Calling Youth Filmmakers

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced film, video and animated works on human rights issues made by youth ages 19 and under for its third annual YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE program.
Armed with digital cameras, computers and their own boundless creativity, young people across the globe are bravely exposing human rights issues faced by themselves and their communities. YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE provides a platform for youth to share their perspectives with audiences worldwide.
Please click the following links for further information about submitting your film.

Submissions Instructions

Timeline

How do I submit my film?

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have read the submission instructions, please proceed using the "submit" link below to submit your film using our online entry form.

Selected films will travel to:
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York : June 2011 (dates tba)
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, London : March 2012 (dates tba)
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, San Francisco: Spring 2012(dates tba)
Selected films will be included in the 2011 Traveling Film Festival
Films will be added to the Adobe Youth Voices and Human Rights Watch website
And distributed to teachers throughout the United States

To watch the films from our first year of YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE please visit: http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/youth-producing-change-2009

 

 

 

Submission requirements:

• Age of youth media maker: The work must have been created by youth ages 19 and under. In order for a film to be eligible, at the time of production youth under the age of 19 must have served in the majority of creative and technical production roles as directors, writers, camera-person, editors, animators, etc.

• Short films 15 minutes or under preferred. Films longer than 20 minutes will not be considered.

• Language: Films of all languages are welcome, however films must have English subtitles if the spoken language is a language other than English.

• Format: DVD(preferred) or VHS. We can accept entries using NTSC or PAL. Submissions will not be returned. Sorry, entries sent in on Mini DV can NOT be considered.

• Authority to Submit the Film and License: By submitting the film, you acknowledge that you have the full right and authority to submit the film to the YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE program and you grant to Human Rights Watch, Adobe Youth Voices and the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival a free license to screen and exhibit the film for evaluation purposes.

• Ownership and Copyright: By submitting the film, you acknowledge that you are the sole author and owner of the film, or if you are not the sole author,you have secured all necessary and appropriate rights, written permissions, and releases in connection with submitting the film. In particular, all music and other rights must be cleared for non-exclusive educational, online, broadcast and theatrical distribution. Please check out The Center for Social Media's Copyright & Fair Use guidelines for more information.

• Minors(i.e., Youth under 18 years of age): Human Rights Watch encourages you to read this document carefully with your parent (or duly appointed guardian) and consult with your parent (or duly appointed guardian) before submitting your film.

  If your film is selected for the YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE program, we will require you to sign a separate film license agreement allowing your film to be screened in and used as part of the YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE program and our film festivals and for your parent or legal guardian, and in some jurisdictions both parents and/or legal guardians, to also sign the film license agreement. Your submission and the film license agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
  

One Young World Summit

The Summit 2011

The Second Annual One Young World Summit will be held in Zurich, Switzerland on 1st - 4th September 2011. Already signed up are a number of distinguished Counsellors including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bob Geldof and Muhammad Yunus who were all instrumental in the inaugural event. These world figures will be working to promote the event and other high profile counsellors Mo Ibrahim and Fatima Bhutto will join them in 2011 with more being announced over the coming months.

Background and History

The One Young World Inaugural Summit was held in London on February 8 to 10, 2010 and drew 823 young leaders from 112 countries. The summit focused on 6 key Resolutions developed in response to the most pressing issues in the world today, as identified as by the One Young World Global Consultation Process, a poll of over 15,000 respondents aged 18-27 years old from 34 countries in every continent on the planet. The Resolutions were the focus of the Summit's plenary sessions where Counsellors such as Kofi Annan, Bob Geldof, Muhammad Yunus and Desmond Tutu facilitated debate and dialogue between the Delegate speakers and their audience.

To Find out more go to http://www.oneyoungworld.com/about/default.asp

Re: PWESCR's Leadership Institute: Call for applications

Thanks a lot Pramada. have shared it here as well

http://youth-watch.blogspot.com/

cheers
k

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Kuber Sharma <kuber.sharma@commutiny.in> wrote:

 

PWESCR's annual leadership development programme is uniquely designed for women's rights leaders (men and women) working in organisations from the economic South in key leadership positions. Using a human rights framework, especially the ICESCR to address structural causes of poverty and inequality, the Institute will particularly focus on the social construct of gender and women's poverty.more>> The facilitating team is composed of experienced trainers and prominent leaders who possess the necessary creative skills to foster an enjoyable learning process. The faculty for the Institute includes Priti Darooka, Maria Virginia Bras Gomes, Gagan Sethi and Jerald Joseph.more>> All selected participants should attend both the phases. The Leadership Institute will be conducted in two phases: Phase 1: January 23rd to 29th, 2011 New Delhi, India Phase 2: June 20th to 25th, 2011 Kathmandu, Nepal

