'Unione Europea, dai paesi candidati e potenziali candidati e dai paesi EFTA che presentano proposte da attuare in uno o più di tali paesi.

Scadenza: 7 Marzo 2019, 23:59 CET.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://bit.ly/2z3Ih3s

YO!Fest is the annual youth festival organised by the European Youth Forum that combines high-level political debates, thematic workshops, educational activities, live music and artistic performances creating a unique, fun and meaningful experience of participation.
This year's edition will be held in Brussels, Belgium on the 30^th of April 2019.

The European Youth Forum and Jeunesses Musicales International, are inviting all European emerging bands to apply and have the chance to perform at YO!Fest 2019!

 

Who can apply
Bands with maximum 8 members coming from:
- European Union member countries;
- EU candidate countries (Albania, FYROM, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey);
- EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland);
- the average age of the band members should not exceed 26 (no members may be over 30 years old);
- bands should play a genre that is accessible to a wide variety of people.

The YO!Fest jury will pick 3 winning bands to perform as opening acts for YO!Fest.

Prizes
The winning bands will get the travel to/from Brussels (Belgium), local transport, accommodation and food covered, plus €50 per band member.
Each winner will have a 30 minutes performance at YO!Fest 2019;
The winners will be announced in April by email and/or by telephone.
Bands are expected to arrive in  Brussels on the 29^th of April, perform on the 30^th and depart on the 1^st of May.

Entries should be submitted by 22^nd March 2019,  with band's info, music and links.

Find out more: http://www.yofestebc.eu

Every year KidsRights organises a prize which aims to award a child whose courageous or otherwise extraordinary efforts have made an impact on behalf of the rights of children worldwide. 

The winner will receive the statuette 'Nkosi, which shows how a child sets the world in motion, a study and care grant, and a worldwide platform to promote his or her ideals to the benefit of children's rights. 

Furthermore, KidsRights will invest a project fund of €100,000 in projects that are closely connected to the winner's area of work, in the country of the winner. 

Who can be nominated

• An individual boy or girl above 12 years and under 18 years of age; (the child should not be older than 17 years by the time of the nomination deadline)
• From all over the world; 
• The child must have a clear history of standing up and fighting for the rights of him/herself and other children. It is important that the child has an active approach in accomplishing this goal, which has led to a concrete result; 
• Ability to travel abroad and feeling comfortable communicating with other people; 
• The child agrees to being nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize; 
• The International Children’s Peace Prize cannot be awarded posthumously; 
• Group nominations are possible provided that every individual in the group made a provable effort and co-initiated the activities that resulted in an exceptional difference for the rights of the child and the position of vulnerable children, anywhere in the world.
• Organisations are not accepted as eligible nominees. 

How to nominate
Any person or organisation worldwide can nominate a-changemaker between 12 and 17 years old who has a history of standing up and fighting for the rights of him/herself and other children.

Deadline: 15^th March 2019.

Find out more: http://childrenspeaceprize.org   

Tutti gli anni KidsRights organizza un premio che intende premiare un/una ragazzo/a il cui coraggio o altri comportamenti straordinari  hanno avuto un impatto per quanto riguarda i diritti dei bambini di tutto il mondo. 

Il/la ragazzo/a deve:
- essere sopra i 12 anni e sotto i 18 anni di età; (non deve avere più di 17 anni al momento della scadenza della nomina), da tutto il mondo;
- avere una storia di lotta per i diritti per se stesso e gli altri bambini;
- capacità di viaggiare all'estero e sentirsi a proprio agio nel comunicare con altre persone;
- accettare di essere candidato per l'International Children's Peace Prize;
Il premio internazionale per la pace dei bambini non può essere assegnato postumo. Le nomine di gruppo sono possibili a condizione che ogni individuo del gruppo abbia fatto uno sforzo dimostrabile e abbia co-avviato le attività che hanno portato a una differenza eccezionale per i diritti del bambino e la posizione dei bambini vulnerabili, in qualsiasi parte del mondo.
Le organizzazioni non sono accettate come candidati idonei.

Il vincitore riceverà la statuetta 'Nkosi, una borsa di studio e assistenza e l’opportunità di promuovere i suoi ideali a favore dei bambini su una piattaforma mondiale.

Inoltre KidsRights investirà la somma di 100,000 euro in progetti strettamente legati al settore di lavoro del vincitore nel suo paese d’origine.

Come partecipare
Qualunque cittadino o organizzazione può candidare un/a ragazzino/a tra i 12 e i 17 anni con una storia di solidarietà e lotta per i diritti dei bambini.

Scadenza: 15 Marzo 2019.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://childrenspeaceprize.org   

The Erasmus+ Volunteering Awards give young people volunteering abroad the chance to share their experience with other young people across Europe. 
The participants have to make a one-minute video about their volunteering experience and post it to the Awards website.

A jury will choose the most inspirational, creative, and with the most Facebook likes videos.
The best eleven stories shared by 18^th March 2019 will be rewarded with 2 Interrail Passes or city breaks in Barcelona (Spain), Cyprus, Dubrovnik and Zadar (Croatia), Lisbon (Portugal), Marsaxlokk (Malta), Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Prague (Czech Republic), Salzburg (Austria), Santa Severa (Italy), Valencia (Spain). Plus, you can bring a friend along!

All winners will be invited to attend the European Youth Week in Brussels at the beginning of May, with travel and accommodation offered.

How to participate
Participants need to

• have a valid European Youth Card for Erasmus+ or EVS volunteers

• have registered on the European Solidarity Corps Portal. 

Find out more: http://volunteer-awards.eyca.org

The European Commission is inviting ESC volunteers to share their magic moment explored and experienced during their r European Solidarity Corps activity and have a chance to win a European Solidarity Corps promotion kit.

Who can apply
- Young people between 18 and 30 years old, registered in the European Solidarity Corps Portal, who have already experienced a volunteering activity;
- Legally resident in the EU Member States or
- the Partner Countries: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Russian Federation.

How to apply
- Login with your credentials on the European Solidarity Corps Portal on the European Youth Portal;
Upload - up to 5 pictures and give a brief explanation of the picture, why it represents your magic moment;
- Make sure that you have the consent of all the people in the photo;
Photos - should represent ideals, values and the true spirit of the European Solidarity Corps.

Up to five lucky winners will be chosen each month, for December 2018, January 2019, February 2019 and March 2019.

Deadlines
- 31^st December 2018;
- 31^st January 2019;
- 28^th February 2019;
- 31^st March 2019.

Read more here.

Comisia Europeană invită voluntarii ESC să își împărtășească momentul magic pe care l-au trăit în timpul activităților desfășurate în cadrul Corpului European de Solidaritate și au șansa să câștige un kit de promovare a Corpului European de Solidaritate.

Cine poate candida

- Tineri cu vârsta cuprinsă între 18 și 30 de ani, înregistrați în Portalul Corpului European de Solidaritate, care au fost implicați într-o activitate de voluntariat;

- Rezidenți legali în statele membre ale UE;

- Țările partenere: Fosta Republică Iugoslavă a Macedoniei și Turcia, Liechtenstein, Islanda și Norvegia, Albania, Bosnia și Herțegovina, Kosovo, Muntenegru, Serbia, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ucraina, Algeria, Egipt, Israel, Iordania , Liban, Libia, Maroc, Palestina, Siria, Tunisia și Federația Rusă.

Cum poți să candidezi

- Conectează-te la contul tău deschis pe Portalul Corpului European de Solidaritate de pe Portalul european pentru tineret;

Încărcă până la 5 fotografii, oferă o scurtă descriere a imaginii și explică de ce reprezintă momentul tău magic;

- Asigură-te că ai acordul tuturor persoanelor din fotografie;

Fotografiile trebuie să reprezinte idealurile, valorile și adevăratul spirit al Corpului European de Solidaritate.

Vor fi aleși până la cinci câștigători în fiecare dintre următoarele luni: decembrie 2018, ianuarie 2019, februarie 2019 și martie 2019.

https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/photo_contest_en - 31 decembrie 2018;

- 31 ianuarie 2019;

- 28 februarie 2019;

- 31 martie 2019.

Mai multe informații: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/photo_contest_en

La Comisión Europea invita a los voluntarios que hayan participado en el Cuerpo Europeo de Solidaridad (CES) a compartir los momentos mágicos que hayan experimentado durante su actividad de voluntariado, teniendo la oportunidad de ganar un kit de promoción del CES.

¿Quién puede participar?
- Jóvenes de entre 18 y 30 años de edad, registrados en el Portal del Cuerpo Europeo de Solidaridad, que tengan experiencia en una actividad de voluntariado.
- Que tengan residencia legan en un Estado Miembro de la Unión Europea o
- Un país socio: Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia y Turquía, Liechtenstein, Islandia y Noruega, Albania, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Armenia, Azerbaiyán, Bielorrusia, Georgia, Moldavia, Ucrania, Argelia, Egipto, Israel, Jordania, Líbano, Libia, Marruecos, Palestina, Siria, Túnez y la Federación Rusa.

¿Cómo puedo participar?
- Inicia sesión con tus credenciales en el Portal del Cuerpo Europeo de Solidaridad en el Portal Europeo de la Juventud.
Sube hasta 5 imágenes y da una breve explicación de la imagen de por qué representa un momento mágico para ti.
- Asegúrate de contar con el consentimiento de todas las personas que aparecen en la foto.
Fotos: deben representar ideales, valores y el verdadero espíritu del Cuerpo Europeo de Solidaridad.

Se elegirán hasta 5 afortunados ganadores cada mes: en los meses de diciembre de 2018, enero de 2019, febrero de 2019 y marzo de 2019.

Fechas límites:
- 31 de diciembre de 2018.
- 31 de enero de 2019.
- 28 de febrero de 2019.
- 31 de marzo de 2019.

Lee más aquí.

The European Commission is inviting ESC volunteers to share their magic moment explored and experienced during their r European Solidarity Corps activity and have a chance to win a European Solidarity Corps promotion kit.

Who can apply
- Young people between 18 and 30 years old, registered in the European Solidarity Corps Portal, who have already experienced a volunteering activity;
- Legally resident in the EU Member States or
- the Partner Countries: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Russian Federation.

How to apply
- Login with your credentials on the European Solidarity Corps Portal on the European Youth Portal;
Upload - up to 5 pictures and give a brief explanation of the picture, why it represents your magic moment;
- Make sure that you have the consent of all the people in the photo;
Photos - should represent ideals, values and the true spirit of the European Solidarity Corps.

Up to five lucky winners will be chosen each month, for December 2018, January 2019, February 2019 and March 2019.

Deadlines
- 31^st December 2018;
- 31^st January 2019;
- 28^th February 2019;
- 31^st March 2019.

Read more here.

Imagine Europe aims to encourage persons of all ages:

• to reflect on possible solutions to issues of high concern to Europe and the world community;
• to contribute to the future development of the European Union;
• to communicate their ideas in powerful ways in order to inspire an increasing number of people to participate in the European Public Sphere;
• to contribute to the strengthening of the European public sphere which can help to protect and foster our common good;
• to strengthen the link between citizens and decision-making structures;
• to foster young people’s interest in the debates at the European Parliament;
• to motivate participants to strengthen their awareness of important social achievements by their predecessors and to become familiar with important European and world literature;
• to give young people the opportunity to practice their writing, rhetorical and presentation skills.

How to participate
- Entrants will have to write a pitch of up to 500 words on the topic “My vision of Europe in 2050”; 
- They can either present their general vision of the future in the year 2050, or select a particular field which they would like to analyse deeper:

• Human interaction
• Climate change / protection
• Education
• Democracy
• Health
• Migration
• Social policies
• Artificial Intelligence
• Genetic engineering
• etc.

- The speech may be in any language. In case the chosen language is not English, subtitles should be provided in the video; 
- Record the pitch in video-format. Entrants may decide to appear in front of the camera, or have another person to perform the pitch, or have the pitch delivered as a voiceover and use other video footage to illustrate their ideas; 
- The video may be max. 3 min. in length;
- Written and recorded pitches should be submitted here.

Check the tips & tricks section to get some ideas before starting.

Prizes
At least 5 participants will win 500€ each and will be invited to an international workshop with European decision-makers and change-makers (travel, accommodation and subsistence costs covered). 
The dates of the international workshop(s) will be set in accordance with winner’s availabilities. 
Winners will be determined through public, Jury and online voting open until 25^th March 2019;
Winners shall be announced in June 2019.

