For the 6th Youth Forum, the Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education (YSPE) is inviting a number of young journalists to participate in the event and enhance its results, notably by better communicating its activities, its discussions and its outcomes to the world.

Dear All,

 

As you know, the 6th UNESCO Youth Forum of the 34th UNESCO General Conference will take place from 1 to 3 October 2009.

 

The Youth Forum has been held since 1999, and has become an integral part of UNESCO’s General Conference, the organization’s highest decision-making body. It brings together young delegates from all over the world to exchange views, share experiences and identify common opportunities and challenges.

 

For the 6th Youth Forum, the Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education (YSPE) is inviting a number of young journalists to participate in the event and enhance its results, notably by better communicating its activities, its discussions and its outcomes to the world.

 

One journalist from each of UNESCO’s five constituent regions will be selected.

 

The role of the youth journalists will be twofold: First, they will ensure internal coverage of the Forum, through blogs, articles, video clips, radio coverage and any other relevant medium. Secondly, they will be responsible for reporting news of the Forum to their regional and local communities, networks and organizations.

 

Air travel, board and lodging of the selected youth journalists will be covered by UNESCO through its Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education.

 

You will find, below, the basic selection criteria and the general process of application and selection. We also attach a document containing more detailed information on the UNESCO Youth Forum, the nature of the Youth Journalists’ participation in the event, and the selection process and criteria.

 

Applications (CV’s, required documents and a brief covering letter) must be addressed to Christopher Hermanus at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

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We look forward to hearing from you!

 

UNESCO - Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education

 

 

 

Criteria for Selection

 

General requirements for youth journalists:

·         Be below 30 years of age.

·         To have journalistic experience, if possible, also in an intergovernmental context (online, print, photo, video, radio).

·         To have knowledge of all documents related to the 6th Youth Forum.

·         To monitor the online discussions of the 6th Youth Forum.

·         To have a working knowledge of English and/or French. Knowledge of one of the six UN Languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish) will be an asset.

 

 

Selection Process

 

The selection panel of the Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education (YSPE) is looking for youth journalists based upon the above criteria. A team of youth journalists will be chosen by YSPE. The final selection will take into consideration the representation from the five UNESCO regions, languages and gender equality.

 

Required documents for selection process:

·         Any articles, videos, etc which prove journalistic experience.

·         Two references from people who are familiar with the journalistic work of the youth journalist.

 

 
Terms of Reference of Youth Journalists


1. Background

The 6th UNESCO Youth Forum will take place from 1-3 October 2009 in Paris as an integral part of the 35th UNESCO General Conference. The Youth Forum will give its youth participants the vital opportunity to exchange views, share experiences, and identify common opportunities and challenges. The Forum’s main theme "Investing out of the crisis: towards a partnership between UNESCO and youth organizations” will be complemented by a cross-cutting theme on "Youth participation - UNESCO Youth Forum, a long term approach''. All UNESCO Sectors are involved in the preparation of the Forum. The Forum will result in a final report which will be presented at the General Conference.

Youth delegates will be nominated by UNESCO Member States to represent them at the Forum. Youth organizations, international and national NGO’s and UN agencies will be invited as observers.

For the 6th Youth Forum, the Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education (YSPE) has proposed that several youth journalists partake in the Forum in order to allow youth to communicate about the activities and outcomes of the Forum. The role of the youth journalists will be twofold: they will ensure internal coverage of the Forum, through i.e. a newsletter, videos, etc. Furthermore, they will be responsible for reporting back about the Forum to their regional and local communities, networks and organizations (i.e. blogs, articles, video clips, radio coverage, etc).
UNESCO’s Bureau of Public Information (BPI) will provide a media centre with access to computers and internet to the youth journalists. The group of youth journalists will be led by a co-facilitator during the Youth Forum.


2. Roles and Responsibilities of youth journalists

•    To ensure coverage of the 6th Youth Forum (expected nature and number of deliverables to be discussed individually prior to the Youth Forum)
•    To feed stories about the activities and outcome of the Youth Forum into international, regional and local media networks and communities.
•    To ensure equal regional and gender parity in their media coverage.
•    To create a space for discussion, interaction and media coverage.
•    To maximize the space by interviewing at the right moment, around the room and lobby areas.
•    To use a variety of techniques and strategies to keep articles and other related work interesting, including photos, images, interviews, etc.
•    Be neutral and exercise a high level of ethics.
•    To produce a daily Youth Forum newsletter, etc.


3. Suggested journalistic activities during the 6th Youth Forum

Please note that youth journalists will have to bring their own equipment.

Print coverage (internal/newsletter articles):
•    Experience in writing and editing articles, newsletters, etc.
•    Experience in interviewing young people
•    Experience as photographers
 
Online coverage (print/photo/blog):
•    Basic IT qualifications
•    Experience as writers/editors
•    Experience as photographers
 
Video coverage:
•    Experience in filming and editing
•    Be comfortable with video equipment and editing software (to be brought by youth journalist)
 
Radio coverage:
•    Experience as writers/editors/speakers
•    Be comfortable with radio equipment


4.  Criteria for Selection  

General requirements for youth journalists:
•    Be below 30 years of age.
•    To have journalistic experience, if possible, also in an intergovernmental context (online, print, photo, video, radio).
•    To have knowledge of all documents related to the 6th Youth Forum.
•    To monitor the online discussions of the 6th Youth Forum.
•    To have a working knowledge of English and/or French. Knowledge of one of the six UN Languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish) will be an asset.


5.  Selection Process

The selection panel of the Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education (YSPE) is looking for youth journalists based upon the above criteria. A team of youth journalists will be chosen by YSPE. The final selection will take into consideration the representation from the five UNESCO regions, languages and gender equality.

Required documents for selection process:
•    Any articles, videos, etc which prove journalistic experience.
•    Two references from people who are familiar with the journalistic work of the youth journalist.


6.  Costs
Air travel, board and lodging will be covered by UNESCO through SHS/SRP/YSPE.