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ACGEM YOUTH ESSAY COMPETITION 

Application Deadline: June, 28th 2024.

LOCATION: Ghana

The African Center for Governance and Economic Management (ACGEM) is thrilled to announce the launch of an exciting essay competition on the theme: “Embracing Homegrown Democracy in Africa: Unlocking the Potential of African Democracies”.

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to citizens of African countries between the ages of 18 – 35.

Essays should be written in English and should not exceed 5000 words.

Essays should be formatted in Times New Roman, with a font size of 12, and a line spacing of 1.5.

Submissions should be emailed to info@acgemafrica.org and copied to saajida@acgemafrica.org.

All submissions should include a cover letter with the participant’s name, contact information, and a brief profile not exceeding 500

BENEFIT:

1st Place: $3000 and an all-expense-paid trip to ACGEM headquarters in Accra for a 1-month internship.

2nd Place: $2000.

3rd Place: $1000

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TRANSVERSALIDADES PHOTO CONTEST

Application Deadline: 24 pm on may 12th 2024 (Lisbon time).

LOCATION: Lisbon

The project Transversalities: Photographs without Frontiers uses photography as a means of promoting the inclusion of territories and breaking with processes of exclusion to which vast areas of the planet are subjected by the media. The pictures collected under this contest should portray the diversity of territories, societies and cultures of different continents in order to allow crossed looks on the changes which are taking place in different parts of the world, show different styles of social organization and space, capture signs of continuity and change, archaisms and innovations that manifest themselves in the most populous cities or rural areas, located in the most remote and distant and areas, which are facing depopulation.

ELIGIBILITY:

Registration is free and universal.

Each candidate may only submit one portfolio with six (6) photos about a single subject of the contest

Applications will be submitted electronically through the http://www.cei.pt website and contestants must submit:

the application form properly filled with the following fields: personal information about the author; description for each photo;

file with portfolio of six (6) photos:

Photos must be numbered from 1 to 6 according to the captions on the form;
ii. The file name must be identified by the identification the number of each contestant: identity card number, passport or other (Ex: 122258045.zip).
iii. File must be send to the e-mail ceibericos.transversalidades@gmail.com or via WeTransfer.

Each contestant will be assigned a code that will identify the candidate before the jury.

The applicant must guarantee that pictures:

are originals

don’t include any identifcation element of its author

have not yet been previously rewarded 

BENEFIT:

Of all participants and photos submitted to the competition will be selected and awarded the following:

General Awards:

The Overall Winner (1) for the best and most complete submitted portfolio will receive a prize money of 1500 Euros.

The Winner of each theme (4) for the best and most complete portfolio will receive 750 Euros.

The Jury will also award up to 12 portfolios, being each one awarded with 150 Euros.

Special Awards:

For a Portuguese competitor: prize money of EUR 500,00 (five hundred euros);

For a competitor from the Portuguese Speaking African Countries (PALOP): prize money of EUR 500,00 (five hundred euros).

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