ILO launches video contest for young people

BANGKOK (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a video contest for young people (aged 18 to 29 years) to allow them to show how the global jobs crisis is affecting their lives.

Three winners will be invited to Geneva (all expenses paid) to attend the ILO Youth Employment Forum, to be held from 23 to 25 May 2012, where they will have the opportunity to present their videos.

The Youth Employment Forum will gather more than one hundred young people who are engaged in promoting decent work for youth. The Forum will provide a platform for young people to share their experiences and views on the current employment situation, as well as to discuss successful initiatives that create more and better jobs for youth.

Entries for the video competition must be submitted by 06.59 hours on 11 April 2012 Bangkok time
(10 April, 23.59 GMT). For details on how to enter, please visit the ILO video contest website, (http://www.ilo.org/employment/areas/youth-employment/WCMS_175238/lang--en/index.htm)
More details can also be obtained from the ILO’s Youth Employment Programme ([email protected]).

For further information please contact:

Ms Krisdaporn Singhaseni
Information Officer
ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Tel. 02 288 1664
Email

ILO video contest on Decent Work for Youth: instructions for participants

The ILO has launched a video contest for young people (from 18-29 years) on how the global jobs crisis is affecting them and their communities. Three winners will be offered an all expenses paid trip to Geneva, Switzerland to present their videos at the ‘Youth Employment Forum' which takes place at the International Labour Organization (ILO) on 23-25 May 2012.

Here's an opportunity to share with the world and with other young people like YOU, just how the global employment crisis has affected you, your friends, your family or community.

Your ideas, your story, your views

Use creativity and originality to describe (by video) how the youth employment crisis has affected you or your community. Are you having trouble transitioning into the job market? Have you lost your job or are you struggling to find one? Do you work under poor conditions? Share your thoughts and suggest an innovative idea that you think could help! If you have a story to tell, we're ready to watch and listen. Videos must be your original work.

Upload on your YouTube account

Upload your video on your own YouTube channel and send us the link at the following email address: [email protected] .

If you don't have a YouTube account, please create one at http://www.youtube.com/create_account. Then simply send us the link to your video via email. Please don’t forget to provide your name, age and nationality. You must be between the ages of 18 and 29 years to be considered eligible for participation in the contest.

Your video

Videos should be no longer than two (2) minutes in length. They must not contain offensive or inappropriate language or content, and must comply with YouTube's general terms and conditions. Use your creativity, with or without words to share your thoughts. If you decide to use words which are not in one of the 3 official languages of the ILO (English, French, or Spanish), please add subtitles in one of the official languages. For simple instructions on how to create subtitles for YouTube videos, please see http://www.youtube.com/t/captions_about

Submissions must be in by 11 April, 06.59 hours Bangkok time (23:59 GMT on 10 April 2012). Entries submitted after this date will not be considered. Videos cannot be modified after the deadline. The results will be announced on 20 April 2012. The ILO will contact the winners after the announcement of the results to start arranging the trip to Geneva.

Legal matters

The participants grant the International Labour Organization (ILO), its partners and other UN agencies as well as other persons or entities authorized by the ILO, free of charge, an exclusive, irrevocable, transferable, perpetual, worldwide license to use the copyright, related rights or any other intellectual property rights that have arisen by law or will arise by law in the prepared and submitted videos.

The ILO is entitled to publish the videos, but has no obligation to do so. The ILO accepts no responsibility for technical or other disturbances that may impede the uploading of your video. By submitting your video, you accept these Entry Rules and Conditions. The ILO expressly reserves the right to exclude videos if participants breach these Entry Rules and Conditions or in case of a corresponding cause or suspicion.

Eligibility rules

• You must be between the ages of 18-29 years;
• Videos must be a maximum of two minutes in length;
• Videos which are not in one of the three official languages of the ILO (English, French or Spanish), must include subtitles in one of the ILO’s official languages. Videos without narrations (silent videos) are also accepted.
• You must send the link of your video via email to [email protected] and provide your name, age & nationality;
• Deadline for submission is 11 April 2012, 06.59 hours Bangkok time (10 April, 23:59 GMT).

You can make a difference! Let this competition be a fruitful one!