Application deadline: 19 November 2010. For further information please visit our website at www.pwescrleadership.org

PWESCR's Leadership Institute: Call for applications

 

PWESCR's annual leadership development programme is uniquely designed for women's rights leaders (men and women) working in organisations from the economic South in key leadership positions. Using a human rights framework, especially the ICESCR to address structural causes of poverty and inequality, the Institute will particularly focus on the social construct of gender and women's poverty.more>> The facilitating team is composed of experienced trainers and prominent leaders who possess the necessary creative skills to foster an enjoyable learning process. The faculty for the Institute includes Priti Darooka, Maria Virginia Bras Gomes, Gagan Sethi and Jerald Joseph.more>> All selected participants should attend both the phases. The Leadership Institute will be conducted in two phases: Phase 1: January 23rd to 29th, 2011 New Delhi, India Phase 2: June 20th to 25th, 2011 Kathmandu, Nepal

Application deadline: 19 November 2010. For further information please visit our website at www.pwescrleadership.org

TAGORE COMMEMORATION GRANT SCHEME-2010

To celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Gurudev
Rabindranath Tagore, Government of India has constituted a National
Committee under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister and a National
Implementation Committee under the Finance Minister, to plan and take
up commemorative programmes and projects at the national and
international level. The National Committee has also advised the
Ministry of Culture to support initiatives by different organizations
to conduct appropriate commemorative programmes. The National
Implementation Committee, thereafter, decided that the Ministry of
Culture may launch a scheme and accordingly, the Ministry of Culture
now launches the ‘Scheme of Financial Assistance for Cultural
Programmes by Not-for-Profit Organizations to Commemorate 150 Years of
Rabindranath Tagore’, known in short as the ‘Tagore Commemoration Grant
Scheme’ (TCGS). The Scheme will
assist and support the programmes related to appropriate and befitting
commemoration of the multifaceted genius of Rabindranath Tagore and his
enduring contributions. These may be through lectures, seminars,
workshops, symposia, cultural shows, literary festivals, exhibitions,
small documentary films and audio-video presentations, etc.

All eligible Not-for-Profit Organizations working for the promotion of
art and culture and Universities (including University’s Centres and
Institutions, but not University Departments, schools or colleges) are
eligible to apply for this Grant. Central Government assistance is
limited to 75% of the estimated cost of a proposal/programme, with a
ceiling of Rs. 5 lakhs. The Scheme shall remain open till May 2012.

Applications can be sent to the Conveners of the 8 Zonal Tagore
Commemoration Committees, with offices at Kolkata, Guwahati, Allahabad,
Delhi, Chandigarh, Udaipur, Mumbai and Chennai. Experts will evaluate
the proposals and their decision will be final.

All the details related to the Scheme as well as the Application Forms
are available on the Website of the Ministry of Culture
www.indiaculture.nic.in

Sauve Fellowship for Youth

Sauvé Scholars are highly motivated independent thinkers 30 years old or less with demonstrated skills as agents of change, who are offered a unique opportunity to spend nine months away from their studies, careers or other formal commitments, for a period of reflection and self-realization – both personal and professional.
In August of each year, up to 14 young men and women from around the world gather in Montreal – one of North America’s most vibrant international, multicultural cities – to embark on a rewarding personal and intellectual program combining reflection, study, travel and community engagement along with participation in conferences, seminars, cultural and sports events.
The academic home of the Sauvé Scholars is internationally-renowned McGill University, in the heart of Montreal, where the student body of about 33,000 includes students from some 160 countries. Through a formal Memorandum of Understanding, Sauvé Scholars enjoy a unique status at McGill: they may audit courses at the undergraduate or post-graduate level (but not for credit) and may participate in the array of university activities and facilities for every taste and interest.
http://sauvescholars.org/en/

South Asia Women’s Fund Small Grants Programme

SAWF is initiating a small grants programme to enable women’s groups to access support for any project (see below), to be utilized within one year from the date of issuance of the grant. These grants are to provide support to ideas that are innovative, cutting edge and out of the box models, initiated by young women leaders and/or the second line leadership of the organization; in partnership with the organizations they are working or volunteering with to strengthen the organization’s work for the realization of human rights of women and contribute to building a regional women’s rights movement.