Deadline to apply: 28^th February 2019.

Read more here.

Leer más aquí.

Imagine Europe aims to encourage persons of all ages:

• to reflect on possible solutions to issues of high concern to Europe and the world community;
• to contribute to the future development of the European Union;
• to communicate their ideas in powerful ways in order to inspire an increasing number of people to participate in the European Public Sphere;
• to contribute to the strengthening of the European public sphere which can help to protect and foster our common good;
• to strengthen the link between citizens and decision-making structures;
• to foster young people’s interest in the debates at the European Parliament;
• to motivate participants to strengthen their awareness of important social achievements by their predecessors and to become familiar with important European and world literature;
• to give young people the opportunity to practice their writing, rhetorical and presentation skills.

How to participate
- Entrants will have to write a pitch of up to 500 words on the topic “My vision of Europe in 2050”; 
- They can either present their general vision of the future in the year 2050, or select a particular field which they would like to analyse deeper:

• Human interaction
• Climate change / protection
• Education
• Democracy
• Health
• Migration
• Social policies
• Artificial Intelligence
• Genetic engineering
• etc.

- The speech may be in any language. In case the chosen language is not English, subtitles should be provided in the video; 
- Record the pitch in video-format. Entrants may decide to appear in front of the camera, or have another person to perform the pitch, or have the pitch delivered as a voiceover and use other video footage to illustrate their ideas; 
- The video may be max. 3 min. in length;
- Written and recorded pitches should be submitted here.

Check the tips & tricks section to get some ideas before starting.

Prizes
At least 5 participants will win 500€ each and will be invited to an international workshop with European decision-makers and change-makers (travel, accommodation and subsistence costs covered). 
The dates of the international workshop(s) will be set in accordance with winner’s availabilities. 
Winners will be determined through public, Jury and online voting open until 25^th March 2019;
Winners shall be announced in June 2019.

Deadline to apply: 28^th February 2019.

Read more here.

"Imagine Europe" este un concurs de idei care invită pe toată lumea indiferent de vârstă sau naționalitate să își prezinte viziunea asupra Europei în 2050 printr-un text scurt și un video. Concursul este prezentat de o serie de parteneri europeni și inițial a primit finanțare prin programul Erasmus+ al Uniunii Europene.

"Imagine Europe" urmărește să încurajeze persoanele de toate vârstele:

- să reflecteze asupra posibilelor soluții la problemele de interes major pentru Europa și pentru comunitatea internațională;

- să contribuie la dezvoltarea viitoare a Uniunii Europene;

- să-și comunice ideile în diverse moduri astfel încât să inspire un număr din ce în ce mai mare de oameni să participe la viața publică europeană;

- să contribuie la consolidarea sferei publice europene, care poate contribui la protejarea și promovarea bunului nostru comun;

- să contribuie la consolidarea legăturii dintre cetățeni și structurile de luare a deciziilor;

- pentru a contribui la creșterea interesului tinerilor pentru dezbaterile din Parlamentul European;

- de a motiva participanții să conștientizeze realizările sociale importante ale predecesorilor lor și să se familiarizeze cu literatura europeană și internațională importantă;

- pentru a oferi tinerilor ocazia de a-și exersa abilitățile de scriere, retorică și de prezentare.

Cum poți participa

- Participanții trebuie să scrie un text de maximum 500 de cuvinte pe tema "Viziunea mea despre Europa în 2050";

- Ei pot prezenta fie viziunea generală privind viitorului în anul 2050, fie pot selecta un anumit domeniu pe care doresc să-l aprofundeze:

• Interacțiune umană
• Schimbări climatice/protejare
• Educaţie
• Democraţie
• Sănătate
• Migrație
• Politici sociale
• Inteligență artificială
• Inginerie genetica
• etc.

- Pentru prezentare poate fi folosită orice limbă. În cazul în care limba aleasă nu este engleza, videoclipul trebuie să fie subtitrat;

- Înregistrați prezentarea în format video. Participanții pot decide să apară în fața camerei, sau să aibă o altă persoană care să facă prezentarea, sau prezentarea să fie făcută prin intermediul  voiceover și să folosească imagini video pentru a-și ilustra ideile;

- Durata videoclipului poate fi de maximum 3 minute;

- Prezentările scrise și înregistrate trebuie să fie trimise aici.

Verificați secțiunea “tips & tricks” pentru a obține câteva idei înainte de a începe.

Premii

Cel puțin 5 participanți vor câștiga 500 de euro fiecare și vor fi invitați la un atelier internațional cu factori de decizie europeni (sunt acoperite cheltuielile de călătorie, cazare și masă).

Data de desfășurare a atelierului (atelierelor) internațional va fi stabilită în funcție de disponibilitățile câștigătorului.

Câștigătorii vor fi selectați prin votul publicului, al juriului și online, până la data de 25 martie 2019;

Câștigătorii vor fi anunțați în iunie 2019.

Termen limită pentru depunerea candidaturii: 28 februarie 2019.

Mai multe informații: http://www.imagineeurope.eu

How much do you know about European Films? Join the competition, test your knowledge and get the chance to win a trip to the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019 where you could have a glimpse into the European audiovisual sector and meet film professionals.

Who can participate
Any permanent resident of the EU is eligible to participate, as well as permanent residents of countries that had formally signed an agreement to participate in the Creative Europe programme not later than 31 December 2018 (Iceland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Serbia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Tunisia);
Participants must be at least 18 years old (on 19 March 2019);
They must be free between 17^th and 19^th May 2019, the dates on which the winners will be travelling to Cannes.

How to participate
Answer the quiz to test your EU films knowledge;
For every correct answer entrants get one point, they will earn an extra point if they follow @MEDIAprogEU on Twitter and/or @CreativeEuropeEU on Facebook (maximum one point). If they do, they should make sure to mention their social media account in the contact form.
Entrants may submit up to three entries, but can only win once.

Prizes 
Return ticket to Cannes, France, for one person from any of the above countries and two nights accommodation arranged by the organisers.
Winners will attend two screenings of films selected as part of La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs/Directors’ Fortnight and Semaine de la Critique/ The International Critics' Week.
They will also receive a festival badge that gives them access to the festival premises. For security reasons, access to the entire festival cannot be guaranteed.

The winners will be announced at the beginning of April 2019.

Deadline: 19^th March 2019.

Find out more here.

y ten la oportunidad de ganar un viaje al Festival de Cine de Cannes en mayo de 2019, donde podrás adentrarte en el  sector audiovisual europeo y conocer a profesionales del cine.

¿Quién puede participar?

• Cualquier residente permanente de la UE es elegible para participar, así como los residentes permanentes de países que han firmado formalmente un acuerdo para participar en el programa Europa Creativa a más tardar el 31 de diciembre de 2018 (Islandia, Noruega, Albania, Bosnia y Herzegovina, el ex República Yugoslava de Macedonia, Montenegro, República de Serbia, Georgia, Moldavia, Ucrania y Túnez);
• Los participantes deben tener al menos 18 años de edad (el 19 de marzo de 2019);
• Deben estar libres entre el 17 y el 19 de mayo de 2019, las fechas en que los ganadores viajarán a Cannes.

¿Cómo participar?

Responde al cuestionario para probar tus conocimientos sobre películas de la UE;

Por cada respuesta correcta, los participantes obtendrán un punto, obtendrán un punto adicional si siguen @MEDIAprogEU en Twitter y / o @CreativeEuropeEU en Facebook (máximo un punto). Si lo hacen, deben asegurarse de mencionar su cuenta de redes sociales en el formulario de contacto.

Los participantes pueden enviar hasta tres solicitudes, pero solo pueden ganar una vez.

Premios:

Viaje de ida y vuelta a Cannes, Francia, para una persona de cualquiera de los países mencionados y dos noches de alojamiento.

Los ganadores asistirán a dos proyecciones de películas seleccionadas como parte de La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs/Directors’ Fortnight and Semaine de la Critique/ The International Critics' Week.

También recibirán una insignia del festival que les dará acceso a las instalaciones del festival. Por razones de seguridad, no se puede garantizar el acceso a todo el festival.

Los ganadores serán anunciados a principios de abril de 2019.

Fecha límite: 19 de marzo de 2019.

Descubre más aquí. 

How much do you know about European Films? Join the competition, test your knowledge and get the chance to win a trip to the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019 where you could have a glimpse into the European audiovisual sector and meet film professionals.

Who can participate
Any permanent resident of the EU is eligible to participate, as well as permanent residents of countries that had formally signed an agreement to participate in the Creative Europe programme not later than 31 December 2018 (Iceland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Serbia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Tunisia);
Participants must be at least 18 years old (on 19 March 2019);
They must be free between 17^th and 19^th May 2019, the dates on which the winners will be travelling to Cannes.

How to participate
Answer the quiz to test your EU films knowledge;
For every correct answer entrants get one point, they will earn an extra point if they follow @MEDIAprogEU on Twitter and/or @CreativeEuropeEU on Facebook (maximum one point). If they do, they should make sure to mention their social media account in the contact form.
Entrants may submit up to three entries, but can only win once.

Prizes 
Return ticket to Cannes, France, for one person from any of the above countries and two nights accommodation arranged by the organisers.
Winners will attend two screenings of films selected as part of La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs/Directors’ Fortnight and Semaine de la Critique/ The International Critics' Week.
They will also receive a festival badge that gives them access to the festival premises. For security reasons, access to the entire festival cannot be guaranteed.

The winners will be announced at the beginning of April 2019.

Deadline: 19^th March 2019.

Find out more here.

The European elections are coming up, which will shape the future of the EU. But Europe is, and always will be, about all of us. So the European Parliament is inviting anyone over 18, living in a EU country (including UK) to share a portrait capturing the faces of Europe for a chance to win a trip to the Open Day of the European Parliament in Brussels on 4^th May 2019.

Who can participate
Eligible entrants must live in an EU country (this includes the UK), be over 18, own full copyright for their photos, have an Instagram account public and be available to travel to Brussels, Belgium, on 4^th May 2019 (if selected).

How to participate
Entrants need to share a picture of themselves or someone special to them and tell the story behind it. 
When posting their picture, they need to use the hashtag #iameurope and tag @europeanparliament. 
Subscribe to the European elections platform: thistimeimvoting.eu.

Prize

There will be six winners: five chosen by the organisers and one by participants. During the contest, some of the best shots will be regrammed on the Parliament’s Instagram account and the most liked one will be the participants’ winner.
The winning photos, along with a larger selection of the best portraits shared, will be displayed in the European Parliament in Brussels, as part of an exhibition on 4^th May to which the six winners will be invited.

Deadline for submitting application: 1^st April 2019, noon CET.

Find out more here.

The European elections are coming up, which will shape the future of the EU. But Europe is, and always will be, about all of us. So the European Parliament is inviting anyone over 18, living in a EU country (including UK) to share a portrait capturing the faces of Europe for a chance to win a trip to the Open Day of the European Parliament in Brussels on 4^th May 2019.

Who can participate
Eligible entrants must live in an EU country (this includes the UK), be over 18, own full copyright for their photos, have an Instagram account public and be available to travel to Brussels, Belgium, on 4^th May 2019 (if selected).

How to participate
Entrants need to share a picture of themselves or someone special to them and tell the story behind it. 
When posting their picture, they need to use the hashtag #iameurope and tag @europeanparliament. 
Subscribe to the European elections platform: thistimeimvoting.eu.

Winners 
 

Prize

There will be six winners: five chosen by the organisers and one by participants. During the contest, some of the best shots will be regrammed on the Parliament’s Instagram account and the most liked one will be the participants’ winner.
The winning photos, along with a larger selection of the best portraits shared, will be displayed in the European Parliament in Brussels, as part of an exhibition on 4^th May to which the six winners will be invited.

Deadline for submitting application: 1^st April 2019, noon CET.

Find out more here.

Alegerile europene se apropie, alegeri ce vor defini viitorul UE. Europa este, și întotdeauna va fi, despre noi toți. Deci, Parlamentul European invită orice persoană cu vârsta de peste 18 ani, care locuiește într-o țară din UE (inclusiv Marea Britanie), să prezinte un portret care imortalizează chipuri ale Europei. Participanții au șansa de a câștiga o călătorie la Ziua Porților Deschise de la Parlamentul European de la Bruxelles, din data de 4 mai 2019.

