International Youth Day was established by the UN in 1999, to raise awareness of the importance of youth participation and investing in youth. The theme of the day for 2009 is Sustainability: Our Challenge. Our Future.
In celebration of 2009 International Youth Day, the World Bank’s Youthink! programme is holding an essay competition. Young people from across the world aged 16-25 are invited to submit a single, original and previously-unpublished essay of no more than 1000 words on the following topic:
What are your tangible ideas for how youth can create effective, long-lasting change? How can youth in your country—or around the world—work together to really make a difference?
Three entries will receive prizes and be published by the World Bank.
For further information and for submission instructions, see http://youthinkblog.worldbank.org/youthink-international-youth-day-essay-competition.
Applications close 12 August, 2009.