SAWF will make a minimum of 5 grants, ranging from USD 1500-5000. The last date for applications is 31st October 2010. The successful grants will be announced on 18th November 2010, and will be disbursed by 18th January 2011.

Please note this is a competitive application process, and the decision of the SAWF Small Grants Advisory Committee will be final, and only successful applications will be contacted. No correspondence or discussion will be entertained about the decisions.

Criteria Who can apply?

Group and/or organizations

•    Any woman’s organization whose annual budget is under USD 50000, located in the focal countries 1can apply
•    The organization should be registered, and have the requisite legal registration to enable it to receive grants from foreign sources, and have been functional for a minimum of 3 years.
•    At least 50% of its decision-making body and staff should be women, and its team should be led by a woman, and at least 70% of its programmatic resources should be spent on working for women’s rights
•    It should be committed to feminist principles and right based approaches.

Individuals

•    Young women under the age of 35 volunteering or working with a woman’s organization may apply
•    A second-line woman leader of an organization may also apply for the grant. Purpose

Implementation of new innovative, out of the box ideas mooted by young feminists and second line leadership of an organization to enrich the work of the group/organization they are with, to expand, strengthen and/or enhance women’s realization of their human rights.
o Innovative initiatives that have the cutting edge potential of being up-scaled o a specific component of a planned programme for which they need additional resources o building on an unexpected outcome/spin offs of previous initiatives o responding to an unexpected critical need/demand of women communities o Undertaking a pilot project, or a baseline research, or public event or a needed publication that can address future needs as well o Addressing immediate learning need or Any other activity that will fit into SAWF’s criteria, and will be approved by the Advisors to this grant.

Guidelines for Applications

1.    SAWF will accept applications in English and any of regional languages, (Bangla, Hindi, Nepali, Sinhalese, Tamil and Urdu)
2.    Necessary Documentation, without which applications will not be accepted:
a.    An attested copy of the registration of the organization
b.    List of its governing body and executive staff
c.    Tax exemption status
d.    Audited accounts of the previous financial year
e.    Annual report, or any other document in its stead that lays out the activities, achievements and challenges that the organization undertook in the preceding year.

3. All applications should state clearly,
a.    the goal towards which the project will contribute,
b.    the immediate objectives of the project,
c.    methodology and the main activity or activities
d.    the outcomes and measurable indicators.
e.    demonstrate the rights based approach in their methodology and process statement.
f.    provide a detailed budget, outlining the expenditures per activity.

4.    Priority will be given to applications that:
a.    show fresh and new thinking
b.    are innovative, build upon other ideas
c.    show ways in which they will sustain the gains of the project
d.    show links between this project and other on-going tasks, in a way to value addition and contribute to strengthen the human rights movements e.    use the grant to leverage the gains from an on-going project f.    use this grant to link with other national or sub-national initiatives to ensure a
regional resonance

Lenovo wakes up to the power of youth

The fifth largest PC maker is opening stores in smaller towns and has launched an aggressive campaign to focus on a segment that will help it grow in a tough market.


Dell, which recently knocked out Hewlett Packard from the No 1position in the Indian personal computer market, isn't the only one to move from the men to the boys.


Lenovo, the fifth largest, has also woken up to the power of youth and is shifting focus from the enterprise segment.


Ever since it acquired the hardware business from IBM five years ago, Lenovo's focus in India [ Images ] had been the enterprise segment, and that's why it still enjoys close to 19 per cent market share in this space.


But it has realised that it can hardly afford to ignore the consumer vertical, which is one of the biggest revenue generating segments in the Indian PC market.


As per latest IDC figures, Lenovo's market share in the consumer market in India is 6.3 per cent compared with a share of 17.3 per cent in the enterprise and government verticals (the company terms it as KAB or key account business), in the April-May-June quarter of 2010.


In the same period, Lenovo's share in the overall PC market in India was 7.2 per cent.


That explains the company's recent bid to connect with those at the middle of the pyramid. Last week, Lenovo inaugurated its first set of LES 'Lite' stores in Bangalore to increase penetration.


LES Lite is a smaller version of Lenovo Exclusive stores and each store will occupy around 150-250 square feet.


These stores will be the company's vehicle to penetrate deeper into tier 3, 4 and 5 markets and the plan is to open around 400 such stores in the smaller markets by the end of this financial year.


