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International Essay Competition 2008

SABF Board Member

What can you do to shape the City of your Dreams?

In this opportunity we want to invite you to participate in a event organised by the World Bank, the Cities Alliance and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is after your practical ideas. On its 5th edition it will try to find solutions to shape our actual cities into the cities of our dreams.

Essays can be submitted online in English, French, Spanish, Arabic or Portuguese. The essay must answer to the three questions raised: What are the biggest opportunities and challenges for people living in your city?; What needs to be done to transform your city into the city of your dreams?; What could be your role, working together with your peers, in shaping the city of your dreams?. Creativity and the use of thoughtful and concrete proposals will be considered.

You can submit your essay until March 23, 2008 entering to the website www.essaycompetition.org. The competition is open for students and non-students alike, aged 18-25. Students enrolled in Ph.D. courses are not eligible to participate.

Awards will be given on June during the ABCDE Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The winner will receive 5000 USD and the other finalists 100U SD. The World Bank will cover travel and accommodation expenses for the finalists.

For further information, please visit their website: www.essaycompetition.org.

7 Responses

  1. Agustín Taberner 02/05/2008 at 23:26

    How nice that this topic! Obviously I go to, I’m thinking how to write the essay.

  2. Martín Siniawski 02/06/2008 at 2:15

    Cool! I would like, but with the organization of SABF I’m complicated. Someone else is going to go for it?

  3. Foxy 02/06/2008 at 10:40

    this is great, I will submit an essay about this too. Thanks for such an opportunity.

  4. Victor Sanchez 02/08/2008 at 12:18

    Excellent, indeed!

  5. Georgina Becciu 02/16/2008 at 16:13

    Mary,

    Totalmente de acuerdo con lo que decis, el cambio empieza por uno! Y esa es justamente la idea de este blog, que todos tomemos conciencia de eso y empecemos a hacer cosas.

  6. Au Pair 03/25/2008 at 15:26

    hello everybody. my Spanish is not good but it seems like a very nice web site. thanks

  7. HILLARY 06/20/2008 at 4:28

    am interested in your essay competition
    thanks in advance
    can i join?
    am from the university of eastern africa baraton kenya.