One Young World Politician of the Year Award 2018 - www.oneyoungworld.com
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One Young World Politician of the Year Award 2018 - www.oneyoungworld.com.
One Young World’s Politician of the Year Award has been
created to recognise the 5 most promising young politicians between the
age of 18 and 35 years old from around the world who are having the
greatest impact in their home countries and communities and have been
using their position to benefit young people.
It is the first
global award of its kind and has been created to counter the low level
of engagement in politics and disillusionment with political processes
which young people are experiencing around the world. Despite young
people increasingly being recognised as playing leading roles in
business and civil society, the level of youth engagement in politics
worldwide remains disappointingly low.
In 2016 fewer than two
percent of Members of Parliament around the world are under the age of
35 and almost 30 percent of the world’s parliaments have no members
under that age.
This lack of representation carries with it a risk
of leaving a generation feeling disconnected from the political
processes of their countries when over half of the world’s population is
under 30.
The purpose of this award is to highlight the work of
those young politicians who are using their position to make a
difference to the lives of other young people in their countries and to
encourage others who are not in politics and may not have considered it
as a vocation to do so.
The Award will be presented at the One
Young World Summit every year. The inaugural Award will be presented to
the 5 winners at One Young World 2018 in The Hague, which takes place
from 17th-20th October.
The Award winners will be chosen by an
international panel of judges with first-hand experience of politics.
Their decisions will be based upon the work which young elected or
public officials have been carrying out in their own countries and
communities and the benefit and impact which it has had on young people.
One Young World’s Politician of the Year Award Benefits:
In addition to receiving the award at the Summit award winners will receive:
- Access to the entirety of the One Young World Summit 2018 in The Hague, The Netherlands
- Hotel accommodation on a shared basis for the duration of the Summit, 17 to 20 (inclusive) October 2018
One Young World’s Politician of the Year Award Eligibility:
To be considered for the award the following criteria must be met:
- The nominee must be between 18 and 35 years old
- The nominee must hold/have held elected or appointed office at any political level (local, national or supranational)
- The nominee must have had a tangible and material impact on young people in their communities
- The nominee’s actions should highlight the importance of political participation as a way to effect positive change
Deadline: 6pm BST, 15th July 2018.
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