The recent TV commercials also are a part of this strategy with the theme being the "pester power" of the youth.


Research found that nearly 60 per cent of household PC purchases are undertaken by the youth with their parents' consent.


So the TVCs show a young man holding his father's leg pleading with him for various things he wants. The only time the father gives in to the son's demands is for a Lenovo PC they both spot in a store.


Hungry and Foolish, a relatively lesser known advertisement agency in Bangalore, is assisting the company in the campaign, though Ogilvy and Mather continues to be its global advertisement agency.


This campaign formally brings in our more focused approach to target the youth.


While youth was always a segment for us, now for the first time, we have openly declared that the youth is our primary target segment, says Rahul Agarwal, executive director, Key Accounts Business and Think Product, Lenovo India.


"This campaign is based on the local customer insight, and we really don't want to talk about the speed or hard disk of the computer," adds Agarwal.


Lenovo says the reason it consciously decided not to use any brand icon is based on customers' insight.


This also differentiates itself from most other consumer brands as three-four out of every five brands today is being endorsed by celebrities, thus making it a 'blindspot'.


"The father-son relationship is a complex one and very interesting in nature. Everything is fine till you become a teenager and then it's the father's expectations versus the son's desires.


"What his father wants him to be versus what he wants to become, what his father thinks he needs versus what he wants for himself.


"This is where the insight is absolutely bang on to the category and a wonderful platform for Lenovo to own," says Anto Noval, co-founder & chief creative officer of Hungry & Foolish.


In the second leg of the campaign, Lenovo intends to further intensify it with a 360 degree campaign using print, outdoor, radio, retail and digital mediums.


Hungry & Foolish is currently developing the digital extension of the campaign, which has audience participation at its core.


Titled pleasedaddyplease.com, it's expected to go live around mid-October.  This is a follow-up to Lenovo's earlier 'What's your idea of FUN' campaign.


"We wanted to make the best of each medium. What works on films doesn't necessarily make for a fun print ad. We have chosen to treat the whole campaign as a bigger story, with each element telling a different part of the story.


"The digital leg will take this forward and allow our audience to participate in the story and make it their own", says Praveen Raj, creative director, Hungry & Foolish.

Bibhu Ranjan Mishra in New Delhi

Source:

WFI International Fellowship Program

WFI International Fellowship Program - Term: 6-12 months - Applications
accepted year-round.
The WFI Fellowship brings professionals in natural resources--such as
foresters, environmental educators, land managers, NGO practioners and
researchers--to conduct a practical research project at the World Forestry
Center. In addition to projects, Fellows participate in weekly field
trips, interviews and site visits to Northwest forestry organizations,
state, local and national parks, universities, public and private
timberlands, trade associations, mills, and corporations. The Fellowship
is a unique opportunity to learn about sustainable forestry from the
Pacific Northwest forestry sector, and to work with colleagues from around
the world. Fellowships are open to any country (including the U.S.), and
there is a matching grant from the Harry A. Merlo Foundation. Over 80
Fellows from 26 countries have participated to date. To see our current
list of Fellows, please visit:
http://wfi.worldforestry.org/index/international-fellowship/current-fellows.html
.
Applications are accepted year-round.

For more information:
http://wfi.worldforestry.org/index/international-fellowship.html

Reviving Youth’s Role in Nepal’s Peacebuilding

Nearly four years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord marked a ceasefire between the government of Nepal and the Maoists, many marginalized groups still remain on the fringes of the decision-making process. Across political, ethnic, and social divides, Nepal’s young people are finding it particularly difficult to make their priorities matter in the halls of power.

Although 60 percent of Nepal's population is believed to be below 25 years old, the youth still struggle to be heard in policy-making decisions. Above, young people gather to discuss Nepal's constitution in town hall meetings organized by The Asia Foundation.