Cine poate participa

Participanții eligibili trebuie să locuiască într-o țară a UE (inclusiv Marea Britanie), să aibă peste 18 ani, să dețină drepturi de autor pentru fotografiile lor, să aibă un cont public de Instagram și să poată călători la Bruxelles, Belgia, în data de 4 mai 2019.

Cum poți participa

Participanții trebuie să prezinte o imagine cu ei înșiși sau cu o personă specială pentru ei și să spună povestea din spatele imaginii.

Când postează fotografia, aceștia trebuie să folosească hashtag-ul #iameurope și să adauge @europeanparliament.

Participanții trebuie să se înscrie pe platforma pentru alegeri europene: thistimeimvoting.eu.

Premii

Vor fi șase câștigători: cinci aleși de organizatori și unul de participanți. În timpul concursului, unele dintre cele mai bune fotografii vor fi regrupate în contul de Instagram al Parlamentului Instagram, iar cea care va primi cele mai multe like-uri va fi fotografia câștigătoare aleasă de participanți.

Fotografiile câștigătoare, împreună cu o selecție mai largă a celor mai bune portrete prezentate, vor fi expuse în Parlamentul European de la Bruxelles, ca parte a unei expoziții la care vor fi invitați cei șase câștigători, în data de 4 mai 2019.

Termen limită de depunere a candidaturilor: 1 aprilie 2019, ora prânzului CET.

 Mai multe informații aici.

With May 2019 European elections approaching, the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute is inviting students and young people to reflect on Europe’s future in an essay contest under the theme “My country, our world in 2030” for a chance to win a summer school scholarship.

The contest is an opportunity for the participants to share how they see the future of both their country and Europe.

Some of the questions to ask themselves could be:

1. How do you think your country will be governed and how will it be positioned in the European and global economic and political scene in 2030?
2. What are the main developments that will characterise your country and Europe in the future?
3. What do you think the words ‘world’, ‘Europe’, and ‘country’ will mean to you more than a decade from now?

Who can apply
Young people from the Council of Europe and CIS countries, up to 27 years old.

How to apply
Entrants should submit an essay reflecting on Europe’s future.
The essay should be in English, with a length up to a maximum of 5,000 words (including footnotes).

Prizes

• “Best essay” prize is a full scholarship up to 3000 EUR value for a Summer School of participant’s choice.
• “Best essays” under 18, under 23 and under 27 – competition among the best. First prize winners in these categories will each receive a laptop. The runner up in each category will receive an iPhone.
• Attendance at the 2019 Rhodes Forum in Greece, October 11-12, 2019. DOC will host the winners of the Essay competition and they will be invited to speak in front of a high-level, international audience. 
• The Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace Prize will be inviting the author of the best essay to speak at the Spirit of Humanity Forum to be held on 29th May – 2nd June 2019.
• The winners will be invited to attend and present their work at the Rising Global Peace Forum, 13-14 November 2019, which will take place in Coventry, the City of Peace and Reconciliation and the 2021 UK City of Culture.
• The Russian-Armenian University will sponsor a special prize for the best essay written by an Armenian national.

Deadline: essays should be submitted by 15^th March 2019, midnight local time, to [email protected].

Read more here.

The aim of the programme is to bring together school children from the Community countries in Strasbourg. A group of about 500 secondary-school pupils, usually from the same age group, is invited to spend a day thinking together about the effects that European integration will have on their future.

Aims:

• To give young people an insight into the workings of the European Parliament;
• To give young people a taste of Europe in a day of meetings and discussion on topical European subjects;
• To make them aware of what is meant by democratic commitement.
  
  Actions:
• The pupils have to make full use of their knowledge of languages in order to communicate with their opposite numbers from the other European countries, since interpretation is limited;
• Public discussions in a foreign language;
• multilingual working parties.
  
  It is advisable to contact the European Parliament office in your Member State for initial information. For contact details have a look at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/nearYou/completeList.do

Lo scopo del programma è quello di riunire a Strasburgo studenti provenienti dai paesi comunitari. Un gruppo di alunni delle ultime classi delle scuole superiori, solitamente della stessa fascia d'età, è invitato a trascorrere una giornata riflettendo collettivamente sugli effetti che l'integrazione europea avrà sul suo futuro.

Obiettivi:

• far conoscere ai giovani i lavori del Parlamento Europeo;
• dare ai giovani la possibilità di assaporare la dimensione europea durante una giornata di incontri e di discussione su argomenti europei d'attualità;
• sensibilizzarli sul significato di impegno democratico.

Azioni:

• gli alunni devono utilizzare a pieno le loro conoscenze linguistiche allo scopo di comunicare con i loro colleghi provenienti da altri paesi europei, dato che l'interpretazione è limitata;
• discussioni pubbliche in una lingua straniera;
• gruppi di lavoro multilingue.

Per la presentazione delle domande e ulteriori informazioni è preferibile contattare l'ufficio del Parlamento Europeo nello Stato Membro di appartenenza.

Per ulteriori informazioni consultare il sito: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/euroscola

Šīs programmas mērķis ir sapulcēt visu Eiropas Savienības valstu skolēnus Strasbūrā. 500 vidusskolas skolēnu grupa, parasti līdzīgā vecumā, ir aicināti pavadīt dienu kopā, domājot par to, kā Eiropas integrācija ietekmēs mūsu nākotni.

Mērķi:

    sniegt jauniešiem ieskatu Eiropas Parlamenta darbā;
    ļaut jauniešiem izgaršot Eiropu, piedaloties tikšanās un diskusijās par kādu populāru Eiropas tematu;
    ļaut viņiem saprast, kas ir demokrātija.

Aktivitātes:
    skolēniem būs iespējas pilnībā izmantot savas valodu zināšanas, lai varētu komunicēt ar vienaudžiem no dažādām Eiropas valstīm, ņemot vērā, ka tulkošanas iespējas ir ierobežotas;
    publiskās diskusijas svešvalodā;
    vairāku valodu darba grupas.

    Papildus informācijai ieteicams sazināties ar Eiropas Parlamenta pārstāvniecību savā valstī. Kontaktinformācija pieejama šeit: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/nearYou/completeList.do

The aim of the programme is to bring together school children from the Community countries in Strasbourg. A group of about 500 secondary-school pupils, usually from the same age group, is invited to spend a day thinking together about the effects that European integration will have on their future.

Aims:

• To give young people an insight into the workings of the European Parliament;
• To give young people a taste of Europe in a day of meetings and discussion on topical European subjects;
• To make them aware of what is meant by democratic commitement.
  
  Actions:
• The pupils have to make full use of their knowledge of languages in order to communicate with their opposite numbers from the other European countries, since interpretation is limited;
• Public discussions in a foreign language;
• multilingual working parties.
  
  It is advisable to contact the European Parliament office in your Member State for initial information. For contact details have a look at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/nearYou/completeList.do

The European Youth Award (EYA) selects and promotes best European innovative students,  and social entrepreneurs, start-ups, designers, producers, application developers, journalists and writers, who create digital projects with impact on society addressing the goals defined by the Council of Europe , Europe 2020 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Innovative students and young people under 33 (born on or after January 1, 1985), living in one of the member states of the European Union, Council of Europe or Union for the Mediterranean, Belarus or Kosovo can enter their projects on the following categories:

1. Fostering Health: healthcare, sports, food, well-being; 
2. Smart Learning: education, infotainment, e-skills, science and R & D;
3. Connecting Cultures: diversity, heritage, integration, gender equality;
4. Planet Friendly: sustainable energy, biodiversity, climate change, intelligent infrastructures;
5. Active Citizenship: digital journalism, democratic participation, social cohesion, human rights;
6. Sustainable Economics: financial literacy, responsible consumption, fair commerce, fundraising;
7. Managing life: personal development, relationships, activity planning, decent work;
8. Open Innovation: music and arts, crazy stuff, digital magic, improving the world;
9. Future Europe: Europositivism, European Union, European Rembrance, EU policy making; 
10. Special Category 2018: mYouth.

The submitted product or application must be completed after 1 January 2017 (for a project or product completed earlier the submitters have to document that significant alterations and/or improvements and/or additions have been made in the period thereafter).
The submitted project, product or application must be fully functional and operational at the time of submission and must be accessible via Internet whether it is designed for fixed line, broadband or mobile use.
In case of multiple submissions from one and the same submitters, each product, project or application requires a separate registration and release form.
In each of the categories there will be three winners.

One producer or representative of the winning project has to accept the invitation to the EYA Festival (Winners Event), present the project, product or application there and receive the award personally. Travel costs will be covered with a lump sum. Accommodation will be provided.

The EYA Festival will take place in Graz (Austria), from 28 November to 1 December 2018.

Deadline to submit entries: 31 July 2018.

Find out more: http://www.eu-youthaward.org

Il premio European Youth Award (EYA) seleziona e promuove gli studenti  e i giovani imprenditori europei più innovativi, che utilizzano Internet e gli apparecchi mobili per creare contenuti digitali di interesse sociale che affrontino gli obiettivi definiti dal Consiglio d'Europa e Europa 2020.

Possono partecipare studenti e giovani al di sotto dei 33 anni (nati dopo il 1 gennaio 1984), da uno degli Stati membri del Consiglio d'Europa, Bielorussia, Kosovo o Siria.

Le categorie in cui presentare i progetti sono le seguenti:

1. Promuovere la salute: sanità, sport, cibo, benessere;
2. Apprendimento intelligente: istruzione, infotainment, e-competenze, scienza e ricerca e sviluppo;
3. Connecting Culture: diversità, patrimonio, integrazione, uguaglianza di genere;
4. Pianeta amico: energia sostenibile, biodiversità, cambiamenti climatici, infrastrutture intelligenti;
5. Cittadinanza attiva: giornalismo digitale, partecipazione democratica, coesione sociale, diritti umani;
6. Economia sostenibile: alfabetizzazione finanziaria, consumo responsabile, commercio equo, raccolta di fondi;
7. Open Innovation: musica e arte, cose folli, magia digitale, miglioramento del mondo;
8. Categoria speciale 2018: mYouth.

Il prodotto presentato deve essere stato completato dopo il 1 gennaio 2017 (per un progetto o prodotto completato prima di questa data, i candidati devono documentare che le modifiche e/o miglioramenti e/o aggiunte sono stati realizzati nel periodo successivo). Il progetto, prodotto o domanda presentata deve essere pienamente operativo al momento della candidatura e deve essere accessibile via Internet.

In caso di presentazioni multiple dallo stesso candidato, si richiede una registrazione separata per ciascun prodotto. In ciascuna delle categorie vi saranno tre vincitori. Le spese di viaggio verranno coperte con una somma forfettaria e verrà fornito l'alloggio. 

I vincitori del European Youth Award verranno invitati al Festival di Graz, Austria, dal 28 Novembre al 1 Dicembre 2018.

Scadenza: 31 Luglio 2018.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://eu-youthaward.org/

The European Youth Award (EYA) selects and promotes best European innovative students,  and social entrepreneurs, start-ups, designers, producers, application developers, journalists and writers, who create digital projects with impact on society addressing the goals defined by the Council of Europe , Europe 2020 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Innovative students and young people under 33 (born on or after January 1, 1985), living in one of the member states of the European Union, Council of Europe or Union for the Mediterranean, Belarus or Kosovo can enter their projects on the nine categories:

1. Fostering Health: healthcare, sports, food, well-being; 
2. Smart Learning: education, infotainment, e-skills, science and R & D;
3. Connecting Cultures: diversity, heritage, integration, gender equality;
4. Planet Friendly: sustainable energy, biodiversity, climate change, intelligent infrastructures;
5. Active Citizenship: digital journalism, democratic participation, social cohesion, human rights;
6. Sustainable Economics: financial literacy, responsible consumption, fair commerce, fundraising;
7. Managing life: personal development, relationships, activity planning, decent work;
8. Open Innovation: music and arts, crazy stuff, digital magic, improving the world;
9. Special Category 2018: mYouth.

The submitted product or application must be completed after 1 January 2017 (for a project or product completed earlier the submitters have to document that significant alterations and/or improvements and/or additions have been made in the period thereafter).
The submitted project, product or application must be fully functional and operational at the time of submission and must be accessible via Internet whether it is designed for fixed line, broadband or mobile use.
In case of multiple submissions from one and the same submitters, each product, project or application requires a separate registration and release form.
In each of the categories there will be three winners.

