Opportunity for young journos to attend CIVICUS

The winners will have full access to all keynote plenary sessions and activity sessions that will take place at the Youth Assembly on 8 September and at the World Assembly on 10-12 September.

Criteria

Entrants must be active journalists who:

1. Have a background in covering civil society issues (such as development effectiveness, new technologies, democratic space and climate justice)
2. Are a citizen of a developing country
3. Are between 18 and 30 years of age
4. Journalists will also have a thoughtful and feasible dissemination plan to use their reports as a tool to raise awareness of the human rights or social justice issues explored at the event with a goal to bring about change.

While creative freedom will be left to the individual journalist, they will be required to report on a minimum of two sessions per day in the language of choice (Spanish, English, and French).

Speakers

Under its overarching theme of "Acting together for a just world", the 2011 World Assembly will focus on "Civil Society and Global Decision-Making: Doing It Better" through a programme divided in four thematic tracks:

1. Development Effectiveness
2. Climate Justice
3. Connecting People through Technology
4. Civil Society and Democratic Space

Speakers include: Matt Dunne, manager of community affairs for Google; Kumi Naidoo, director general, Greenpeace International, South Africa; Kelly Rigg, executive director of the Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA); Anabel Cruz, founding director Institute for Communication and Development, Uruguay; Maina Kiai, executive director of the International Council on Human Rights Policy; Mozn Hassan, executive director of Nazra for Feminist Studies, Egypt; Alancay Morales, leader of Youth Association of Boruca (ASJOB) Costa Rica; Jay Naidoo, chairman of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), South Africa; Miguel Palacín Quispe, co-ordinador General de la Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígena (CAOI), Peru; Hamouda Soubhi, executive director of the Morrocan Network for Euro-Mediterranean NGOs; and Everjoice J Win, head of Women's Rights, Action-Aid International, Zimbabwe.

Entries

Entrants must submit a CV, a writing sample and a 250 word article on why it is important for civil society to engage with the media to gro.sucivic@nothguancm.anewor before 15 June 2011. The chosen journalists will be informed before 30 June 2011. For more information, go to www.civicusassembly.org.