Global Commitments

The organizers of the 2015 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) are seeking youth aged 18 to 25 years old to serve as speakers and/or moderators on youth-focused and other sessions at the conference. Young people who are selected will have conference registration and travel costs covered, and will play an essential role in providing a youth perspective to the program.

In the spirit of using new technology to spread the word about family planning, the 2015 ICFP will be accepting applications for youth speakers through video submissions. This format was used for the 2013

conference and was very successful.

The applicant must have experience in the field of family planning and/or sexual and reproductive health and rights (SHRH) or adolescent health in order to be able to serve as a speaker and/or moderator at the youth-focused sessions. It is encouraged that the applications talk about family planning in relation to the conference theme –Global Commitments, Local Actions–or make a creative video related to the theme.

• In order to enter the youth video contest, you must be between the ages of 18 and 25 on or before November 1,2015 (born between 1st November 1990 and 1st November 1997).
• You can only enter the contest once.

• Clarity of family planning adolescent SHRH message.
• Ability to speak to and convey a message to an audience
• Background and reference.
• Interest and ability to learn and contribute to the process
• Clarity of image and sound in the video submission (for transfer onto multimedia screen and visibility from a distance).

• The video is to highlight your experience with family planning, your creativity, and your ability to convey an important message to an audience.
• You may use photos, music, or other graphics but you must also speak during the video.
• The submission must be your original work.
• You, the applicant, must hold all rights to the submission including the copyright.
• The submission must be at least thirty (30) seconds in length and may not exceed five (5) minutes in length.
• In the case that a longer video is provided, a start and end point of a 5-minute time segment must be indicated.
• The submission must be in either French or English.
• Submissions in other languages should include English subtitles.
• You will have to make the video publicly available so that when you submit the URL, we can access
  your video.

• The name and contact information of at least one (1) reference (e.g. a mentor, teacher or supervisor from an organization that you have volunteered for or worked with in the past) should be provided in support of your qualification as speaker at the conference.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the International Conference on Family Planning