U-INSPIRE 2021 Indian Ocean Youth Short Video Competition on Tsunami Awareness

To commemorate the International Youth Day (12 August), the International Disaster Risk Reduction Day (13 October), and the World Tsunami Awareness Day (5 November), UNESCO-IOC Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre (IOTIC) and the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) jointly with U-INSPIRE Indonesia is organizing a series of activities on Indian Ocean Youth Short Video Competition on Tsunami Awareness.

• Table of Content
• About U-INSPIRE
• Indian Ocean Youth Short Video Competition
• Aim and Benefits of Indian Ocean Youth Short Video Competition
• Requirements for Indian Ocean Youth Short Video Competition Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About U-INSPIRE

A platform of youth and young professionals which aims to bridge the gaps between the world of researchers with government, practitioners, and the public/communities as well as across different disciplines, institutions, and scale (local, national, global), by creating spaces for youth and young professionals to empower their role in SETI for disaster risk reduction. It is expected to contribute in the achievements of SFDRR and Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 4, Goal 8, Goal 9, Goal 11, Goal 13, and Goal 17.... continue reading

Indian Ocean Youth Short Video Competition

Aim and Benefits of Indian Ocean Youth Short Video Competition

First prize $1,000

Second prize $600

Third prize $400

Requirements for Indian Ocean Youth Short Video Competition Qualification

1. Age between 14 and 24 years old with interest in disaster risk reduction, especially on Tsunami Awareness.
2. A resident of a country bordering the Indian Ocean under the mandate of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS). 
3. Individual participants and groups of up to three participants can enter the competition.
4. To promote gender equality, groups should have at least one female member and female participation is encouraged.
5. Each participant (individual or group) can submit one entry only. Submission of more than one video will be disqualified. 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

• The video should showcase young persons’ ideas, projects, activities or campaigns towards promoting community tsunami awareness.
• The video can be in the local language or English. The local language videos should have English subtitles.
• The video can have graphs, animations, music, and written text. If the text is in the local language, there should also be English subtitles.
• The materials used in the video must be under a free or open license. If not, the participants shall own the license to use materials in the submitted video.
  Please kindly check the link for further information on Open License.
• The maximum duration of the video is 2 minutes.
• The maximum size of the video is: 720p. 1280 x 720 with Frames per Second: at least 30 FPS
• Name your video with this format: Group#_Topic-code_Name-of-participant_Title-of-Video
  (example: Group4_PTE_Victoria-Nyamango_Are-we-tsunami-prone) .

For more details, visit U-INSPIRE website.