One producer or representative of the winning project has to accept the invitation to the EYA Festival (Winners Event), present the project, product or application there and receive the award personally. Travel costs will be covered with a lump sum. Accommodation will be provided.

The EYA Festival will take place in Graz (Austria), from 28 November to 1 December 2018.

Deadline to submit entries: 15 July 2018.

Find out more: http://www.eu-youthaward.org

The EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards (as of 2019 the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards) was launched in 2002 by the European Commission and has been organised by Europa Nostra ever since. The Awards promote best practices related to heritage conservation, management, research, education and communication. In this way, the Awards scheme contributes to a stronger public recognition of cultural heritage as a strategic resource for Europe’s society and economy.

The aims are:
- to promote high standards of conservation practice;
- to stimulate the exchange of knowledge and experience throughout Europe;
- to encourage further efforts through the power of example.
It will achieve this by giving public recognition to outstanding initiatives and best practices by either individuals or organisations, which contribute to the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage in Europe.

In 2019, the Awards will be given to up to 30 remarkable heritage projects and initiatives in four categories. Up to seven will be selected as Grand Prix winners and receive €10,000 each. One will get the Public Choice Award.
The areas are the following:
- Architectural Heritage: single buildings or groups of buildings in rural or urban setting;
- Building additions or alterations, or new building projects within historic areas;
- Industrial and engineering structures and sites;
- Cultural landscapes: historic urban environments or townscapes, city or town squares and streetscapes;
- Historic parks and gardens, larger areas of designed landscape or of cultural, environmental and/or agricultural significance;
- Archaeological sites, including underwater archaeology;
- Works of art and collections: collections of artistic and historic significance or old works of art;
- Intangible cultural heritage as practices, representations, expressions, as well as the knowledge and skills that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognise as part of their cultural heritage;
- Digitisation projects of cultural heritage.

The prize will be awarded to each of the following categories:
Category 1: Conservation
Outstanding achievements in the conservation, enhancement and adaptation to new uses of cultural heritage in any of the above-mentioned areas.

Category 2: Research
Outstanding research and digitization projects which lead to tangible effects in the conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage in Europe in any of the above-mentioned areas.

Category 3: Dedicated service by individuals or organisations
Open to individuals or organisations whose contributions over a long period of time demonstrate excellence in the protection, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage (relating to the above-mentioned in Europe. The contribution should be of a standard which would be considered outstanding in the European context.

Category 4: Education, training and awareness-raising
Outstanding initiatives related to education, training and awareness-raising in the field of tangible and/or intangible cultural heritage in any of the above-mentioned areas, to promote and/or to contribute to the sustainable development of the environment.
 

All winning entries will receive a certificate indicating their level of Award: Prize, Medal or Diploma. Subject to the confirmation of the continuation of Europa Nostra’s partnership with the European Commission, the most outstanding achievements may also be awarded a monetary Prize of EUR 10 000 in each category in addition to Awards.
The prize may be awarded to either a European individual (e.g. conservation/restoration specialist in scientific, technical or craftsmanship terms) or a group that may involve conservation/restoration specialists, owners, public authorities or non-governmental organisations.

Entries may be submitted from the countries that take part in the Creative Europe programme of the European Commission.

Countries eligible for the European Heritage Prize:
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, FYROM, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and Ukraine.

Countries eligible for the Europa Nostra Awards only:
Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Holy See, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Monaco, the Russian Federation, San Marino, Switzerland and Turkey.

Deadline: 15 November 2018.

Find out more: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/apply

L'obiettivo del premio è dare un riconoscimento pubblico ad iniziative esemplari e alle capacità di singoli individui e/o organizzazioni meritevoli nel campo della conservazione e del rafforzamento del comune patrimonio europeo in tutte le sue forme (patrimonio architettonico e i beni non immobili ad esso correlati, l'archeologia, i paesaggi culturali).

Il Premio dell'Unione Europea per il Patrimonio Culturale è stato lanciato nel 2002 dalla Commissione Europea del Programma Cultura 2000. Europa Nostra, la Federazione pan-europea per il Patrimonio, è stata selezionata come organizzazione responsabile della gestione del programma.

Gli obiettivi sono i seguenti:
- promuovere l'innalzamento degli standard per la prassi della conservazione;
- stimolare lo scambio di conoscenze ed esperienze in tutta Europa;
- incoraggiare ulteriori sforzi attraverso la testimonianza diretta;
Tutto questo può essere realizzabile dando pubblico riconoscimento ad iniziative esemplari e alle migliori prassi sia da parte di singoli che di organizzazioni, che contribuiscano alla tutela e al rafforzamento del patrimonio culturale europeo.

I Premi verranno assegnati fino a 30 progetti e iniziative di spicco legati al patrimonio in quattro categorie. Per un massimo di sette verranno selezionati come vincitori del Grand Prix e riceveranno 10.000 euro ciascuno. Uno solo riceverà il Premio Public Choice. 
I settori sono i seguenti:
-Patrimonio architettonico: singoli edifici o gruppi di edifici in aree rurali o urbane;
-Aggiunte o alterazioni archittetoniche, o nuovi progetti di edifici all'interno di aree storiche;
-Paesaggi culturali: ambienti urbani storici, piazze e strade cittadine;
-Parchi e giardini storici, vaste aree di paesaggi progettati o di importanza culturale, ambientale e/o agricola;
-Siti archeologoci, compresa l'archeologia subacquea;
-Opere d'arte e collezioni: collezioni di importanza artistica e storica o opere d'arte;
-Patrimonio culturale intangibile, quali prassi, rappresentanzioni, espressioni, patrimonio di conoscenza e competenze che comunità, gruppi e, in alcuni casi, singoli individui riconoscono come parte del loro patrimonio culturale;
-Progetti di digitalizzazione del patrimonio culturale.

Il premio verrà assegnato nelle seguenti categorie:
1. Conservazione
Riultati di eccellenza nella conservazione, restauro e adattamento a nuovi utilizzi del patrimonio culturale in una delle aree sopra descritte.
2. Ricerca 
Progetti di ricerca e digitalizzazione di eccellenza che portano ad effetti tangibili nella conservazione e il restauro del patrimonio culturale in Europa in una delle aree sopra descritte.
3. Servizi dedicati di singoli o organizazioni
Aperti ad individui o organizzazioni il cui contributo nel lungo periodo dimostra eccellenza nella tutela, conservazione e restauro del patrimonio culturale legato ad una delle aree sopra descritte in Europa, e che superano le normali aspettative rispetto al contesto.
4.Istruzione, formazione e sensibilizzazione
Iniziative di eccellenza legate all'istruzione, la formazione e la sensibilizzazione nel settore del patrimonio culturale tangibile o intangibile in una delle aree sopra descritte, per promuovere e/o contribuire allo sviluppo sostenibile dell'ambiente. 

Tutti i vincitori riceveranno un certificato che indica il livello del riconoscimento: Premio, Medaglia o Diploma. Fatta salva la conferma della continuazione del partenariato di Europa Nostra con la Commissione Europea, i progetti migliori riceveranno anche un premio di 10 000 Euro per ciascuna categoria.
Il premio può essere assegnato ad un singolo cittadino europeo (ad es. uno specialista della conservazione/restauro da un punto di vista scientifico, tecnico o artigianale) o a un gruppo che potrà essere composto da specialisti della conservazione/restauro, proprietari, autorità pubbliche o organizzazioni non governative.

I contributi possono provenire dai paesi che partecipano al programma Europa Creativa della Commissione Europea. I paesi ammissibili al Premio UE sono: Albania, Austria, Belgio, Bosnia e Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Cipro, Croazia, Repubblica Ceca, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, ex Repubblica Yuogoslava di Macedonia, Germania, Georgia, Grecia, Ungheria, Islanda, Irlanda, Italia, Lettonia, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Malta, Moldavia, Montenegro, Olanda, Norvegia, Polonia, Portogallo, Romania, Serbia, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Turchia e Regno Unito.
E' possibile presentare la candidatuta per il Premio Europa Nostra anche se il proprio paese non rientra nell'elenco dei paesi ammissibili. I paesi ammissibili per i Premi Europa Nostra sono: Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bielorussia, Santa Sede, Giorgia, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Moldavia, Monaco, Federazione Russa, San Marino, Svizzera e Ucraina.

Scadenza: 15 novembre 2018.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/

Ce prix permet une reconnaissances publique des personnes et/ou organisations qui se sont distinguées dans le domaine de la protection et de la mise en valeur du patrimoine culturel (architecture et urbanisme, archéologie, paysages à valeur culturelle).

Le Prix du patrimoine culturel de l'Union européenne a été lancé en 2002 par la Commission européenne dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre du programme Culture 2000. Europa Nostra, fédération européenne du patrimoine culturel, a été sélectionnée pour gérer ce programme.

Objectifs

 
• Promouvoir les bonnes pratiques de protection du patrimoine.
   
• Stimuler les échanges de savoir-faire et d’expériences à travers l’Europe.
   
• Utiliser l’exemplarité de certains projets pour encourager les efforts déjà entrepris.

Dans cette optique, une reconnaissance publique sera accordée aux initiatives et pratiques individuelles ou collectives les plus remarquables en matière de protection et de mise en valeur du patrimoine culturel en Europe.

Catégorie 1 : Conservation

Accomplissements exceptionnels dans la conservation et le perfectionnement du patrimoine culturel dans les secteurs suivants :

 
• Bâtiments seuls ou groupes de bâtiments dans l'arrangement rural ou urbain.
   
• Structures et sites industriels et technologiques.
   
• Paysages culturels : parcs et jardins historiques, plus grands secteurs de paysage conçu, ou secteurs d'importance culturelle, environnementale et/ou agricole.
   
• Sites archéologiques, y compris l’archéologie sous-marine.
   
• Œuvres d’art et collections : collections d’importance artistique et historique ou anciennes œuvres d’art.

Catégorie 2 : Recherche

Recherche exceptionnelle ayant un impact réel sur la conservation et le perfectionnement du patrimoine culturel en Europe, dans n’importe quelle catégorie mentionnée dans les secteurs de la catégorie 1 susmentionnée).

Catégorie 3 : Services particuliers ou collectifs pour la conservation du patrimoine

Ouverture aux particuliers ou organisations dont les contributions sur une longue période démontrent l’excellence dans la protection, la conservation et le perfectionnement du patrimoine culturel (voir les secteurs de la catégorie 1). Ces contributions doivent avoir une qualité exceptionnelle dans le contexte européen.

Catégorie 4 : Education, formation et sensibilisation

Initiatives exceptionnelles liées à l’éducation sur le patrimoine, aux programmes de formations dans la conservation du patrimoine culturel et aux programmes de sensibilisation au patrimoine culturel. 

Tous les projets sélectionnés recevront un certificat mentionnant leur récompense : prix, médaille ou diplôme. En fonction de la confirmation de la poursuite du partenariat « Europa Nostra » avec la Commission européenne, les réalisations les plus exceptionnelles peuvent également se voir attribuer un prix monétaire de 10 000 € dans chacune des catégories.    

Les prix peuvent être décernés à une personne issue d'un pays européen (par exemple un spécialiste en sauvegarde/restauration scientifique, technique ou artisanale) ou à un groupe de spécialistes en sauvegarde/restauration, de propriétaires, d'autorités publiques ou d'organisations non gouvernementales.
Les candidats doivent être issus des pays suivants :

• Etats membres de l'Union européenne.
   
• Pays en voie d'adhésion et pays candidats.
   
• Pays de l'Espace économique européen.
   
• Tous les autres pays d'Europe (pour concourir pour les médailles et les diplômes uniquement).
  
  Echéance : 1er octobre 2009.
   

  http://www.europanostra.org

  
   
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The EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards (as of 2019 the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards) was launched in 2002 by the European Commission and has been organised by Europa Nostra ever since. The Awards promote best practices related to heritage conservation, management, research, education and communication. In this way, the Awards scheme contributes to a stronger public recognition of cultural heritage as a strategic resource for Europe’s society and economy.

The aims are:
- to promote high standards of conservation practice;
- to stimulate the exchange of knowledge and experience throughout Europe;
- to encourage further efforts through the power of example.
It will achieve this by giving public recognition to outstanding initiatives and best practices by either individuals or organisations, which contribute to the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage in Europe.

