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Title [ICM's Pick] 2019 Asia-Pacific Youth ICH Storytelling Contest
The 2019 Asia-Pacific Youth ICH Storytelling Contest is being held by ICHCAP from 15 July to October. Applicants aged between 18 and 35 (born in 1983-2001) can participate in the contest. ICHCAP will select a total of 36 winners and give them certificates and prizes. ICHCAP is holding the 2019 Asia-Pacific
Youth ICH Storytelling Contest from 15 July to 15 October. UNESCO has recognized the youth as a
priority group and emphasized their involvement as the driver of innovation and
change for sustainable development. Youth practitioners play a particularly
important role, as ICH relies on the direct transmission among community
members. As a UNESCO category 2 center, ICHCAP has organized the youth ICH
storytelling contest with an aim to give youth practitioners an opportunity to
develop their safeguarding activities and raise awareness of ICH among young
generations. Applicants aged between 18 and 35 (born in 1983-2001)
can participate in the contest. The contest has two categories: youth practitioners
(theme: My Dream, My ICH), and the youth in general (theme: Youth Meets ICH).
For the former category, youth practitioners can submit their own stories in
the form of an interview or essay. For the latter category, young people can
submit stories about ICH they meet in their everyday lives or on travels.
Submissions should be either photo essays or videos. Submissions should be in
English, but the applicant' s native language may be used if the submitted video
has English subtitles. ICHCAP will select a total of 36 winners
and give them certificates and prizes. The awards to be offered in each
category are: Grand Prize for 1 person, Excellence Prize (1 person), Distinction
Prize (2 persons), Special Award (4 persons), and Participation Prize (10
persons). ICHCAP is planning to hold online exhibitions or publish photo essays
using the prize winning entries. ICHCAP expects that the contest will help
raise awareness of youth participation in ICH safeguarding. Applicants can
register their submissions online via the contest website,
which provides detailed information about the contest. |