And given that 60 percent of Nepal’s population is believed to be below 25 years of age, the youth represent a critical constituency for ensuring a successful peace process and developing a legitimate constitution. If the current government is able to meaningfully engage the growing youth population, it could mean the difference between sustaining the achievements of the pro-democracy movement of 2006 and allowing the country to descend once again into violence and conflict.
While there have been some positive steps toward mainstreaming youth in the recent past – the formation of the Ministry of Youth and a National Youth policy drafted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports to address issues concerning the youth in Nepal, as well as a strong youth representation in the Constituent Assembly (CA) – there’s no clear evidence that they will in fact have a meaningful leadership role or impact in policy-making. For example, though 137 out of 601 total CA members are below 35 years old, in reality, strong political party whips have thus far dissuaded them from deviating from party lines in order to voice concerns on behalf of Nepal’s young people. This has had the effect of watering down the potential influence of youth representation in Nepal’s Constituent Assembly.
This situation is compounded by an overall lack of educational and economic opportunities in Nepal. Many young people are poorly educated and unemployed or underemployed. A DFID report published last year on youth exclusion, violence, conflict, and fragile states refers to econometric analysis which shows a relationship between low education levels and risk of conflict. The report also mentions studies that suggest youth unemployment and under-employment can cause conflict or lead to youth involvement in criminal activities. These studies explain the Nepali experience in which young people have been pivotal for recruitment in new and emerging radicalized groups like the Young Communist League, the Youth Force, and other armed militant groups that lean toward extremist political agendas. Such groups primarily depend on young people to further their political cause that often tends to be violent. This is particularly critical now as 2,973 ex-Maoists under the age of 18 (at the time of the signing of Comprehensive Peace Accord) have been released from cantonments since January, while the fate of 19,602 more, average age of 25, is in discussion, according to unofficial Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) sources.
To help increase meaningful youth participation in policy decision-making, The Asia Foundation – under its Nepal Peace Support Project – organized from January to March 2010 a series of small town hall meetings in 45 municipalities to bring together young people to engage in constitutional dialogues. The meetings were designed to strengthen the voice and role of youth in the Constituent Assembly process, particularly among youth from smaller towns in Nepal where educational and employment opportunities are few, and where young people have less exposure to the political process. In those areas, the Foundation also worked with Women ACT Nepal, the Rural Community Development Council, and Samudayik Sarathi Nepal to conduct civic education and constitutional consultation programs in addition to the town hall meetings.

A group of young people gather after participating in a town hall meeting.

During the meetings, young community members discussed some of the most contentious constitutional issues proposed in the drafts prepared by different committees in the CA and still being debated by different political parties. These include forms of governance, federal restructuring, provision of compulsory military conscription, the judicial system, and citizenship issues. An analysis of their opinions and perceptions suggested a lack of support for the drafts on federalism presented by political parties and almost signified a veto against ethnic federalism.
In one meeting in Surkhet, in midwestern Nepal, participants voiced a strong preference for rethinking the stance on state restructuring, and questioned whether Nepal really needs a federal model with the promulgation of the new constitution. One of the participants stressed that if federalism is introduced to curb the centralization prevalent in the unitary system, but the same ineffective governance mechanism currently in place continues, the chance that federalism will be able to help decentralize the system is slim. Furthermore, the provision of compulsory military conscription in the draft constitution presented by the Committee on Preservation of National Interest was deemed infeasible and rejected by a majority of participants. Participants had mixed reactions regarding the ongoing debate over Nepal’s form of governance. Whether a parliamentary or presidential system of government is decided upon, the group insisted that there needs to be a system of checks and balance to ensure accountability to the people.
These perceptions highlight the sharp disconnect between the voices and perceptions of the youth and the current views dominating the CA discussions. The drafts on Federal restructuring of Nepal presented by all political parties have components of federalism based on an ethnic composition model. The largest party, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), has even proposed that the leadership of each federal district be taken by a particular ethnic group. This has been widely debated, as Nepal has 103 ethnic groups and 93 languages with no clear majority of any one ethnic group. While most political parties have voted entirely for, or for components of ethnicity-based federalism, the young people at the town hall meetings said that the federal lines should be delineated on the basis of geographical and economic strengths rather than ethnicity-based federal delineation. Such disagreements around fundamental issues of the constitution between the majority-young citizens and the older generation who dominate the social and political life in Nepal pose a threat to the legitimacy and ownership of the upcoming constitution in times ahead.
The youth engagement and involvement in the town hall meetings was encouraging and seemed to help bring these young people into the constitutional debates. Such anecdotal opinions that we gathered at the meetings will also shed light on how to further involve youth in the peace process and, more specifically, in constitutional debates. And, as the fate of Nepal’s constitution draws near, 60 percent of the nation’s citizens will be waiting to see if policy-makers have considered their opinions in the final constitution. If so, this will have paved a way to engage Nepal’s youth for the future; if not, we risk repeating our history of leaving out our young people yet again.