Application Deadline: 26 August 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week Youth Hackathon. The Youth Hackathon, an integral component of the Global MIL Week, offers a global stage for youth participation and engagement, aiming to harness innovation and youth-led initiatives to respond to the Week’s theme, in particular the growing role of digital content creators and influencers in the information landscape; and the challenges posed by artificial intelligence.
The winning teams will be invited to Amman, Jordan, on October 30 and 31 to present their projects during the closing ceremony of the Global MIL Week Feature Conference.
Eligibility
- Teams will comprise 3-6 members (ensuring gender parity, teams can be national, regional, or international).
- Members must be aged between 18 and 30 years old and adhere to UNESCO’s values such as peace, respect for diversity, freedom of expression.
- No previous experience is required.
Solution categories
- Games
- Applications/Websites
- Radio programmes/Podcasts
- Educational toolkits
- Creative community-based interventions (non-technology focused)
- Other creative modalities for innovative interventions
Tasks and Challenges
The participants will focus on one of the following topics to design innovative solution and scheme their proposals:
- Empowering youth to become active participants in shaping the digital spaces they inhabit, finding ways to promote public interest information rather than passive consumers of information.
- Exploring innovative solutions to address the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence.
- Exploring receptive and effective approaches to Media and Information Literacy Education and Capacity Building through Peer education and Feeding Education.
- Activating Youth Organizations to be agents of change through collaborating with digital content creators.
Timeline:
- 5 July 2024: Registration opens
- 26 August 2024: Registration ends
- 28-29 August 2024: Two-day online mentoring programme offered to all registered participants
- 8 September 2024: Deadline for submissions
- 9-20 September 2024: Judging process
- 31 October 2024: Presentation of the winning projects during the closing ceremony of the Global MIL Week Conference in Amman, Jordan.
Submission format
Each submission to include a document presenting the solution and a 3-minute video pitch (a creative format is strongly recommended). They must include:
- The team composition
- Problem statement, objectives, audience, and alignment with this year’s challenges
- Explanation of the prototype
- Feasibility
- Sustainability
- Creativity
- Deployment strategies / Business model and evidence of market validation
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week Youth Hackathon