Deadline- 31 May 2013

Photo and Essay contest on ?Our Continent, our Future? is being organized which focuses Youth, Women and Rural Agricultural Development. This program is supported by New Partnership for Africa?s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP – EU (CTA) have joined forces in celebrating 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The !==!--object--==ive of this program is to depict NEPAD Programmes and Projects where youth and women?s development is directly or indirectly involved such as Gender, Food and Nutrition Security, the School Feeding scheme CAADP, Infrastructure and Climate Change.

Categories-

• Photo category- 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for best Photo depicting the theme and title of contest.

• Essay category- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize for best written essay on NEPAD and rural empowerment through agriculture of youth and women.

Awards and Prizes:

Photo category -

1st  place:  USD 2.000 and a Digital Camera
2nd  place: USD 1.500 and a Digital Camera
3rd  place:  USD 1.000 and a Digital Camera

Essay category-

1st  place:  USD 3.000
2nd  place: USD 2.000
3rd  place:  USD 1.000

Eligibility & Criteria-

• The Contest is open to all youth aged 13 to 35, who are citizens of African Union Member States, with no restrictions on gender. Minors are responsible for ensuring their submission is in compliance with the legal requirements of their country (hereinafter referred to as the ?Contestant? or the ?Contestants?).

• Photos must have been taken in the past six months, i.e., not before November 2012

• The Essay cannot be more than 1 page

• Entry is free of charge.

• All entries not respecting the theme or the technical/authorship requirements set out below will be systematically ruled out.

• Staff members, including immediate family members, working for NEPAD Agency, the African Union, CTA including other partners and sponsors of this competition are not qualified to participate in the contest.

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