Young Peace Challenge 2022 | Empowering youths of tomorrow
Details
PyeongChang Youth Peace Challenge (YPC) 2022 is a peace and global citizenship education program.
The program will be in the form of an essay and group debate for youths. The youths will participate with interest in engaging with peace-building and peace-making in the context of the UN Decade of Action to Deliver the SDGs by 2030 and the UN Declaration on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UN in 2020.
The YPC 2022 aims at empowering youths with learning opportunities to share their experiences and ideas about how to promote and build peace in their daily lives, communities, and society in their country as well as internationally. These will be in accordance with the PyeongChang Peace Spirit born out of the historical PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Prizes
- Grand Prize: KRW 2,000,000 (approx. USD 1,800)(1 individual/team)
- First Prize: KRW 1,500,000 (approx. USD 1,350)(2 individuals/teams)
- Second Prize: KRW 1,000,000 (approx. USD 900)(3 individuals/teams)
- Third Prize: KRW 500,000 (approx. USD 450)(4 individuals/teams)
Guidelines on Essay Writing
- Total number of words: between 3,000 and 4,000 words
- Deadline for Submission: 15 January 2022
- Guiding Questions for Essay Writing
- What made you join the YPC 2022? (300 to 400 words)
- Why does the Our Common Agenda (OCA) report matter to you as a youth? (300 to 400 words)
- Please identify the issues and proposals that are relevant and important for you in terms of peacebuilding as a youth and describe what kinds of activities you have engaged in so far? (1,000 to 1,200 words)
- What do you think youths can do more and better to promote peace with the OCA report and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in our country and/or internationally? (450 to 600 words)
- What do you think are the major challenges and difficulties in implementing the proposals in the OCA report (450 to 600 words)?
- What would you like to propose to your government (local and/or national), the UN and other stakeholders to promote peace with the OCA report and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country and/or internationally? (500 to 800 words)
Guidelines for the Group Debate
- Duration for the group debate: 100 minutes
- Number of Participants: 5-7 teams per group debate
- Participants will be divided into 2 or 3 age clusters for group debate
- Group debate is composed of two stages: The first round is about the contents of the essay and the second round is about a common topic related to the theme of the YPC 2022
- Structure of the group debate: Introduction by the moderator (2 minutes), opening statement (5 minutes per each team), Q and A among participants, Q and A with the panel of judges, and closing statement (3 minutes per team)
- The theme for the final round of the group debate (15 Feb. 2022) will be announced on 20 January 2022
Timeline
| 15 January 2022 | Deadline for the registration and submission of the essay |
|---|---|
| 16-20 January 2022 | Selection of the participants for group debate |
| 21 January 2022 | Orientation about Group Debate |
| 24 Jan – 8 Feb. 2022 | Preliminary round(s) of group debate |
| 15 Feb. 2022 | The final round of group debate (10 teams) |
| 22 Feb. 2022 | Presentation of the essays by 10 winners and the award-giving ceremony during the 4th PPF (Metaverse) |
| Feb. 2023 | Participation in the 5th PPF |
Specifications
| Type of Opportunity | Competitions and Awards Conferences |
|---|---|
| Event Date | 16 January,2022 to 22 February,2022 |
| Deadline | 15 January,2022 |
| Country | Korea |
| City | Daegwalnyeong-myeon |
| Open to | PyeongChang Alpensia Convention Center |
| Organizer | PyeongChang Peace Forum |
| Contact the organizer | [email protected] |