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7. NEW Website of United Nations

2010. július 14.

6. Travel Photographer of the Year

2010. május 20.

5. Popular e-learning CD on ICT in education now available online

2010. február 9.

4. Small World Photomicrography Competition

2009. január 19.

3. Over 7,000 websites created by students around the world who have participated in a ThinkQuest Competition

2009. november 09.

2. See the 2009 winners at the Veolia Environnment Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition

2009. október 27.

1. WSYA Winners 2009

2009. október 16.

 

 

NEW Website of United Nations

2010. július 14.

 

INTRO TO What's Up Youth ( WupY)

 

What's Up Youth is a not-for-profit youth-led portal (www.wupy.org) created in 2008. Through its interactive, easy for navigation & user friendly portal (www.wupy.org) WupY displays and updates regularly an important amount of information helping youth to maximize their potentials, develop their communities, cross borders and create global alliances.

 

BACKGROUND

ICTs turned today's world into one big community. This openness allowed global partnerships to blossom and easier Youth mobility opportunities to spread. The WupY team of youth activists and thought leaders, acknowledged the importance of offering young people around the world a valuable, global guide of opportunities and valid information targeting today's young people.

 

Therefore, WUPY presents itself as a bridge between promising, active youth and the opportunities these youth may need to further their knowledge & capacities and fulfill their dreams.

 

We have also chosen precisely the Internet and the Web 2.0 technologies to be our mean of communication with the young activists, talents & entrepreneurs as nowadays youth mostly use new information and communication technologies to search for resources and establish contacts & networks worldwide.

OUR SERVICES

The WupY dynamics can be summarized as following: collecting a maximum of useful and valid youth-oriented information on opportunities, events, active groups, funders, and resources, and displaying it through one free and accessible international portal.

 

Our first service is therefore, updating opportunities & calls regularly, presenting descriptions, deadlines, external links and downloadable forms of each event. Opportunities which may concern youth are as following: scholarships, fellowships, Internships, grants, funding, workshops, conferences, forums, competitions, prizes etc.

 

WupY also provides its visitors & subscribers with a detailed event agenda & a monthly e-newsletter.

 

Our second service is a rich database of involved youth groups (NGOs, Clubs, &Movements) to help youth in networking and learning from the best practices of other youth around the world.

 

Thirdly, and because youth dreams need to be supported and funded WUPY suggests a growing list of national, regional, and international funders interested and involved in community development & youth work.

 

Sometimes, youth may need more than funds to succeed. They need technical knowledge and practical skills to achieve their objectives, explore new horizons, or to build new capacities.

 

WupY thought about that, and offers a variety of resources for youth through its portal, by providing online downloadable tool-kits, manuals and diverse publications.

 

The WupY portal is also: a personalized account, up-to-date news, polls on youth issues and more!

 

LEADERSHIP & CREDIBILITY

The high demand among active youth on information & opportunities, the rare presence of specialized youth portals which update regularly massive flow of International information & the great amount of calls & opportunities wasted everyday through classical means of communication, inspired the young talented WupY team to canalize all resources, information & means through one common medium in one fixed.

 

Address, easy to navigate, easy to remember "What's Up Youth!".

 

Since 2008 WupY has been a leading website in the promotion of INTERNATIONAL youth events & has a record of visitors & subscribers from ALL OVER THE WORLD.

 

Our website is therefore credible & accredited mainly for:

1. Displaying a maximum amount of youth opportunities of an international level (not being limited by national or regional events only).
2. Having an important number of our subscribers become MA, PhD Students, Fellows, Interns & leading activists thanks to the information delivered through our website.
3. Having a wide Social Media network, promoting the website's info through Facebook, Twitter etc. Thus making it more accessible to youth to find about upcoming projects, campaigns & grants.

 

OUR TARGET GROUP – OUR FRIENDS

WupY targets & serves active young people from around the world, from students to young professionals; the age rank of our beneficiaries is between 13 y.o & 35 y.o.

 

WupY also promotes youth efforts & youth-led projects & NGOs through its section entitled "Who's Doing What?"

 

WupY had also created a network of thousand of friends, across the world; Youth who have surfed through our portal have often established a direct contact with the WupY administration, some have also become interns & part of the WupY family.

 

This is the fruit of a hard working team, wanting to connect with active youth & take their hands until they reach success!

 

OUR MISSION

Working under the UN MDG #8, our mission is to give youth all around the world the three keys to realize their objectives in serving their communities and exploring their inner energies and talents: Information, funds, and skills.

 

Therefore WupY is a dedicated youth-led team made of 12 Administrative board members & 50 + International young volunteers & Interns. Our team has a great deal of experience in working with and for youth and helping them reach the highest level of self fulfillment.

 

The WUPY team assures a daily update of the portal content, by collecting through all possible means the useful and trustworthy information and resources which youth may need in their road to success.

 

WUPY ensures that the information youth gets from our portal is reliable, through a process of verification of the sources and double checking. Our team is also open to answer questions and to guide the visitors or our website for an optimal usage of our services.

