EVENTS: European Youth Capital 2015

SO KERES, EUROPA?! - CHANGEMAKERS MOVEMENT

300 youngsters, 7 days, 1 city – Phiren Amenca, the European Youth Capital 2015 and the Platform of Former Volunteers brings together Roma and Non-Roma from all over Europe to become one community, one movement.

Challenge Europe, change your world.

Cluj-Napoca (Romania) was selected to hold the title of the European Youth Capital 2015 – A considerable occasion to raise the voice of Roma youth on a European level!
Our aim is to implement a one-week summer festival from the 12th to 19th of July 2015 in Cluj-Napoca in order to create debate, reflection and common engagement of Roma and Non-Roma youth activists.

We want to enforce the international structure of volunteers, raise the visibility of Roma youth among youth organizations and to share the voice of young Roma within the European Youth Capital and beyond.

In this manner around 300 young Roma and Non-Roma youth activists and youth leaders from more than 15 European countries will be brought together for a multifaceted program, including workshops, interactions with the local communities and an active public event.
The initiators of the event are Phiren Amenca, a Roma organisation based in Budapest and the Platform of Former Volunteers. The latter is a new project by Phiren Amenca for former and current volunteers of the organisation who want to actively engage and exchange experience and knowledge after or during a voluntary service. The Platform is an open space for the development of projects and exchange that are initiated by its members.

We invite you to join us and start a 'Changemakers Movement'!

Why meet in Cluj-Napoca?

Cluj-Napoca stands in the centre of our event for a very specific reason: On 17 December 2010, 76 families were forcibly evicted without adequate notice by local authorities from Coastei Street in the centre of the city of Cluj-Napoca. No consultation with the affected families took place prior to the eviction and no feasible alternatives to the eviction were explored.

Forty of these families were relocated to inadequate housing conditions on the outskirts of the city (in Pata Rat), close to the city's garbage dump and a former chemical waste dump, while the remaining families were left without alternative housing.

We want to share the interests of the communities and show solidarity!

Why promote youth activism?

We believe in the power of strength of young people! Only activism and the engagement of young people can trigger change!

The voice of young people is often ignored or experiences only little recognition. But we are the future and we should be entitled to create a world that is worth living according to our own needs and imagination. For that reason the core of the event are 48-hour-actions in which teams of participants will have to fulfill a specific tasks within 48 hours. Time management, activities, materials and final presentation will be directed by the different teams and will lie within their responsibility. Whatever is discussed, created and evaluated throughout the event-week shall find its expression and realization in one of the 48-hour-actions.

Youth Activism and the 48-hour-actions will be the first step to realise our idea of a diverse and colourful place to live in!

So keres, Europa?! What's up, Europe?! Ce faci, Europa?!

We are asking this question and give answers through our Changemakers Movement! But who is this movement? We are a big group of young activists from Roma and Non-Roma backgrounds studying or working in non-formal education, arts, the voluntary sector and much more! The support from bellydancers, educators, musicians, teamers, drummers and painters is granted so we can create a unique atmosphere that everyone can enjoy. Discussion about about history and the Holocaust/Transnistria, discrimination, expression through street art will be stimulated and we will provide the space for actions: music and invisible theatre in the streets of Cluj, a temporary historic exhibition on a central square, our own magazine and various public performances and a big final show!

Join in and be part!

For any further information please do not hesitate to contact us via:

E-Mail: volunteer.platform.pa@gmail.comPostal Address: Phiren Amenca
Erzsebet krt. 17. V./19. 1073
Budapest, Hungary.

 

OPPORTUNITIES / CALL FOR ENTRIES / FESTIVALS / EVENTS: BFI Future Film Festival 2015: Documentary

Are you a documentary filmmaker aged 16 to 25?

Would you like one of your short films to be considered for inclusion in the eighth Future Film Festival, in February 2015?

We’re inviting IdeasTap documentary filmmakers to submit their work to the Future Film Festival, the British Film Institute's annual film festival for young people, held at BFI Southbank in London. IdeasTap will host a special screening at the festival for the five winning documentary shorts, alongside a masterclass Q&A with an industry expert and judge.

Selected shorts may also be given additional screenings at the BFI Southbank during the festival – and you could even be nominated for a Future Film Award.

If successful, you and a guest will be invited to attend the Future Film Awards at BFI Southbank, and you’ll be allocated a limited number of tickets for screenings of your film for contributors, family and friends.

Your documentary must be 10 minutes or under in length, have been produced in the last two years, and be an interesting and original concept, with good production values and an entertaining subject matter.

Good luck!

Supported by The Chapman Charitable Trust.

