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--- On Tue, 9/1/09, UNODC Youthmail wrote:
> From: UNODC Youthmail
> Subject: Call for Nominations - 2009 San Marino-Alexander Bodini Foundation Children's Awards
> To:
> Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 7:30 AM
>
> (Embedded image moved to file: pic18867.jpg) Dear
> friends, colleagues and
> global youthnet members,
>
> 2009 San Marino-Alexander Bodini Foundation Children's
> Awards.
>
> Summary:
>
> UNICEF is providing support for the presentation of the
> Alexander Bodini
> Charitable Foundation children’s awards, which will
> honour three child-led
> organizations that have successfully and meaningfully
> contributed to
> creating a world fit for children.
>
> The 2009 San Marino-Alexander Bodini Foundation
> Children’s Awards will
> comprise a grant of US$20,000 for each finalist. The
> awards will be
> presented at an event to be held in New York City in
> February 2010 in the
> presence of members of the Government of San Marino and the
> Executive
> Director of UNICEF. During the awards event, a message from
> the children
> who lead the organizations may be read or shown, and also a
> brief
> audio-visual presentation highlighting the achievements of
> the previous
> year’s recipients will be shown.
>
> The three UNICEF offices from where the award recipient
> organizations are
> selected will also receive US$10,000 each from the
> Alexander Bodini
> Charitable Foundation towards the promotion of children’s
> participation and
> civic engagement. Below are details of the award,
> including the purposes,
> nomination criteria and deadline.
>
> Purpose of Award:
>
> · The award recognizes the positive
> contribution and dedication
> of children to promoting child rights.
> · In providing these awards to the selected
> child-led
> organization, the Alexander Bodini
> Charitable Foundation seeks
> to promote them as role models for other
> children and young
> people around the world.
> · The support for this award is another
> expression of UNICEF's
> commitment to recognizing the positive
> contribution of children
> and young people to meaningful and
> effective participation and
> as agents of change.
>
> Nomination criteria:
>
> · An organization led by children (below 18
> years of age)
> · A child-led organization dedicated to
> outstanding work for the
> rights of the child in a local or national
> context
> · A child-led organization that can show
> proven results from at
> least one year of activities
> · A child-led organization with a
> long-term vision and plan for
> action
> · A child-led organization that has
> partnered with UNICEF
>
> Submission of nominations:
>
> 1. Nominations of organizations should include:
> a) Background information of the organization
> b) List of the organization’s
> activities to promote one or more
> areas of child rights that fit the
> criteria for the award
> c) One recommendation letter from the family,
> school, NGO, etc.
> d) Short letter on how they plan to use the
> awarded funds.
>
> 2. Nominations (maximum three per country) to be
> sent to Ms. Maria
> Cristina Gallegos, Voices of Youth Coordinator,
> Adolescent
> Development and Participation (ADAP) Unit,
> Programme Division,
> UNICEF Headquarters (cgallegos (at) unicef.org)
>
> Proposed timeline for 2009 Awards:
>
> 21 August 2009 UNICEF NYHQ communication to Regional
> and Country Offices
> and ADAP focal points inviting
> nominations
>
> 30 October 2009 Closing date for submission of
> nominations
>
> 6 November 2009 Nominations submitted to the Alexander
> Bodini Charitable
> Foundation for it to make
> selection of award recipients
>
> 13 November 2009 Final selection by Alexander Bodini
> Charitable Foundation
> and announcement of recipients
>
> Award presentation:
>
> The recipient organizations will be announced
> at an awards event in
> February 2010 and will be requested to provide in advance
> a photograph and
> short message to be presented during the event. (Please
> note: It will not
> be possible for the children themselves nor
> representatives to travel to
> New York for the awards event).
>
> Previous finalists:
>
> Belize (2006): ‘My neighbours and me’, an
> adolescent-run group which
> offers positive alternatives to drugs and crime through an
> organized
> programme of dance, music, drama and sport for
> disadvantaged and vulnerable
> children in a neighborhood of Belize City.
>
>
> Burkina Faso (2007): Le club environnement et
> assainissement du Lycée
> départemental de Boussouma (Environment and Sanitation
> Club of Boussouma
> High School) – with a mission to protect the environment,
> through nature
> conservation, safe sanitation, and sustainable development
> of agriculture,
> as well as to promote children’s rights, especially their
> right to
> protection against HIV and other diseases.
>
>
> Ecuador (2007): Agencia de Comunicación de Niños,
> Niñas y Adolescentes,
> Red NNACE (the winning project), Niños, Niñas y
> Adolescentes Comunicadores
> del Ecuador – a project in which children and adolescents
> are promoting
> children’s rights through video reporting on national
> television.
>
> Fiji (2008): Kids Link Fiji – an organization
> established in 2003 with
> support from Save the Children Fiji to advocate for
> children’s rights, in
> particular, to create opportunities for children to
> participate in
> decisions that affect them.
>
>
> India (2008): Tamilnadu-Pondicherry State Parliament of
> Children ( ‘the
> Children’s Parliament’) - provides opportunities for
> children aged 6 to 18
> years to gain experience working in participatory
> governance structures
> while promoting children’s rights.
>
>
> Nigeria (2008): Young African Stars (YAS)- a Nigerian NGO
> that aims to
> raise awareness of the rights of children and young people
> through
> children’s groups and other child and adult forums.
>
>
> For further information, please contact María Cristina
> Gallegos. Voices of
> Youth Coordinator, Adolescent Development and Participation
> (ADAP) Unit in
> Programme Division, UNICEF Headquarters, email cgallegos (at) unicef.org
>
>
> Voices of Youth is UNICEF’s website for young people
> since 1995. It
> supports and promotes the educational and
> community-building potential of
> the internet, and facilitates the active and substantive
> participation of
> young people on child rights and development related
> issues. Through web
> boards, interactive quizzes, youth leadership profiles,
> live chats and
> more, Voices of Youth provides thousands of young people
> from over 180
> countries with an opportunity to self-inform, engage in
> lively debate, and
> partner with peers and decision makers to create a world
> fit for children.
> Please visit our website: www.unicef.org/voy
>
> New York
> August 2009
>
> María Cristina Gallegos
> Voices of Youth Coordinator
> Social Networks 4 Development
> Adolescent Development and Participation Unit
> Gender, Rights and Civic Engagement Programme Group
> UNICEF New York
> Tel. (212) 326-7050
> E-mail: cgallegos (at) unicef.org
> Web: www.unicef.org/voy
>
>
>
>
>
> The Global Youth Network Team
>
>
> ___________________________________________
> Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit
> United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
> Web: www.unodc.org/youthnet
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