 

OUR OBJECTIVES

        1. Working to achieve the UN MDG #8, through building an online active youth network which has a common platform ( www.wupy.org ) of useful and trustworthy information to use, share & spread.

 

        2. Developing the capacities of youth worldwide, contributing to building their skills and inspiring them to be involved in the process of change & development of their own communities, by collecting a maximum of useful and reliable information youth may need in their activities in one free and accessible portal.

 

        3. Leading a Youth-Work-Resource-Website through assembling a complete and opened database about all the aspects, actors resources related to youth work (from a massive flow of opportunities & events, to a complete database of active organizations, publications, toolkits & useful links).

 

         4. Supporting successful youth & inspiring promising ones, through the publishing of success stories and best practices of other youth groups.

Source: http://www.wupy.org/

 

Travel Photographer of the Year

2010. május 20.

Young TPOTY is divided into two age groups. If you are aged 15-18, this is the page for you! If you are younger than 15, please click on the link to Young TPOTY 14 Years & Under button in the menu on the left.

Travel is about the places you visit and the things you find when you get there. Show us two different views of your travels: The big picture and the small details.

 

For this age group you can choose one of two themes:

• Big World Small World - People

• Big World Small World - Environment

 

What subjects can you include? Your images can be from somewhere you’ve travelled, or maybe even somewhere in your home town. You can interpret the theme through people or the environment in a whole country, one single village or place, or anything in between - the choice is yours. But don't mix people and environment in the same portfolio. Your images can be busy or peaceful but make them creative and original.

 

How many images? 4 related images which explore your chosen theme through both close ups and wider views.

What are the judges looking for? Both detail and the bigger picture within the same portfolio, your view of either people or the environment, a link between your images, creativity, originality.

Am I eligible? This category is for all photographers aged 15 to 18 years.

How many times can I enter? You can enter this category twice; once with a People themed portfolio and once with an Environment themed portfolio.

 

Judges' Special Award. Young Photographers' Alliance award for the best emerging talent. This award will be given by the judges to the most interesting entry from a photographer, aged 25 years and under, in either the New Talent or Young Travel Photographer of the Year categories. You will be automatically entered for this award if you have entered this Young TPOTY category.

Forrás: http://www.tpoty.com/2010/categories%26prizes/ytpoty1.html

 

Popular e-learning CD on ICT in education now available online

2010. február 9.

When UNESCO’s Bangkok Office announced the release of its E-Learning Series on Information and Communication Technology in Education in June 2009, it was beyond expectation that 3,000 CD-ROMs would run out in just a few months. Requests for copies came literally from everywhere.

 

 

To satisfy users’ demand, the Bangkok Office makes now its CD available online.

Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29494&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

 

 

Small World Photomicrography Competition

2010. január 19.

Small World is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. For over 30 years, Nikon has rewarded the world's best photomicrographers who make critically important scientific contributions to life sciences, bio-research and materials science.

Deadline for Entries: April 30, 2010

Forrás: http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/

 

Over 7,000 websites created by students around the world who have participated in a ThinkQuest Competition

2009. november 09.

Award 2009 for category 15 and under:

1st place to a Hungarian team

Chocolate

 

We would like to give some information about the history, growing and producing of chocolate. We collected a few examples of how chocolate influenced artists throughout the centuries. We examined what effect it has on our health. We researched chocolate eating habits at our school. We made a gallery and a small collection of recipes.

Team: Renáta, Bianka, Misi, Balázs, Lajos, David; Bornemissza Péter Primary School, Hungary

Age Range: 15 and Under

Coaches: Ildikó Román, Rita Borbely Bornemisza Péter Gimnázium, Alapfokú Művészeti és Általános Iskola, Hungary

Audience: All ages

Language: English, Hungarian

Site Features: Science / Lab Experiment Teacher Resources (Lesson Plans, Worksheets) Quiz Photo Gallery

 

Team Collaboration

 

At the beginning of the school year, through the encouragement of the teacher of computer studies, a group was formed specially for this competition. At first we agreed on a topic, then we had meetings weekly. To start with, we collected sources, texts, pictures, all kinds of information about chocolate. When we had some idea of what we wanted to write about, we made an outline (a plan of the site's menu). Then the team was divided into two parts. There were some who worked on the content, read many books, visited museums, collected info and pictures of any kind and worked out a topic in connection with chocolate (Reni, Bianka, Balu and Misi).

 

The other half of the team worked on the computer and designed and programmed the website (Lali, David and the assistant, Ildiko).

 

At the weekly meetings, everybody showed the others what he/she did the last week and we collected new ideas, corrected mistakes and set the task for the next week. But indeed there was not a strict division between the two sub-groups, because everybody contributed some ideas. For example, Misi had the idea of the globe falling into two, the coach gave the idea of the bonbon box as a main menu and the bonbon buttons in the inside menu. Most of the design was made by Lali. He collected pictures, did the programming, and produced Reni's gallery. As he has a music-centered family, his father and sister helped with music for the intro video. In Reni's gallery we can hear him playing the piano. Misi collected recipes and illustrations. Balu worked out the topic Growing, Bianca had the topic of Producing, Reni had History. But I can say that all of them were very helpful and gave a hand to each other in scanning or typing.