Source and further links

EVENTS: New York Int'l Children's Film Festival

New York Int'l Children's Film Festival

February 27 - March 22, 2015

Final Deadline for Shorts Oct 6, 2014 - Final Deadline for Feature Films Nov 10, 2014

New York Int'l Children's Film Festival is North America's film festival for children and teens. Each year the Festival presents 100 animated, live action and experimental shorts and features from around the world plus retrospectives, filmmaker Q&As, workshops, audience voting, and an annual Awards Ceremony.

We are looking for creative, original, non-formulaic short and feature films that support our mission to create a more dynamic film culture for children and teens. We often program films that were not created with a young audience in mind, but are received passionately and enthusiastically by attendees ages 3-18 nonetheless. We are not shy about showing films with mature themes, subject matter, language or sensibilities.

Members of the Festival jury include Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Bill Plympton, Christine Vachon, James Schamus, Henry Selick and Gus van Sant, among others. The Festival is an Academy®-qualifying festival.

SUBMIT NYICFF's blog

Website www.gkids.com  

Source: Newsletter Filmfestivals.com

EVENTS: Teenage News Takeover

News publishers around the world are being invited to give over control of the day's news offer to teenagers for at least one day during November 2014.

The idea of this project is to encourage news companies around the world to hand over some editorial and creative control to young people sometime during the month of November, even if only for one edition.

The World Teenage News Takeover is a hands-on way to teach today’s youth about both the business and art of the news production process, while simultaneously serving as a community engagement tool and acting as still another occasion to teach newsroom staff about youth. Doing it in many countries within the same month makes the message global: that news publishers actively engage the young in ways that enhance news literacy and that make news staff really listen to the youth voice.

Outcomes from the initiative will be revealed in front of an audience at a major WAN-IFRA industry event in 2015.

Full article and link to the guide download

EVENTS: Experts gathering for children’s media summit

World experts on children and media will lead two days of panel discussions and workshops next month when Asia hosts its first ever World Summit on Media for Children.

The 7th WSMC with the theme Media for 21^st Century Children will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 8-10 September 2014. 

Organised by the ABU and the WSMC Foundation and hosted by Radio Television Malaysia (RTM), organisers expect more than 1,000 producers, broadcasters, media regulators, educators and community leaders committed to the improvement of quality media for children.

full article

EVENTS: kid.on conference

SAVE THE DATE – KID ON 2014 am 26. September 2014

KID ON, der Kongress für Kinder- und Jugendkommunikation geht in die achte Runde.
Im Hotel „Berlin Berlin“ treffen sich Kommunikationsprofis, Marketing-Entscheider, Produkt- und CSR-Manager, um sich einen Tag lang zu den neusten Trends und Erkenntnissen rund um junge Zielgruppen auszutauschen.

In praxisbezogenen Vorträgen und Workshops erhalten Sie breit gefächerte Impulse sowie direkt anwendbare Empfehlungen für die tägliche Arbeit in der Kinder- und Jugendkommunikation.

website

EVENTS: European Youth Summit

CfA: European Youth Summit: 100 for the Next 100 in the Danube Region, Sarajevo, 4-8 June 2014

Europe is, just as 100 years ago, at a crossroad. This June, Sarajevo, just as one century ago, will be the center of the World. Only this time, the reason will be much more pleasant. European Youth Summit, with a symbolic title "100 for the Next 100 in the Danube Region" will be held in Sarajevo from 04-08 June 2014. This event will bring 100 young leaders from the countries of the Danube region and South-East Europe.

Participants of the Summit will have a unique opportunity to discuss the challenges Europe and the region are facing nowadays, not just among themselves, but also with the key decision makers with different backgrounds - politics, civil society and extinguished academic members of the community. Another aspect of the Summit are the workshops, which will provide participants with an opportunity to acquire more practical knowledge and skills from wide range of areas. Organizers of the event are regional members of the Forum Alpbach Network from Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Partners of the project are European Forum Alpbach, Danube Competence Center and University of Sarajevo.

We are pleased to invite all the interested young people, students, graduates, entrepreneurs, young professionals and civil society representatives to send their applications until 20 April 2014.

The application form and all other information regarding the project and organizers are available at www.alpbach.org/en/sarajevo2014

NEWS / ARTICLES: CMC 2013: 10 trends in children's entertainment for the next 10 years

The last decade may have seen rapid changes in children's entertainment, but what about the next 10 years?

During the opening panel session at the Children's Media Conference in Sheffield – a separate report on that can be found here – PlayCollective senior vice president David Kleeman outlined the 10 trends he thinks will be most important.

full article

more from the CMC in Sheffield:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2013/jul/04/cmc-2013-factual-content-children
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jul/04/phineas-and-ferb-disney-cmc-2013

CMC website

EVENTS: Foundation of the Alliance for Community Media Hosts Youth Media Summit in Minneapolis (USA)

The Foundation of the Alliance for Community Media will hold a Youth Media Summit on February 27, 2013 in Minneapolis, MN. The summit addresses funding, education, and policy and community building issues as they relate to digital and news literacy training for Minneapolis youth.

