Premio Desarrollo para Jóvenes 2008/2009

FUENTE: María Godoy Buendía/Delegación de la Junta de Andalucía en Bruselas. 09-02-09

Adjunto se remite la información relativa al Premio Desarrollo para Jóvenes 2008/2009. La temática de esta edición gira en torno al desarrollo humano en África y los temas de igualdad de género, niños y juventud y diversidad cultural.

Fecha límite de envío de propuestas: 31 de mayo de 2009

Toda la información se puede encontrar en las siguientes páginas web: http://www.dyp2008.org

http://www.dyp2008.org/ww/en/pub/dyp2008/info/downloads.htm 

Development Youth Prize 2008-2009. Creativity meets Africa

“Human development” in Africa is the challenging topic of the Development Youth Prize 2008-2009. The current edition of the competition is now online and open for new submissions. The most originals will fly to Africa!

In the year of Creativity and Innovation, the Development Youth Prize plays a key role in fostering creativity among young people. The European competition invites students aged 16 - 18 to highlight their creative views on Africa. Until 31 May 2009, participants can join the initiative making their own poster or video artwork related to the year’s theme. Selected by a high-level jury, national winners and runners-up will be awarded with a two-day stay in Stockholm, in the framework of the next European Development Days. The winners will also visit an African country, getting a first hand experience of European aid programmes.

The Development Youth Prize represents a unique opportunity for students as well as an extensive learning resource for teachers. This year, the DYP library section harvests a special pedagogical kit. The aim is offering supporting material on development issues, problem-solving methodologies and back-up information, focusing on a real case study referred to Rwanda. The case study and the methodology are provided by EuropeAid - the Commission's office managing EU external aid programmes – and adapted by European Schoolnet. Working on a real situation, schools may go a step deeper, getting a better understanding of development cooperation projects and being inspired in developing their own.

In the words of previous participants, “the Development Youth Prize is a true eye-opening experience”. The winners of the last edition and their teachers are now about taking part to a four-day trip to Zambia, where they will join Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development. Being involved in a rich programme of visits, the students will observe and discover European actions in the field.

About Development Youth Prize: The Development Youth Prize (http://www.dyp2008.org) for schools is organised by European Schoolnet and supported by the European Commission's DG Development. It has been organised since 2006, with the theme changing each year.

About European Schoolnet: European Schoolnet (www.europeanschoolnet.org) is a unique not-for-profit consortium of 31 ministries of education in Europe created in 1997. It provides major European education portals for teaching, learning and collaboration and leads the way in bringing about change in schooling through the use of new technology.

Contact: Alessandra D’Angelo, Web Editor

alessandra.dangelo@eun.org

(32) 27907564

Dear Teachers,

we are very happy to invite you and your pupils to take part in the Development Youth Prize and perhaps win a trip to Africa! The Development Youth Prize is a unique school competition that is now in its third edition.

The focus this year is on 'Human Development' and your pupils can work on three new themes:

The students should again be aged 16 - 18 years. Submissions are possible as posters or as videos this year. All entries can be uploaded directly on the website or be sent to the EUN office (address please see below). 

NEW !!!!

This year we have further teaching materials on the portal to give schools the opportunity to go a step further. In the library section on the website schools can find a pedagogical kit that helps teachers and pupils to get a better understanding of development cooperation by working on a case study based on real facts. In a summarised version they find relevant information about the specific development issues of a central African country. A problem solving methodology helps to work on this real case and come to reasonable solutions. Additional country information helps to embed the case study into the country’s context.
The case study and the methodology are provided by EuropeAid, the Commission's co-operation office which manages EU external aid programmes.

The national winners and runners-up in each country will be invited together with their teachers for a two-day stay in Stockholm at the next European Development Days in October 2009.  This visit will include a prize-giving ceremony where pupils will be awarded their prizes. The winners will also visit an African country, for a very special opportunity to see how development cooperation between Europe and Africa works on the ground.

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs in all the EU Member States have already been informed about this competition. Furthermore the Ministries of Education will be contacted and asked to invite schools in their country to participate in this competition.

The Ministries of Education and Development in all the European countries will carry out the first phase of the evaluation process at national level, coordinated by European Schoolnet in Brussels. A grand jury of experts in development education, arts and ICT will then select the national winners and runners-up from the national shortlists. 

The deadline for submissions will be 31 May 2009. Until then we want to give as many pupils as possible the opportunity to take part in this competition.

The Development Youth Prize competition for schools is financed by the European Commission's DG Development and it is organized by European Schoolnet.

Your contact for the project is Ms Sylvia Binger (sylvia.binger@eun.org).

Please find more information about the competition here: http://www.dyp2008.org

Hope to see your pupils’ entries soon!

Kind regards,

Sylvia Binger

Project Manager