 

David was not at the meetings in person, because he attends another school in the same institution. The assistant was in touch with him. He helped in programming, worked on flash files and also worked out the topic of health. There were others too who eagerly provided guidance, although they were not in the team. Many students took part in the experiment that we had at our school and filled out a questionnaire made by Ildiko, about their chocolate eating habits. We are all very thankful to the English teachers of our school, who reviewed our translation of the texts into English, and Shelly, who read the manuscripts. Getting nearer the deadline every one of us got more enthusiastic and we met more often. We still don't feel it is perfectly finished, but we hope we can share a drop of that sweetness we enjoyed during this project.

 

Team Diversity

 

Our team was not dull at all, it had a certain diversity.

First of all, in my opinion, it is a great challenge for boys and girls to work together at this age.

Secondly, there is David, who doesn't attend our school, so we couldn't meet him very often, except the last week. We contacted him through the assistant or e-mail.

Furthermore, nowadays here in Hungary we have a serious problem with minorities, but we can proudly say, that one of the key persons in our team was Lali, who belongs to them. We didn't have any fights or arguments with each other. Thank God.

 

Source: http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.site?p_site_id=08aug/00696

 

 

See the 2009 winners at the Veolia Environnment Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition

2009. október 27.

The competition Each year the competition finds the very best wildlife images taken by the world's top professional and amateur photographers. This year we received more than 43,000 entries from 94 countries. The 2010 competition launches in January.

Winner of category „Ten years and under”

 

 

Winner of category „11-14 years old”

 

 

Winner of category „15-17 years old”

 

 

Source: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/index.jsp

WSYA Winners 2009

Young People act on United Nations Millennium Goals using Internet Contents

2009. október 16.

From online music and TV communities to interactive gaming platforms to e-learning applications and HIV/AIDS resources, the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) presents young people who use Internet and Mobiles to get Action on United Nations Millennium Devlopment goals. The over 600 projects were evaluated in a three-round judging process by an international jury of 20 experts in the fields of youth engagement, new media and social entrepreneurship.

 

The Winners are:

 

Category 1: FIGHT HUNGER, POVERTY & DISEASE!

• "Lil' MDGs: Kids making Changes" by Dylan Mahalingam (13) and Pooja Dharan (11), USA
• "Remote Patient Monitoring System" by Tanwani Ajay Kumar (22), Pakistan
• "Mobile Doctor" by Andreas Jakl (27) and Gerald Madlmayr (29), Austria

Also among the Top 5 are the Runner-Ups...

• "mPedigree.net" and "mpedigree.org" by Bright B. Simons (27) and Ashifi Gogo (28), Ghana
• "Friendstosupport Organisation" by Shaik Shareef (28), India

 

Category 2: EDUCATION FOR ALL!

• "Everything on HIV and AIDS in Iran" by Morteza Moshir Sinaei (23), Iran
• "Alternatives: Findin New Possibilities for Youth" by Sanjeev Raj Neupane (25), Nepal
• "Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development" by Crystal Kigoni (30), Kenya

The Runner-Ups in this category are...

• "Youthinfo" by Antoaneta Ivanova (30) and Lea Linin, Macedonia
• "Shilpa Sayura Project" by Dhanajaya Subash (26) and Niranjan Meegammana, Sri Lanka

 

Category 3: POWER 2 WOMEN!

• "Dokhtiran: e-Magazine on Women's Rights" by Gholamzadeh Hamid Reza (27), Iran
• "The Sisters 4 Peace Network" by Sejal Hathi (17) and Angelica Teng, USA
• "Empower Women and Meet Millennium Challenges" by George Onyango (29), Kenya

The Power 2 Women Runner-Up is...

• "Yemeni Feminist Activists" by Amal Al-Ashtal (23), Yemen

 

Category 4: CREATE YOUR CULTURE!

• "Roots & Routes TV" by Aileen Wessely (22), Germany
• "Savvy Chavvy" by Christy McAleese (26), Great Britain
• "The Extraordinaries" by Jacob Colker (25), USA Another three

Runner-Ups (equaly graded) are...

• "Strengthening Networks in Turkey :Young Human Network" by Basak Saral (28), Turkey
• "Youth Culture Portal HC.LV" by Deniss Fedotovs (30), Latvia
• "Facebook Application 'Intercultural'" by Stephan Hamberger (21) and Mathias Haas, Austria

 

Category 5: GO GREEN!

• "Sewer Tourism" by Andrew Mutua (19), Kenya
• "Greenlighted" by Vladimir Dubovskiy (22) and Adam Itzkowitz, USA
• "Guardian of Eden" by Ricardo Quirante Martinez (21), Netherlands The three

Runner-Ups (equaly graded) in this category are...

• "Effects of Climate Change on the Environment" by Abe Fergusson (18), Trinidad & Tobago
• "MRP Green Project" by Jessie James Marcellones (22), Philippines
• "Green Bulgaria" by Julian Kuntorov (14), Bulgaria

Source: http://www.youthaward.org/?q=node/88