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NEWS / EVENTS: Youth Rise Up at the BAYMN Media Festival

On a beautiful fall Saturday in Oakland, students, educators and families filled the Kaiser Center’s 400-seat theater to watch 20 compelling youth-produced films that focused on social change and the high school dropout crisis.

The Rise to the Occasion Youth Media Festival was organized by KQED, along with other members of theBay Area Youth Media Network (BAYMN), a consortium of more than 20 non-profits that believe in the power of media production to engage youth voice, self-expression and empowerment as well as to inspire social change.

Films not only expressed the complexity of issues that cause students to dropout of high school, they also explored the topics of health, race, sexual identity and discrimination.

full article and videos

NEWS: Abu Dhabi Media Summit 2012 concludes

11 October 2012 - Industry leaders from across the Middle East discussed secrets of innovation and challenges to entrepreneurship on the final day of the Abu Dhabi Media Summit 2012.

The Jordanian founder and CEO of Aramex, Fadi Ghandour, talked about the need to support entrepreneurs in the UAE and the key factors it takes to stimulate young people to be motivated enough to start up their own businesses.

“If we are talking about national wellbeing, we are talking about jobs and the power of entrepreneurship to create new wealth,” he said.

He pointed out that there is real motivation in the Arab world, with 26 per cent of Arab youth wanting to start their own businesses, compared to just 4 per cent in the US. However, he said, the education system is failing would-be entrepreneurs and must be improved.

Giving highlights from a special report on the Millennial Generation and Youth in the Middle East, Antonio Campo Dall’Orto, of Viacom International Media Networks, summarised the key characteristics and insights from 10 major US and global research studies conducted between 2009 and 2011.


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NEWS: Kids’ summit caps national children’s month (PHILIPPINES)

Monday, October 8, 2012 - KIDS will have the last say - at least chronologically - in this 20th National Children's Month that adults launched through a "Kapihan" media forum last Wednesday morning at the City Social Welfare and Development Office.

The young will express their thoughts and sentiments at a Children's Summit on October 25-26 and then show off their artistic expressions at the "Children Got More Talent" city level competition on October 29 to cap the month-long observance.

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EVENTS: Safer Internet Forum 2012, Brussels, 18 - 19 October 2012

The Safer Internet Forum has been organised by the Safer Internet Programme as an annual conference on safer internet issues since 2004. It brings together representatives of industry, law enforcement authorities, child welfare organisations and policy makers. Past editions of the Safer Internet Forum have welcomed guests not only from Europe, but also from countries such as Australia, Brazil and the Russian Federation.

The 2012 edition of the Safer Internet Forum will take place 18 - 19 October in Brussels under the theme 'Creating together a Better Internet for Children and Young People'.

more info - agenda

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS / OPPORTUNITIES: Call for Berlinale Talent Campus Participants, Berlin, (February 9 – 14, 2013)

Deadline: 20 September 2012

Berlinale are looking for the most talented and ambitious up-and-coming filmmakers, distributors and film critics, who are (disregarding their age) in the first years of their professional career. Film students who are about to graduate or taking part in post-graduate programmes can apply, but should have realised outstanding achievements already. All master classes, panel discussions, workshops and hands-on programmes are in English. Therefore an advanced knowledge of the English language is a basic condition for participation. 

For details on requirements and applications please visit berlinale-talentcampus.de.

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EVENTS: European Youth Media Days 2012

16-18 October, 2012

European Youth Media Days selected its participants

100 lucky young journalists will report from the European Parliament in Brussels between 16 and 18 of October during this year’s edition of the European Youth Media Days. We received over 400 applications from motivated young journalists across Europe, eager to take part in the 3-days event at the European Parliament.

“Divided we stand?” This year's topic is the euro crisis that threatens Europe and the best way to report it.The participants, by sharing information and experience, will try to get answers to the following questions: How to survive the crisis as an entrepreneur journalist? How to address the social effects of crisis? How to explain European policies in times of austerity? What is the impact of crisis on youth?

With different backgrounds and experience, aged between 18 and 30, the 100 young media makers will be dived in workshops - video, photo, radio, print or multimedia - in which they will be able to produce different media content related to the topic. They will have the opportunity to participate in political discussions and gain valuable insights into the European Parliament, while interacting with high-level European politicians and other journalists. This year, apart from the EU countries, European Youth Media Days will also have participants from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which makes it the biggest event dedicated to young journalists everorganised in Europe.

For more information please follow updates on www.youthpress.org.

CONFERENCES / EVENTS: A Children & Young People Now one-day conference

A Children & Young People Now one-day conference
26 September 2012, London

Measuring the impact of projects has become essential for all those who commission and provide services for children, young people and families. Being able to demonstrate positive, quantifiable outcomes gives confidence to investors and funders, and informs good decision making.