In 2019, the Awards will be given to up to 30 remarkable heritage projects and initiatives in four categories. Up to seven will be selected as Grand Prix winners and receive €10,000 each. One will get the Public Choice Award.
The areas are the following:
- Architectural Heritage: single buildings or groups of buildings in rural or urban setting;
- Building additions or alterations, or new building projects within historic areas;
- Industrial and engineering structures and sites;
- Cultural landscapes: historic urban environments or townscapes, city or town squares and streetscapes;
- Historic parks and gardens, larger areas of designed landscape or of cultural, environmental and/or agricultural significance;
- Archaeological sites, including underwater archaeology;
- Works of art and collections: collections of artistic and historic significance or old works of art;
- Intangible cultural heritage as practices, representations, expressions, as well as the knowledge and skills that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognise as part of their cultural heritage;
- Digitisation projects of cultural heritage.

The prize will be awarded to each of the following categories:
Category 1: Conservation
Outstanding achievements in the conservation, enhancement and adaptation to new uses of cultural heritage in any of the above-mentioned areas.

Category 2: Research
Outstanding research and digitization projects which lead to tangible effects in the conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage in Europe in any of the above-mentioned areas.

Category 3: Dedicated service by individuals or organisations
Open to individuals or organisations whose contributions over a long period of time demonstrate excellence in the protection, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage (relating to the above-mentioned in Europe. The contribution should be of a standard which would be considered outstanding in the European context.

Category 4: Education, training and awareness-raising
Outstanding initiatives related to education, training and awareness-raising in the field of tangible and/or intangible cultural heritage in any of the above-mentioned areas, to promote and/or to contribute to the sustainable development of the environment.
 

All winning entries will receive a certificate indicating their level of Award: Prize, Medal or Diploma. Subject to the confirmation of the continuation of Europa Nostra’s partnership with the European Commission, the most outstanding achievements may also be awarded a monetary Prize of EUR 10 000 in each category in addition to Awards.
The prize may be awarded to either a European individual (e.g. conservation/restoration specialist in scientific, technical or craftsmanship terms) or a group that may involve conservation/restoration specialists, owners, public authorities or non-governmental organisations.

Entries may be submitted from the countries that take part in the Creative Europe programme of the European Commission.

Countries eligible for the European Heritage Prize:
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, FYROM, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and Ukraine.

Countries eligible for the Europa Nostra Awards only:
Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Holy See, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Monaco, the Russian Federation, San Marino, Switzerland and Turkey.

Deadline: 15 November 2018.

Find out more: http://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/apply

The Council of Europe - Cooperation Group to combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group) awards every two years the European Prevention Prize to three active youth drug prevention projects. The aim of the Prize is to encourage the development of quality drug prevention work that involves young people. The Prize will be awarded to up to three youth projects that will each receive a monetary benefit of EUR 5000.

Eligibility criteria:
1. The project must be currently taking place or must have recently finished in one (or more) of the following countries: Council of Europe member states,  Pompidou Group member states, as well as Algeria , Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia, which are members of the group's Mediterranean network for co-operation on drugs and addictions (MedNET). Projects whose work is mainly outside this geographical area are ineligible.
2. The work of eligible projects must be wholly or mainly in the area of drug prevention.
3. Young people, under the age of 25 years, must be involved in the work of the project. There is no lower age limit.

Definition of 'drugs': illegal drugs; alcohol; tobacco; volatile substances (glues, gases, aerosols, etc); new psychoactive substances (NPS, including so-called ‘legal highs’); and prescription and over-the-counter medicines when they are misused. However, it is likely that successful applications will have an explicit drug prevention orientation in their objectives.
With 'drug prevention' is meant: the prevention of the misuse of drugs by a range of methods. Interdiction (the control of supply by law enforcement, etc) and treatment activities are not included.

Prize money has been fixed at EUR 5000 per winner. The Prize will be awarded during a Pompidou Group Meeting in October 2018 (tbc). 

Drug prevention-related projects are invited to be submitted to the Jury via the Pompidou Group’s Secretariat. The entries will be judged by a Jury composed of seven young people from the Pompidou Group's and Council of Europe member States. 

Deadline: 31 May 2018.

Read more: https://bit.ly/2Gtj5Zv

The Council of Europe - Cooperation Group to combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group) awards every two years the European Prevention Prize to three active youth drug prevention projects. The aim of the Prize is to encourage the development of quality drug prevention work that involves young people. The Prize will be awarded to up to three youth projects that will each receive a monetary benefit of EUR 5000.

Eligibility criteria:
1. The project must be currently taking place or must have recently finished in one (or more) of the following countries: Council of Europe member states,  Pompidou Group member states, as well as Algeria , Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia, which are members of the group's Mediterranean network for co-operation on drugs and addictions (MedNET). Projects whose work is mainly outside this geographical area are ineligible.
2. The work of eligible projects must be wholly or mainly in the area of drug prevention.
3. Young people, under the age of 25 years, must be involved in the work of the project. There is no lower age limit.

Definition of 'drugs': illegal drugs; alcohol; tobacco; volatile substances (glues, gases, aerosols, etc); new psychoactive substances (NPS, including so-called ‘legal highs’); and prescription and over-the-counter medicines when they are misused. However, it is likely that successful applications will have an explicit drug prevention orientation in their objectives.
With 'drug prevention' is meant: the prevention of the misuse of drugs by a range of methods. Interdiction (the control of supply by law enforcement, etc) and treatment activities are not included.

Prize money has been fixed at EUR 5000 per winner. The Prize will be awarded during a Pompidou Group Meeting in October 2018 (tbc). 

Drug prevention-related projects are invited to be submitted to the Jury via the Pompidou Group’s Secretariat. The entries will be judged by a Jury composed of seven young people from the Pompidou Group's and Council of Europe member States. 

Deadline: 31 May 2018.

Read more: https://bit.ly/2Gtj5Zv

Each year YouthActionNet is giving support to exceptional young social entrepreneurs who, through their emerging projects promote social change and connect youth with local communities, or who lead a team of dedicated young people to protect and promote the rights of children in your country.
YouthActionNet supports youth leadership development through its global and national Fellowship programs throughout the world.
The YouthActionNet’s Global Fellowship Programme targets exceptional young social entrepreneurs anywhere in the world who have developed innovative approaches to addressing issues of international relevance.

The yearlong Global Fellowship programme includes:

• Skill-building:
  A seven-day leadership retreat for twenty selected fellows which offers dynamic peer-to-peer learning, collaboration, and sharing among young visionaries. This learning is focused on six dimensions of leadership: personal, visionary, political, collaborative, organizational, and societal.
   
• Networking:
  - Networking with international and national aid agencies, NGOs, and corporate partners.
  - Peer-to-peer networking throughout the year
  - Access to potential resources to support Fellows and their projects, including volunteers, mentors, and grant opportunities
   
• Advocacy:
  - Training in communications and media outreach; public relations technical assistance.
  - Access to global advocacy platforms and media coverage. Global Fellows also have access to potential funding opportunities.
  
  Eligibility:
• open to all young people aged 18-29 as of 31st December 2018;
• applicants should be founders or co-founders of existing ventures with at least one year of impact;
• proficiency in English is required; applications must be submitted in English.
  
  Deadline: 6 March 2018,  23:59 pm EDT.

Applicants needed to register and apply online.

Find out more: http://www.youthactionnet.org/apply

           
View a list of previous winners here .

Tutti gli anniYouthActionNet assegna dei premi a 20 giovani imprenditori di eccezione che attraverso i loro progetti promuovono il cambiamento sociale e mettono in collegamento i giovani con le comunità locali, oppure che sono alla guida di un gruppo di giovani attivi per la tutela e la promozione dei diritti dei bambini nel proprio paese. 
YouthActionNet sostiene lo sviluppo della leadership dei giovani attraverso i suoi programmi globali e nazionali di borse di studio in tutto il mondo. Il programma di borse di studio YouthActionNet è rivolto a giovani imprenditori sociali di eccezione di tutto il mondo, che hanno sviluppato approcci innovativi nell'affrontare temi di rilevanza internazionale.

Il programma di borse di studio comprende:
- Creazione di competenze: un soggiorno di sette giorni per venti giovani che offre apprendimento dinamico pari-a-pari, collaborazione e condivisione tra giovani entusiasti. L'apprendimento è centrato su sei dimensioni della leadership: personale, visionaria, politica, collaborativa, organizzativa e sociale.
- Creazione di reti: creazione di reti con agenzie di aiuto internazionali e nazionali, ONG e partner aziendali; creazione di reti tra pari durante tutto l'anno; accesso a risorse potenziali per il sostegno ai giovani e i loro progetti, compresi volontari, mentori e opportunità di finanziamento.
- Sostegno: formazione nella comunicazione e i media; assistenza tecnica nelle relazioni pubbliche; accesso a piattaforme globali di sostegno e copertura dei media.

Ammissibilità:
- aperto a tutti i giovani dai 18 ai 29 anni a partire dal 1 Ottobre 2018;
- i candidati devono essere i fondatori o co-fondatori di venture esistenti con almeno un anno di impatto; 
- si richiede un'ottima conoscenza dell'inglese; le domande devono essere presentate in inglese;

Scadenza: 6 Marzo 2018.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://www.youthactionnet.org/apply

The European Commission is organising a school contest to give young people first-hand experience of what it is like to be a translator. Students, aged 17 are challenged to translate a short text.

The aim is that the young people experience what it is like to be a professional translator. They should translate as if writing for young people of their own age, to help them understand a message written in another language.
The participants will be judged for their efforts and ability to use terms correctly and write fluently in the chosen language, the general readability of the translation and the creativity of the solutions found.

Languages:
The students themselves can decide the language of the starting text and into what language they want to translate it, chosen from among the 24 EU official languages, i.e. Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.

The contest:

• The translation test will be carried out simultaneously in all participating schools beetween 10.00 and 12.00 Brussels time, on 22 November 2018.
• The test will take place in the schools' premises and the original handwritten translations must be sent on these days by mail or courier service.  
  
  Participating schools must:
• be located in an EU Member State,
• be recognised by the educational authorities of the Member State as part of the regional or national educational system
• have the necessary IT in order to receive the source text for the test properly and a a computer that can open and print PDF files (the tests and the translation sheets will be sent in this format)
• select between 2 and 5 students born in 2001 and enter their names and language pairs in the database by 21 November 2018, 12.00 midday CET at the latest.
  
  Selection of schools:
  Among the schools that have submitted their registration form in due order, a certain number will be selected through a random draw.
  The number of schools selected from each Member State will be equal to the number of seats the Member State has in the European Parliament. The list of selected schools will be published on the Juvenes Translatores website by the end of October 2018.
  In the schools, which have been selected at random from among those registering, the nominated students will sit down on that day under the supervision of their teacher and translate the chosen text.
  
  Prize:
  The 28 best translators, one from each Member State, will be announced by end of October 2018 and invited to Brussels in Spring 2019 for an awards ceremony.
  The European Commission will arrange and pay for travel and accommodation for one winner, one teacher and one accompanying adult per Member State.
  
  How: 
  Entrants can register from 1 September to 20 October 2018 at 12.00 midday CET.
  
  Queries can be sent to the Juvenes Translatores Team.
  For further support please ask for the contact person for the contest in the Representation of the Commission in your Member State.
  
  Find out more: http://ec.europa.eu/translatores/index_en.html

La Commissione Europea ha organizzato un concorso per le scuole europee mirato ad offrire ai giovani un'esperienza diretta di cosa significa essere un traduttore.

L'obiettivo è che i giovani facciano l'esperienza di cosa significhi essere un traduttore professionista. I giovani dovranno tradurre come se si rivolgessero ai loro coetanei per aiutarli a comprendere un messaggio scritto in un'altra lingua. I partecipanti verranno giudicati per i loro sforzi e la loro capacità nell'utilizzo corretto dei termini e una scrittura fluida nella lingua prescelta, la generale leggibilità della traduzione e la creatività delle soluzioni trovate.

Lingue:
Gli studenti stessi possono decidere la lingua del testo di partenza e in quale lingua desiderano tradurre tra le 24 lingue ufficiali UE, ad es. bulgaro, ceco, croato, danese, olandese, inglese, estone, finlandese, francese, tedesco, greco, ungherese, irlandese, Italiano, lituano, lettone, maltese, polacco, portoghese, rumeno, slovacco, sloveno, spagnolo e svedese.

Il concorso:
- Il concorso si svolge simultaneamente in tutte le scuole partecipanti il 22 Novembre 2018.
- Il concorso si svolge presso le scuole.

