18 Jul 2019 Blogpost Sustainable Development Goals

I am a Youth of a Small Island - International Competition

Are you from a Small Island Developing State and in the 15-24 age group?

Do you have a talent for writing, photography, creating music or artwork?

Then this international competition for youths may be for you! 

Submissions must reflect the reality of the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) as a special case for sustainable development.  The interpretation can be from such angles as:  economic, social, cultural, environmental or any combination of these. In keeping with the theme of sustainable development for the SIDS, this interpretation can also take the view of visioning for the future when today’s youth will become adults. The submission must be creative, draw the viewer, keep their attention with originality and innovativeness.   


Entries for the contest can be submitted in the form of:  essays, photography, visual arts, video, poetry or musical. One global winner will be selected, together with regional winners from each of the SIDS region (AIMS, Caribbean, Pacific).  
 

Youths from the following Caribbean countries are eligible to participate:

 Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,   Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti,  Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands.

For the full list of participating SIDS countries, as well as the eligibility and submission criteria please consult the Terms and Conditions of the competition.

Entries must be submitted before August 5, 2019.

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