Critically, it is central to enhancing the lives of the vulnerable children, young people and families for whom you are responsible, and ensures that what you are doing delivers the best possible value.

Achieving Positive Outcomes for Children, Young People and Families provides a day of top-level information and practical insights from many of the sector’s leading practitioners. Delegates will be able to explore the issues around evidence-based decision making, partnership working across multiple agencies, measurement of early intervention benefits and the government’s current payment-by-results projects.

It promises to be an essential day for all those who commission and provide services for children, young people and families working within local authorities, the voluntary sector and the private sector.

For further information, visit www.cypnow.co.uk/outcomes2012; to see the full programme, click here; to book your place, click here.

NEWS / EVENTS: WAN-IFRA Launches first Asian Young Reader Summit

“Catch them young – or not at all!” is the theme of the first WAN-IFRA Young Reader Asia-Pacific Summit, to be held in Bangkok on 10 and 11 July. The event aims to do provide ideas and strategies for engaging the next generation of news consumers on all platforms.

full article - event website

NEWS: Dubai Press Club To Spotlight Talent Of Emirati Youth In The Arts And Technology At 11th Arab Media Forum,Forum to Host over 60 Volunteers from Universities and Colleges

Dubai , UAE - April 25, 2012: Dubai Press Club (DPC), organisers of the Arab Media Forum (AMF), today announced the eleventh edition of the event will highlight the talent of Emirati youth at a special segment that showcases their skills in photography, mobile applications, utilizing technology to protect the environment, music, painting, graphic design and landscaping to an elite audience of regional and global media thought leaders.

Through its special focus on the Emirati youth, Dubai Press Club takes forward a core mandate to build the capacity of young UAE nationals and prepare a generation of competent media professionals across a variety of disciplines.

The initiative is the outcome of Dubai Press Club’s partnership with ‘Think Up’, a virtual social hub. Launched in 2011, Think Up is a Dubai-based entity that inspires and encourages the youth in the UAE and across the GCC to express their creativity. The organisation is committed to recognising talented individuals and positioning them as role models for the youth.

As part of its association with DPC, Think Up will additionally deploy a skilled team at the Arab Media Forum to run digital platforms during the event. Consequently, the sessions at AMF 2012 will be streamed through new media channels including the internet, mobile phones, and portable devices.

Arab Media Forum 2012 will run from 8-9 May at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai. Themed “Arab Media, Disclosure and Transition”, the event is set to bring together a galaxy ofintellectual thought-leaders, researchers, academics and media students.

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OPPORTUNITIES: United Nations Internet Governance Forum, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 2012

The United Nations Internet Governance Forum is hosting their annual conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 6-9, 2012.

The series of plenary sessions and workshops will focus on Internet safety, use of social media for social change, digital citizenship, etc. The UNIGF is looking for youth ages 18-22 to join the conversations, which will include social media practitioners and digital experts from around the globe, government representatives, reps from the world's largest Internet companies, digital activists, and others.

It would be great to get strong regional representation from youth - interested 18-22 y/o's should contact Elizabeth Metraux (Project Harmony International) directly - elizabeth.metraux@ph-int.org.

EVENTS / CALL FOR ENTRIES: Barcelona International Audiovisual Festival 2012

CALL FOR ENTRIES 2012

Participate in the 16th edition of the BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL FESTIVAL in November 2012.

We invite directors, screenwriters, producers, and students to submit their audiovisuals for all ages. Any type of audiovisual will be entered into pre-selection with photochemical or electronic media support. The audiovisuals competing for the UNICEF prize should contain certain humanitarian values which favor democratic coexistence and growth of social citizenry, especially directed toward children or about childhood.

THEME: Children and youth - values that favor coexistence - all genres

-Productions for children and youth, productions about children and/or those that deal with childhood issues
-Productions made by children or teens in a framework of media literacy
-Productions made by students in audiovisual schools or universities
-Productions of general subject matter, for all audiences, that contain values and favor coexistence.

As in previous years, we are particularly interested in audiovisuals and that not only entertain but also educate and teach. The prestigious HUMANITARIAN and CREATIVE prize categories will be awarded.

Included this year:
-Professional Area, organized by the Association of Audiovisual Professionals of Catalunya (CPAC)
-Visit to the CaixaForum Mediatheque and CaixaForum exhibits
-Workshop and feature films in the afternoon.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 31, 2012

To register online and obtain more information about the rules and regulations of the Festival visit our website: www.oeti.org

Please submit audiovisuals to the following address so that they arrive no later than June 30, 2012 for the preselection:

Sana Laakioui - Barcelona International Audiovisual Festival
Aragon, 290-292, 5O B
08009 Barcelona SPAIN

And if you would like to program a visit to the Festival with a group of students:
call: 34 93 488 1914
email: fiab@oeti.org