Le scuole partecipanti devono:
- avere sede in uno degli Stati membri UE,
- essere riconosciute dalle autorità didattiche dello Stato membro come parte del sistema educativo regionale o nazionale,
- possedere i necessari supporti informatici per poter ricevere il testo della prova.
- Le scuole selezionate devono designare da due a cinque alunni nati nel 2001 e registrare i loro nomi e le coppie di lingue da loro prescelte nella banca dati del concorso entro l'Ottobre 2018.

Tra le scuole che hanno presentato il loro modulo di registrazione entro i tempi e i modi stabiliti, un certo numero di esse verrà selezionata per estrazione.Il numero di scuole selezionate per ogni Stato membro è uguale al numero di seggi che il paese detiene nel Parlamento europeo. Nelle scuole sorteggiate tra quelle che hanno effettuato la registrazione, gli studenti nominati sosterranno la prova il giorno stabilito sotto la supervisione del loro insegnante e tradurranno il testo scelto.

Premio:
I 28 migliori traduttori, uno per ciascun Stato membro verranno invitati a Bruxelles nella primavera 2019 per una cerimonia di premiazione.

Come:
- è possibile registrarsi dal 1 Settembre al 20 Ottobre 2018;
- è possibile inviare le propria domande alla Juvenes Translatores Team o chiedere della persona di contatto per il concorso presso la Rappresentanza della Commissione nel proprio Stato membro.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://ec.europa.eu/translatores/index_en.htm

The European Commission is organising a school contest to give young people first-hand experience of what it is like to be a translator. Students, aged 17 are challenged to translate a short text.

The aim is that the young people experience what it is like to be a professional translator. They should translate as if writing for young people of their own age, to help them understand a message written in another language.
The participants will be judged for their efforts and ability to use terms correctly and write fluently in the chosen language, the general readability of the translation and the creativity of the solutions found.

Languages:
The students themselves can decide the language of the starting text and into what language they want to translate it, chosen from among the 24 EU official languages, i.e. Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.

The contest:

• The translation test will be carried out simultaneously in all participating schools beetween 10.00 and 12.00 Brussels time, on 22 November 2018.
• The test will take place in the schools' premises and the original handwritten translations must be sent on these days by mail or courier service.  
  
  Participating schools must:
• be located in an EU Member State,
• be recognised by the educational authorities of the Member State as part of the regional or national educational system
• have the necessary IT in order to receive the source text for the test properly and a a computer that can open and print PDF files (the tests and the translation sheets will be sent in this format)
• select between 2 and 5 students born in 2001 and enter their names and language pairs in the database by 21 November 2018, 12.00 midday CET at the latest.
  
  Selection of schools:
  Among the schools that have submitted their registration form in due order, a certain number will be selected through a random draw.
  The number of schools selected from each Member State will be equal to the number of seats the Member State has in the European Parliament. The list of selected schools will be published on the Juvenes Translatores website by the end of October 2018.
  In the schools, which have been selected at random from among those registering, the nominated students will sit down on that day under the supervision of their teacher and translate the chosen text.
  
  Prize:
  The 28 best translators, one from each Member State, will be announced by end of October 2018 and invited to Brussels in Spring 2019 for an awards ceremony.
  The European Commission will arrange and pay for travel and accommodation for one winner, one teacher and one accompanying adult per Member State.
  
  How: 
  Entrants can register from 1 September to 20 October 2018 at 12.00 midday CET.
  
  Queries can be sent to the Juvenes Translatores Team.
  For further support please ask for the contact person for the contest in the Representation of the Commission in your Member State.
  
  Find out more: http://ec.europa.eu/translatores/index_en.html

La Commission européenne organise un concours destiné à donner une première expérience de la traduction à des lycéens de 17 ans (traduire un court texte).

L'objectif de ce concours est de donner à des jeunes un aperçu du travail de traducteur. La consigne est de traduire pour aider des jeunes du même âge à comprendre un texte rédigé dans une autre langue.
Le jury jugera la capacité des participants à utiliser correctement les différents termes et à écrire naturellement dans la langue de leur choix, ainsi que la lisibilité générale de leur traduction et la créativité des solutions trouvées.

Langues
Chaque élève est libre de choisir la langue source et la langue cible de sa traduction parmi les 23 langues officielles de l'UE : allemand, anglais, bulgare, danois, espagnol, estonien, finnois, français, grec, hongrois, irlandais, italien, letton, lituanien, maltais, néerlandais, polonais, portugais, roumain, slovaque, slovène, suédois et tchèque.

Le concours

• Les épreuves de traduction sont organisées simultanément dans toutes les écoles participantes le 24 novembre 2011, à un horaire précis.
   
• Les épreuves sont organisées dans les écoles.
   
• Chaque école peut présenter au maximum huit participants.
   
• Les écoles doivent prendre toutes les mesures nécessaires pour prévenir toute fraude et veiller à ce que le déroulement des épreuves ait lieu dans des conditions d'équité et d'impartialité. Les participants ne peuvent pas utiliser d'ordinateur pendant les épreuves.
   
• Les écoles doivent envoyer les traductions originales écrites à la main et les formulaires d'autorisation le jour même des épreuves et par envoi recommandé à la Commission européenne.
  
  Les écoles participantes doivent
   
• Etre situées dans un Etat membre
   
• Etre reconnues par les autorités nationales en matière d'éducation comme faisant partie du système national ou régional d'enseignement
   
• Compter des élèves nés en 1994 
   
• Disposer de l'équipement informatique nécessaire pour recevoir les textes à traduire
  
  Sélection des écoles
  Les écoles inscrites seront soumises à un tirage au sort. Le nombre d'écoles sélectionnées pour chaque Etat membre est équivalent au nombre de votes dont dispose l'Etat membre au Conseil de l'Union européenne.
  Les élèves des écoles sélectionnées passeront les épreuves de traduction le même jour et sous la supervision de leur professeur.
  
  Prix
  Les 27 meilleurs traducteurs, un par Etat membre, sont invités à Bruxelles en 2012, avec un adulte accompagnateur, pour un séjour de deux jours. Ils sont invités à la cérémonie de remise des prix où ils représentent leur école et reçoivent un certificat d'excellence linguistique.
  Comment participer
   
• Les écoles peuvent s'inscrire sur le site du concours entre le 21 sepembre et le 20 octobre.
   
• Chaque école ne peut s'inscrire qu'une seule fois.
   
• Le formulaire d'inscription doit être approuvé par le principal.
   
• En savoir plus : voir le règlement du concours.
   
• Posez vos questions à l'équipe Juvenes Translatores ou bien à la personne contact pour ce concours dans le bureau de représentation de la Commission dans votre pays
   

  http://ec.europa.eu/translation/contest/index_fr.htm

   

   

Young people from all the EU Member States are invited to participate in a competition on EU development, integration and European identity issues by the European Parliament and the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen. 

Theme of the competition:
The 'European Charlemagne Youth Prize' is awarded to projects, which:
- promote the European and international understanding,
- foster the development of a shared sense of European identity and integration,
- serve as a role model for young people living in Europe and offer practical examples of Europeans living together as one community.

The projects can focus on the organisation of various youth events, youth exchanges or internet projects with a European dimension.

Participation criteria:
- participants should be 16-30 years old;
- must be citizens or residents of one of the 28 EU Member States;
- can apply, either individually or in groups, in the case of group and cross-border projects, the project can only be submitted in one country which is closely linked to the project.
​
 

Applications in all official languages of the European Union are eligible
The projects submitted for the competition must have started and:
a) have finished between (1 January 2018 and 29 January 2019) or
b) be still running.

Prizes:
The prize for the best project is EUR 7,500, the second, EUR 5000 and the third, EUR 2,500.
One representative of the 28 national winning projects selected will be invited to the award ceremony and a stay of several days in Aachen, Germany on 28 May 2019.
The prizes for the best three projects will be presented by the President of the European Parliament and representative of the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen.
As part of the prize, the three laureates will be invited to visit the European Parliament (in Brussels or in Strasbourg).

Selection procedure:
The winner or the European Charlemagne Youth Prize will be selected in a two-step process.

First step: national juries consisting of at least two Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and one representative of youth organisations will select one national winner from each of the 28 Member States by 15 March 2019.
Second step: the European jury consisting of three MEPs, the President of the European Parliament and four representatives of the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen will select the winner from the 28 projects submitted by national juries by 11 April 2019.

 

Deadline: 18 February 2019.

For more information regarding the competition please read the rules and contact the national European Parliament Information Office.

Find out more: http://www.charlemagneyouthprize.eu
 

Parlamentul European şi Fundaţia pentru Premiul Internaţional Charlemagne din Aachen invită tinerii din toate statele membre ale UE să participe la un concurs privind dezvoltarea şi integrarea UE, precum şi aspecte legate de identitatea europeană.

Tema concursului:

'Premiul Charlemagne pentru tinerii europeni' se acordă proiectelor care:

• promovează înţelegerea europeană şi internaţională,
• favorizează dezvoltarea unui sentiment comun al identităţii şi integrării europene,
• reprezintă modele pentru tinerii care trăiesc în Europa şi oferă exemple concrete de cetăţeni europeni care trăiesc împreună în aceeaşi comunitate.

Proiectele pot fi axate pe organizarea de manifestări pentru tineri, schimburi de tineri sau proiecte online care au o dimensiune europeană.

Criterii de participare:

• participanţii trebuie să aibă vârsta între 16 şi 30 de ani;
• să fie cetăţeni sau rezidenţi ai unuia dintre cele 28 de state membre ale UE;
• participanţii se pot înscrie individual sau în grupuri, iar in cazul grupurilor și proiectelor transnaționale, proiectul poate fi depus în țara care are o mai mare legătură cu proiectul.

Proiectele pot fi scrise și înscrise în concurs în oricare dintre limbile oficiale ale UE.

Proiectele înscrise în concurs trebuie să fi fost începute şi

1. să fi fost finalizate între 1 ianurie 2018 și 29 ianuarie  sau
2. să fie în curs de desfăşurare.

Premii:

Premiul pentru cel mai bun proiect este în valoare de 7.500 de euro, premiul doi este în valoare de 5.000 de euro şi premiul trei este în valoare de 2.500 de euro.

Reprezentanţii celor 28 de proiecte naţionale selectate vor fi invitaţi la ceremonia de decernare a premiilor, la Aachen, Germania, în data de 28 mai 2019.

Premiile acordate celor mai bune trei proiecte vor fi înmânate de Preşedintele Parlamentului European şi de către reprezentantul Fundaţiei pentru Premiul Internaţional Charlemagne din Aachen.

Ca parte a premiului, laureaţii vor fi invitaţi să viziteze Parlamentul European (de la Bruxelles sau Strasbourg).

Procedura de selecţie:

Selecţia proiectului câştigător al Premiului Charlemagne pentru tinerii europeni se va face în două etape:

Etapa întâi: juriile naţionale, compuse din cel puţin doi deputaţi în Parlamentul European şi dintr-un reprezentant al organizaţiilor de tineret, vor selecta un câştigător naţional din fiecare dintre cele 28 de state membre, până pe 15 martie 2019.

Etapa a doua: juriul european, compus din trei deputaţi în Parlamentul European (PE), Preşedintele PE şi patru reprezentanţi ai Fundaţiei pentru Premiul Internaţional Charlemagne din Aachen, va alege câştigătorul dintre cele 28 de proiecte propuse de juriile naţionale, până pe 11 aprilie 2019.

Termen limită: 18 februarie 2019

Pentru mai multe detalii privind concursul, vă rugăm să citiţi regulamentul şi să contactaţi Biroul Naţional de Informare al Parlamentului European.

Mai multe detalii la: http://www.charlemagneyouthprize.eu

The competition, organised by the British Council and the BBC World Service, is open for anyone over the age of 18, resident outside UK, who wants to write a 53 minute radio drama for up to six central characters.

There are two categories:
- one for writers with English as their first language,
- one for writers with English as their second language.Criteria:

The play must be in English, unpublished and must not have been previously produced in any medium.
The play must be accompanied by a short synopsis, which outlines the complete story of the play (no more than 400 words).

Check the rules to find out more about making and sending your play.

Prizes:
The two winners from each category will each receive £2,2000 sterling and a trip to London to see their play being recorded for broadcast on the BBC World Service.
There is an additional prize in this year’s Competition, the Georgi Markov award for the most promising script. 
The prize gives the winner a chance to come to London for two weeks and work alongside BBC Radio Drama and with BBC World Service journalists. 

