UN
Women Singapore and MasterCard are once again joining hands to launch Project
Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World in 2013.
As
with Project Inspire 2012, this year-long digital and social media driven
initiative aims to inspire young people across the world to take action to
empower disadvantaged women and girls in Asia/Pacific, the Middle East or
Africa.
A
US$25,000 grant will be awarded to the winning project.
How
to Enter
If
you are passionate about making a positive and lasting impact towards the
empowerment of women, we want to hear from YOU!
Please
ensure that your submission meets the following criteria:
1.
The Project
Project
Inspire presents 18-35 year olds with a 5-minute platform to pitch their
inspired idea to the world and win a US$25,000 grant. The grant must
show creativity and sustainable impact on the lives of women and girls across
Asia, Pacific, the Middle East or Africa through access to business and
livelihood skills. To qualify for the US$25,000 grant, the project must meet the
following requirements:
The program must empower
disadvantaged women and girls with business and livelihood skills in
order to attain a sustained livelihood
1. Must be an existing women’s
empowerment program.
2. Beneficiaries must be women or girls
in Asia/Pacific, Middle East or Africa.
3. The winner(s) of this competition
will have to commence the fieldwork by 1 December 2013.
4. The project is designed to be implemented with a US$25,000 budget.
2.
The Entry
The proposed project must be an existing
initiative that the participant/s is/are looking to expand.
1. The proposed project must not
propagate any political view or religious doctrine.
2. Entries must be submitted in the
form of either a (maximum) 5-minute video or a (maximum) 2-page A4-sized
proposal.
3. Video entries are to be uploaded on
any public video-sharing sites. Links to the videos must be provided on the
submission form.
Each proposal should address the following questions:
1. What is your inspirational idea?
2. How
will your project change the lives of women and girls in the short and long
term?
3. Tell
us how many women and/or girls will benefit directly and indirectly from your
project.
4. How
will you/your team carry out the project?
5. Please include a timeline for the project, indicating key
phases relevant to your project i.e., ground preparation, pilot phase, training
period, evaluation etc.
6. Tell
us the activities you have planned to help reach your goal.
7. How
will you spend the US$25,000 grant to carry out the project?
8. Within
your proposal, include a detailed budget plan on how the US$25,000 grant will
be utilized. The budget should clearly indicate the programme expenses, operational
costs, manpower costs, and other spending relevant to your project.
9. How
will you measure the success of the project?
Submissions, either
video or written, must be made in English.
Submissions should
be accompanied by information on the existing program, biographies of the team
members and any supporting materials (e.g. website, social media channels,
media clippings, past awards).
All participants
are required to submit a tweet or Facebook post to bring awareness to Project
Inspire. Participants who have a Facebook account are also required to ‘like’
Project Inspire’s official Facebook page.
Deadline for submissions is 30 June 2013 via
www.5minutestochangetheworld.org.
3. The Participant(s)
This contest is
open to both males and females.
Participants may
submit entries as an individual or a team of up to three members.
Each participant,
either as an individual or as a team member, must be between 18 and 35 years
old.
Team members listed
in the entry must be qualified to represent the team at the final round, if
selected.
Only one
representative from each team, whose name is listed in the original entry form,
is able to represent the team at the final round held in Singapore in the last
week of August, 2013.
The representative must be available to attend the entire
period and program of the final round.
4. Judging Process
Up to 10
shortlisted projects will be announced by 31 July 2013 (subject to changes) and
finalists will be notified via email. A valid email address is required for
submission.
Up to 10
representatives from the 10 shortlisted entries will be invited to present a
full project plan to a panel of judges in Singapore by 31 August 2013.
Finalists’ trip to Singapore is sponsored by MasterCard.
The public can vote for their favourite project from among
the finalists through www.5minutestochangetheworld.org. Public voting will be
open in August 2013 as notified on www.5minutestochangetheworld.org.
The judging panel will evaluate the creativity, efficacy,
impact and sustainability each proposal demonstrates. The judging panel’s
scores will determine the winner(s).
Please
note final judging score for each shortlisted project will not be revealed.
Winner(s) will be
announced at the final presentation in Singapore.
The panel of judges
reserves the right to seek more information pertaining to the entry.
All decisions made
by the panel of judges are final.
Awards may be withdrawn if there is non-disclosure or
misrepresentation of information, or non-compliance with any stipulated rules.
5. The Prize
A US$25,000 grant
will be awarded to the winning proposal to implement the winning project.
Each winner is
encouraged to start the fieldwork as soon as they receive the fund, by 1
December 2013.
Each winner is
obligated to document the progress of the project via social media platforms
and regular reports to UN Women Singapore.
Each winner must
submit a full action plan to implement the winning project (for UN Women
Singapore’s approval) within 30 days after the announcement.
Each winner is
accountable to use the funds appropriately as discussed and agreed by UN Women
Singapore.
Each winner will be required to take out and maintain such
insurance coverage as UN Women Singapore reasonably requires in connection with
the implementation of the Project, including personal accident, health, travel
and life insurance.
6. Rules and Regulations
Participants
represent and warrant that any and/or all information submitted as part of the
proposal, is not a result of plagiarism, and does not infringe any intellectual
property right (including but not limited to, patent, design, copyright or
trademark) or any other rights of any third party.
Participants
acknowledge and agree as a condition of entry to allow use of each
participant’s name, any videos, photographs, images, text, content and other
information that it provides for purposes of publicity and education.
The organizer
reserves the right to use all submitted entries for the purpose of the
competition’s publicity.
The organizer has
the sole discretion and right to alter any contest rules at any time, including
without limitation the right to extend the contest deadline at any time or
disqualify entries that are deemed offensive.
Winners must not
infringe local laws and regulations during the project implementation.
MasterCard and UN
Women Singapore reserve right to withdraw award if subsequent implementation of
winning entry contravenes any law or regulation.
This contest is not open to the staff of MasterCard and UN
Women.
To find out more about Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to
Change the World , please visit www.5minutestochangetheworld.org
For
enquiries pertaining to submissions, send your email to
contact@5minutestochangetheworld.org.
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