Call for Proposals for Presentation at the Youth Forum

Do you have any innovative ideas to solve problems faced by visually impaired persons (VIPs) or other disadvantaged groups in the region? Submit your proposal now for a chance to get sponsorship to share your dream at the Youth Forum of the World Blind Union-Asia Pacific Mid-Term Regional General Assembly 2014 (official website: www.wbuapga2014.org). Theme: “The Dream Jet : A Journey to Self-Actualization”
Eligibility: Visually impaired youngsters of the region aged 35 or less
Submission Guidelines:  The proposal should be related to one of the following topics: - social enterprise to create job opportunities for visually impaired persons - social innovation project to solve problems faced by VIPs or other disadvantaged group in the region  The proposal should be written in MS Word format, containing a maximum of 1,200 words in English or Chinese, and typed in single-line spacing. (footnotes and bibliography are not included in the word count).  Each page of the proposal should be numbered.  Please email the proposal to the Event Organizer at youth@wbuapga2014.org. In the subject line of the email, please type "WBUAP Assembly 2014 – Youth Forum Proposal”.  The deadline for submitting the proposals is 24:00 Hong Kong time (GMT+8) on 31 July 2014 (Thursday).
Selection Process & Result:  All proposals will be reviewed by the Selection Panel. 8 short-listed contestants will be invited to present at the Youth Forum.  For final selection at the Youth Forum, 50% of the marks will be given to each presentation by the audience, while the other 50% will be given by the judges on the following criteria: social impact (40%), feasibility (30%), creativity (20%) and impressiveness (10%).  The most outstanding presentation will be selected and announced at the Closing Ceremony of the Assembly.
Awards:  Writers of 30 selected papers will be financed to attend the Regional Assembly. The sponsorship will cover round trip air-ticket, accommodation in youth hostel in Hong Kong and registration fee for the General Assembly.  A prize of US$2,000 would be awarded to the presenter of the most outstanding proposal selected at the Youth Forum for implementation of his / her project.
Terms and Conditions:  The proposal idea must be original.  The Organizing Committee of the Event assumes no responsibility for unsuccessful submissions due to problems in email transmission.  The Organizing Committee reserves the right not to award the prize or sponsorship to unqualified contestants.  The prize winning proposals may be released or published by the Organizing Committee.  The decision of the Organizing Committee is final.  The submission of a proposal constitutes full and complete acceptance of these terms.
Important Dates:  Proposal submission deadline : 31 July 2014  Announcement of the short-listed presenters and sponsorship recipients : 18 August 2014  Youth Forum : 21 November 2014  Closing Ceremony of the General Assembly : 24 November 2014
Enquiries  Contact person : Miss Ashley Wong  Email : youth@wbuapga2014.org  Telephone : (852) 2711-2777