Deadline:  31 January 2018, midnight GMT.

Find out more: http://bbc.in/2xwtaLR 

The aim of the foundation is to support the development of young people to be politically conscious and responsible personalities and to support the European process.
The Schwarzkopf-Foundation Young Europe was founded in 1971 in Hamburg. The Foundation has an office in Berlin to coordinate its activities in eastern Europe.


Since 1991 the Foundation supports the European Youth Parliament. The EYP aims to promote the European dimension in education and to give students in the 18-26 age group the opportunity to participate in a practical, positive learning experience.

For further information: https://schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/european-youth-parliament

Every year the Schwarzkopf Foundation awards, in co-operation with the European Youth Parliament the "The Young Europeans of the Year".
This is an opportunity to nominate a young person between 18 and 26 years old, in the year of receiving the prize, who has dedicated themselves in a volunteer capacity to foster understanding between peoples and/or European integration.
The candidates should have achieved outstanding results and wish to actively promote their ideas in the future.

The award is financed with EUR 5.000 to be used to finance a six-month practical internship at the office of a Member of the European Parliament or another European institution.
It is also possible to use the award to finance a project which promotes European integration. 

Deadline to submit nominations: 31^st December 2018, 23:59 CET.

Find out more: https://schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/youngeuropeans
 

La finalità della fondazione Heinz-Schwarzkopf è di promuovere la crescita dei giovani favorendo l'acquisizione di una coscienza politica e di personalità responsabili, e di sostenere il processo europeo. La fondazione, fondata nel 1971 ad Amburgo, possiede una sede a Berlino per il coordinamento delle sue attività nell'Europa orientale. 

Dal 1991 la Fondazione sostiene il Parlamento europeo dei giovani. L'EYP mira a promuovere la dimensione europea nell'istruzione e a offrire agli studenti nella fascia d'età 18-26 l'opportunità di partecipare a un'esperienza di apprendimento pratica e positiva.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/en/european-youth-parliament/

 Ogni anno la Fondazione Schwarzkopf assegna, in collaborazione con il Parlamento Europeo dei Giovani, i premii "Giovani Europei dell'Anno".
 Si tratta di un'opportunità per nominare un giovane di età compresa tra i 18 ei 26 anni, nell'anno in cui ha ricevuto il premio, che si è impegnato in qualità di volontario per favorire la comprensione tra i popoli e/o l'integrazione europea.
 I candidati devono aver raggiunto risultati eccezionali e desiderano promuovere attivamente le loro idee in futuro.

Il premio è finanziato con 5.000 euro per uno stage di sei mesi presso l'ufficio di un deputato al Parlamento europeo o un'altra istituzione europea.
 È anche possibile utilizzare il premio per finanziare un progetto che promuova l'integrazione europea.

Termine per la presentazione delle candidature: 31 dicembre 2018, 23:59 CET.

Scopri di più: http://schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/en/young-european-of-the-year-2/

Scopul Fundaţiei Heinz-Schwarzkopf este de a sprijini dezvoltarea tinerilor astfel încat să aibă o conştiinţă politică, să fie personalităţi responsabile şi să sprijine procesul european.  Heinz-Schwarzkopf-Foundation Young Europe a fost fondată în 1971 la Hamburg. Fundaţia are un birou la Berlin de unde coordonează activităţile sale în ţările din Europa de Est.

Începând cu 1991, Fundația sprijină Parlamentul European al Tinerilor (EYP). EYP urmărește să promoveze dimensiunea europeană în educație și să ofere studenților cu vârsta cuprinsă între 18 și 26 de ani posibilitatea de a participa la o experiență practică și pozitivă de învățare. Pentru mai multe informaţii vizitaţi: https://schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/european-youth-parliament

În fiecare an, Fundația Schwarzkopf acordă, în cooperare cu Parlamentul European al Tinerilor, premiul "Tânărul european al anului". Cu această ocazie, este nominalizat un tânăr cu vârsta cuprinsă între 18 și 26 de ani, în anul de primire a premiului, care s-a dedicat în mod special promovării înțelegerii între popoare și/sau integrării europene. Candidații trebuie să aibă rezultate remarcabile și să dorească să își promoveze în mod activ ideile în viitor.

Premiul, care se ridică la suma de 5.000 de euro, va fi folosit pentru a finanţa un stagiu de practică de şase luni pe lângă un membru al Parlamentului European sau în cadrul unei alte instituţii europene. Este posibil, de asemenea, ca premiul să fie folosit la finanţarea unui proiect care promovează integrarea europeană.

Termenul limită pentru înscrieri: 31 decembrie 2018, 23:59 CET.

Mai multe informații: https://schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/youngeuropeans

The European Socialist Group in the Committee of the Regions (CoR) has launched its annual photo competition under the theme "My Esocial city".
All amateur and professional photographers are invited to depict their interpretation of "My social city" - They can send your photo depicting social projects and/or social relationships in their town or city.

Eligibility
Entrants have to be amateur and professional photographers resident in one of the 28 EU Member States and be over 18 years old.

To enter the competition:
- Photo must be uploaded in JPG format.
- Image file must be named with first and last names, following this structure: firstname-lastname.jpg (example: mary-smith.jpg).
- Each participant is allowed to submit only one photo!

The three winners of the competition will be selected by a jury chaired by a member of the CoR PES Group and composed of experts in the field of photography and social issues.

Prizes
- 1st prize: a 3 days trip for two persons to Brussels and photographric equipment worth 1500€.
- 2nd prize: a 3 days trip for two persons to Brussels and photographric equipment worth 1000€.
- 3rd prize: a 3 days trip for two persons to Brussels and photographric equipment worth 500€.

Deadline: 30 June 2018, 23.59 Brussels time (UTC+1).

Find out more:  http://pes.cor.europa.eu/Meetings/Events/Pages/mysocialcity.aspx

Reģionu komitejas Eiropas Sociālistu grupa ir izsludinājusi ikgadējo fotokonkursu par tēmu "Iztēlojies Eiropu bez robežām".
Visi amatieri un profesionālie fotogrāfi ir aicināti attēlot savu interpretāciju par "Eiropu bez robežām".

Atbilstība
Pretendentiem jābūt amatieriem vai profesionāliem fotogrāfiem, kas ir pilsoņi kādā no 28 ES dalībvalstīm un vecumā virs 18 gadiem.

Lai piedalītos konkursā:
- fotogrāfija jāaugšuplādē JPG formātā (max 1200 pikseļi).
- fails jānosauc vārdā un uzvārdā: vards-uzvards.jpg (piemēram: janis-kalnins.jpg).
- saglabā augstākas izšķirtspējas attēlu vēlākam. Uzvarētājiem būs jāiesniedz fotogrāfija drukai 50x70 cm.
Katrs dalībnieks var iesniegt tikai vienu fotogrāfiju!

Žūrijā piedalīsies Reģionu komitejas pārstāvji un fotogrāfijas jomas profesionāļi, kas 2016. gada oktobra pirmajā pusē izvēlēsies 3 uzvarētājus.
Papildus tam norisināsies publiskā balsošana no 2016. gada 19. līdz 30. septembrim Reģionu komitejas Sociālistu grupas Facebook lapā, lai noteiktu skatītāju balvas ieguvēju.

Balvas
- 1. vieta: 3 dienu ceļojums divām personām uz Briseli 2016. gada oktobrī, kā arī fotografēšanas aprīkojums 2000€ vērtībā.
- 2. vieta: 3 dienu ceļojums divām personām uz Briseli 2016. gada oktobrī, kā arī fotogrāfēšanas aprīkojums 1500€ vērtībā.
- 3. vieta: 3 dienu ceļojums divām personām uz Briseli 2016. gada oktobrī, kā arī fotografēšanas aprīkojums 1000€ vērtībā.
- Skatītāju balva: fotografēšanas aprīkojums 500€ vērtībā.

Pieteikšanās termiņš: 2017. gada 13. jūlijs, 23.59 Briseles laiks (UTC+1).

Vairāk informācijas:  http://bit.ly/2nEEqo3

The European Socialist Group in the Committee of the Regions (CoR) has launched its annual photo competition under the theme "My Esocial city".
All amateur and professional photographers are invited to depict their interpretation of "My social city" - They can send your photo depicting social projects and/or social relationships in their town or city.

Eligibility
Entrants have to be amateur and professional photographers resident in one of the 28 EU Member States and be over 18 years old.

To enter the competition:
- Photo must be uploaded in JPG format.
- Image file must be named with first and last names, following this structure: firstname-lastname.jpg (example: mary-smith.jpg).
- Each participant is allowed to submit only one photo!

The three winners of the competition will be selected by a jury chaired by a member of the CoR PES Group and composed of experts in the field of photography and social issues.

Prizes
- 1st prize: a 3 days trip for two persons to Brussels and photographric equipment worth 1500€.
- 2nd prize: a 3 days trip for two persons to Brussels and photographric equipment worth 1000€.
- 3rd prize: a 3 days trip for two persons to Brussels and photographric equipment worth 500€.

Deadline: 30 June 2018, 23.59 Brussels time (UTC+1).

Find out more:  http://pes.cor.europa.eu/Meetings/Events/Pages/mysocialcity.aspx

The European Commission Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion has launched the " #myEHICstory Competition".
Everybody from 18 years old, legal resident of a Member State of the European Union (EU), Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, is invited to join the competition with creative stories involving the European Health Insurance Card.
 

Who can participate
Everybody from 18 years old from any EU Member State as well as Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
 

How to participate
- Submit one story involving the European Health Insurance Card via this website. 
- (Optional) Post your story on your public Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or YouTube profile with the hashtag #myEHICstory. 

Prizes
The four best stories will be turned into a video. The four winners will receive a €100 gift voucher to use in their next trip.

Deadline: 31^st January 2019, (midnight CET).

All details can be found here.

Direcția Generală Ocuparea Forței de Muncă, Afaceri Sociale și incluziune a Comisiei Europene a lansat “Concursul #myEHICstory”. Orice cetăţean european cu vârsta peste 18 ani, rezident legal într-unul dintre statele membre ale Uniunii Europene (UE), Islanda, Lichtenstein, Norvegia este invitat să se înscrie şi să îşi exprime ideile creative referitoare la Cardul european de asigurări sociale de sănătate.

Cine poate participa

Orice cetăţean cu vârsta peste 18 ani din membrele state ale Uniunii Europene, cât şi din Islanda, Norvegia, Liechtenstein şi Elveția.

Cum poți participa

• Timite o poveste în legătură cu Cardul european de asigurări sociale de sănătate prin intermediul acestui website.
• (Opțional) Postează povestea ta pe pagina ta de Facebook, Instagram, Twitter sau YouTube folosind hashtag-ul #myEHICstory.

Premii

Cele mai bune patru povești vor fi transformate într-un videoclip. Cei patru câștigători vor primi un voucher de 100 de euro pe care îl pot utiliza în următoarea lor călătorie.

Termen limită: 31 ianuarie 2019, miezul nopții CET.

Toate detaliile pot fi găsite la: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=559&newsId=9270&furtherNews=yes

The European Commission Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion has launched the " #myEHICstory Competition".
Everybody from 18 years old, legal resident of a Member State of the European Union (EU), Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, is invited to join the competition with creative stories involving the European Health Insurance Card.
 

Who can participate
Everybody from 18 years old from any EU Member State as well as Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
 

How to participate
- Submit one story involving the European Health Insurance Card via this website. 
- (Optional) Post your story on your public Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or YouTube profile with the hashtag #myEHICstory. 

Prizes
The four best stories will be turned into a video. The four winners will receive a €100 gift voucher to use in their next trip.

Deadline: 31^st January 2019, (midnight CET).

All details can be found here.

The Anna Lindh Foundation and the European Institute of the Mediterranean are calling the 11th year of the international short story contest ”A Sea of Words” aimed at young people from the 43 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean space.

This year, under the motto “Memory and Identity: Rethinking Cultural Heritage” in the framework of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, the contest gives Euro-Mediterranean youths the opportunity to tell about their own experiences and emotions in relation to cultural heritage.
Cultural heritage contributes to creating more united societies and to fostering growth and employment in cities and regions. 

Eligibility
The contest is aimed at young people between 18 and 30 years old, citizens of the 43 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean area.

Prizes
The authors of the 15 best short stories will be invited to the awards presentation ceremony in Barcelona, Spain, on 19 September 2018 and to participate in the different cultural activities to be held from 19 to 21 September 2018. 
The stories selected will be published in a book in digital format with the texts in the original language and their corresponding English translation.

The short stories must be original, cannot exceed a length of 2,500 words and can be written in any of the official languages of the participant countries. 
Only one story per author will be accepted.

Deadlines: 20 April 2018 (for national selection); 1 July 2018 (for international selection).

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2vlfrfb

La Anna Lindh Foundation e l'Istituto Europeo del Mediterraneo ha lanciato l'11° concorso internazionale di racconti, rivolti ai 43 paesi dell'area Euro-Mediterranea.

Quest'anno il concorso è mirato alla produzione di storie o racconti incentrati sul tema a "Memoria e Identità: ripensare il patrimonio culturale", dal punto di vista dei giovani che vivono in quell'area. 

Il concorso si rivolge a giovani tra i 18 e i 30 anni, cittadini dei 43 paesi della regione Euro-Mediterranea. Tutti i racconti, originali e inediti, non devono superare le 2500 parole e devono essere scritti in una delle lingue ufficiali dei paesi partecipanti.  

Premi
Gli autori delle 15 storie migliori verranno invitati a numerose attività culturali che si terranno dal 19 al 21 settembre 2018 e alla cerimonia di presentazione dei premi a Barcellona, Spagna, il 19 settembre 2018.   In occasione con l'anniversario del concorso, verranno invitati a partecipare alle attività tre vincitori dell'anno passato che hanno avuto successo nel settore letterario. 

Domande
Tutti i racconti devono essere inviati al seguente indirizzo: [email protected]

Scadenza: 20 aprile 2018 (per la selezione nazionale). 

Per ulteriori informazioni: https://goo.gl/G4W9p9

The Anna Lindh Foundation and the European Institute of the Mediterranean are calling the 11th year of the international short story contest ”A Sea of Words” aimed at young people from the 43 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean space.

This year, under the motto “Memory and Identity: Rethinking Cultural Heritage” in the framework of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, the contest gives Euro-Mediterranean youths the opportunity to tell about their own experiences and emotions in relation to cultural heritage.
Cultural heritage contributes to creating more united societies and to fostering growth and employment in cities and regions. 

Eligibility
The contest is aimed at young people between 18 and 30 years old, citizens of the 43 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean area.

Prizes
The authors of the 15 best short stories will be invited to the awards presentation ceremony in Barcelona, Spain, on 19 September 2018 and to participate in the different cultural activities to be held from 19 to 21 September 2018. 
The stories selected will be published in a book in digital format with the texts in the original language and their corresponding English translation.

The short stories must be original, cannot exceed a length of 2,500 words and can be written in any of the official languages of the participant countries. 
Only one story per author will be accepted.

Deadlines: 20 April 2018 (for national selection); 1 July 2018 (for international selection).

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2vlfrfb

The European Economic and Social Committee rewards excellence in civil society initiatives through its annual Civil Society Prize.
The theme of the 2018 prize is: "Identities, European Values and Cultural Heritage in Europe".

The aim of the 2018 prize is to reward and encourage tangible initiatives and achievements by civil society organisations and/or individuals that have made a significant contribution to promoting European identity and integration. Its overall objective is to raise awareness of the multiple layers and richness of European identities, exploiting the full potential of Europe's cultural wealth, facilitating access to European cultural heritage and promoting European values (respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law).

Eligible initiatives should cover at least one of the following areas:

• promoting European values (respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law) through culture;
• promoting the respect of cultural, religious and linguistic diversity and of the freedom of the arts as European fundamental rights;
• promoting the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association at all levels;
• raising awareness of the wealth of Europe's cultural heritage in a broad sense, i.e. both tangible heritage (monuments, buildings, ...) and intangible heritage and its impact on contemporary creation (performing arts, visual arts, literature, media etc.);
• promoting European values and European multi-layered identity as a foundation of understanding, exchange and development to combat populist tendencies, propaganda and prejudice;
• facilitating and encouraging the access of a wider and more diversified public to European cultural heritage, including via digital means, by removing physical, social or cultural barriers, or through audience-development activities, taking into account people with special needs; showcasing the importance of Europe's cultural heritage to foster a sense of European multi- layered identity, social inclusion and integration, e.g. through education and lifelong learning activities, in particular those focusing on children, young people and senior citizens, local communities and disadvantaged groups;
• preventing the misuse of culture as a means for the promotion of racism, radicalism or nationalism by actively focusing on the diversity inherent in European identity and in European cultural heritage and on the differing interpretations of that heritage;
• raising awareness of the whole spectrum of cultures that over the centuries and at present have contributed and are contributing to the creation of a multi-layered European identity;
• exploiting the capacity of culture and of intercultural and interreligious dialogue to prevent conflict and foster reconciliation and stability between different communities.

Eligibility

The EESC Civil Society Prize is open to civil society organisations officially registered within the European Union and acting at local, national, regional or European level. It is also open to individuals. 
Third-country nationals are also eligible, provided they are legally resident in the territory of the EU. 

Prizes
1st: 14.000 Euros
2nd 9.000 Euros
3rd 9.000 Euros
4th 9.000 Euros
5th 9.000 Euros

Deadline: 7 September 2018, 23:59 (CET).

The prize award ceremony will take place on 13 December 2018, during the EESC plenary session.
Two representatives per winner will be invited to the ceremony, with travel and accommodation organised by the EESC.

Find out more here.

The European Economic and Social Committee rewards excellence in civil society initiatives through its annual Civil Society Prize.
The theme of the 2018 prize is: "Identities, European Values and Cultural Heritage in Europe".

The aim of the 2018 prize is to reward and encourage tangible initiatives and achievements by civil society organisations and/or individuals that have made a significant contribution to promoting European identity and integration. Its overall objective is to raise awareness of the multiple layers and richness of European identities, exploiting the full potential of Europe's cultural wealth, facilitating access to European cultural heritage and promoting European values (respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law).

Eligible initiatives should cover at least one of the following areas:

• promoting European values (respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law) through culture;
• promoting the respect of cultural, religious and linguistic diversity and of the freedom of the arts as European fundamental rights;
• promoting the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association at all levels;
• raising awareness of the wealth of Europe's cultural heritage in a broad sense, i.e. both tangible heritage (monuments, buildings, ...) and intangible heritage and its impact on contemporary creation (performing arts, visual arts, literature, media etc.);
• promoting European values and European multi-layered identity as a foundation of understanding, exchange and development to combat populist tendencies, propaganda and prejudice;
• facilitating and encouraging the access of a wider and more diversified public to European cultural heritage, including via digital means, by removing physical, social or cultural barriers, or through audience-development activities, taking into account people with special needs; showcasing the importance of Europe's cultural heritage to foster a sense of European multi- layered identity, social inclusion and integration, e.g. through education and lifelong learning activities, in particular those focusing on children, young people and senior citizens, local communities and disadvantaged groups;
• preventing the misuse of culture as a means for the promotion of racism, radicalism or nationalism by actively focusing on the diversity inherent in European identity and in European cultural heritage and on the differing interpretations of that heritage;
• raising awareness of the whole spectrum of cultures that over the centuries and at present have contributed and are contributing to the creation of a multi-layered European identity;
• exploiting the capacity of culture and of intercultural and interreligious dialogue to prevent conflict and foster reconciliation and stability between different communities.

Eligibility

The EESC Civil Society Prize is open to civil society organisations officially registered within the European Union and acting at local, national, regional or European level. It is also open to individuals. 
Third-country nationals are also eligible, provided they are legally resident in the territory of the EU. 

Prizes
1st: 14.000 Euros
2nd 9.000 Euros
3rd 9.000 Euros
4th 9.000 Euros
5th 9.000 Euros

Deadline: 7 September 2018, 23:59 (CET).

The prize award ceremony will take place on 13 December 2018, during the EESC plenary session.
Two representatives per winner will be invited to the ceremony, with travel and accommodation organised by the EESC.

Find out more here.

Model European Union is a simulation of the decision-making and legislative procedures in the European Union, bringing together young Europeans at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, from 6 to 13 April 2019.
For one week, the participants have the opportunity to learn about the workings of EU institutions at the actual seat of the European democratic process. The main purpose of the conference is to allow its participants to become acquainted with decision-making and law-making in the European Union, in particular with the ordinary legislative procedure, which involves both the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on an equal basis. During the conference, participants play the roles of the Ministers of the EU Member States, Members of the European Parliament, lobbyists, journalists and interpreters.

Topics
During MEUS 2019, participants will be discussing Climate Change, Consumer Protection Law and the European Elections 2019.

Who can apply:
- Young people from 18 to 27 years old, from all over the world.

 

Roles:
- Member of the European Parliament (MEP),
- Minister of the Council of the European Union,
- Journalist (first choice),
- Lobbyist,
- Interpreter (first choice).
Participants may choose up to two different roles from the five proposed and submit a motivation letter for both their 1st and 2nd choice.

How to apply
Entrants will have to: 
- Attach their CV,
- Fill out the Application form,
- Write a motivation letter (500-1000 words),
- Two original essays (that differ from one role to another).

Selected participants will have to cover their travel costs both to and from Strasbourg and pay a participation fee of 150€ (covering seven nights accommodation in Strasbourg as well as breakfasts and lunches, conference materials, participation at the workshops day, social events and transportation within the city).  
For Strasbourg-based participants, the fee is set at 75€ and does not include accommodation.
For those most in need, there is a Social Fund which can provide a scholarship. Such support can be given in the form of participation fee waivers, travel reimbursement and visa reimbursements. Find out more here.

Deadline:  13^th January 2019, 23:59.59 (CET).

Find out more: http://www.meu-strasbourg.org

"Model European Union" è una simulazione unica del processo decisionale e delle politiche, che si svolge ogni anno e riunisce oltre 150 giovani europei altamente qualificati e motivati nella sede del Parlamento Europeo a Strasburgo, Francia.

Per una settimana i partecipanti hanno l'opportunità di conoscere il lavoro delle istituzioni europee nella sede in cui essi effettivamente si svolgono. Obiettivo della conferenza è di permettere ai partecipanti di conoscere da vicino il processo decisionale e legislativo dell'Unione Europea, che coinvolge sia il Parlamento Europeo che il Consiglio dell'UE. Durante la conferenza i giovani assumono il ruolo di Ministri degli Stati membri UE, i membri del Parlamento Europeo, i lobbisti, i giornalisti e gli interpreti.

Chi può presentare domanda:
-giovani tra i 18 e i 26 anni, da tutti e 28 gli Stati membri UE, più Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bielorussia, Bosnia e Erzegovina, Georgia, Turchia, Kosovo, Ex Repubblica Yugoslava di Macedonia, Montenegro, Norvegia, Russia, Serbia, Svizzera, Ucraina, curiosi rispetto al funzionamento delle istituzioni europee e interessati a partecipare attivamente ad una simulazione realistica. 

Componimento:
I candidati dovranno presentare un componimento ben strutturato e meditato che denoti indipendenza di pensiero e buone capacità di ricerca e che risponda ad una delle seguenti domande:
1. Una maggiore cooperazione tra Stati membri è la chiave per affrontare il terrosirmo in maniera più efficiente?
2. I lavoratori extra-comuntari dovrebbero avere li stessi diritti e garanzie dei lavoratori europei quando lavorano nel mercato interno?
3. La Brexit nel contesto dell'integrazione UE: un fallimento o un'opportunità?

Ruoli:
I partecipanti possono scegliere fino a due ruoli tra i sei proposti:
- Membri del Parlamento Europeo (MEP)
- Ministro del Consiglio dell'Unione Europea
- Giornalista,
- Fotoreporter, videoreporter
- Lobbista
- Interprete  (solo come prima scelta)

I partecipanti selezionati dovranno provvedere a coprire i costi di viaggio a/da Strasburgo e pagare una quota di partecipazione di 150 euro (a copertura dell'alloggio a Strasburgo nonché colazioni e pranzi, eventi sociali e trasporto in città). Per coloro che ne hanno stretta necessità, gli organizzatori rimborseranno fino a 100 euro di spese di viaggio. 

Scadenza: 13 gennaio 2019, 23,59 CET. 
Per ulteriori informazioni: http://www.meu-strasbourg.org