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The World Summit Youth Award is another opportunity for youth (under 27 years of age) to showcase their on-line productions to the world ...

Do you have a cool emerging project on the web? Are you a young designer, web developer, music producer or artist looking for international exposure? Are you passionate about using technology for social change?

Enter the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) today and showcase your project to the world!

WSYA is an international competition for youth-led (under 27 years of age) projects that bridge the content gap in the emerging Information Society. It is the first global "youth for youth" initiative; promoting best practice in e-content and technological creativity and demonstrating young people's potential to create digital opportunities.  WSYA is not only a showcase to the world for young designers, technologists and e-content creators, it also contributes on a global scale to reducing poverty, protecting the environment, sharing knowledge and empowering marginalized young people.

The WSYA Categories are Development, Creativity & Culture and Community Engagement and the online application process at www.youthaward.org is open until midnight (GMT) on September 18, 2005. 

WSYA is a joint venture of the World Summit Award (www.wsis-award.org) and the WSIS Youth Caucus (www.wsisyouth.org).

I know many of you have online projects and I encourage you all to apply to the WSYA through our online application form, now available at www.youthaward.org/apply.  Note that only online projects led by youth under 27 years of age are eligible.

We've received many requests for assistance but we ask that only eligible applicants with an online project or website apply.  The applications will close on midnight (GMT), September 18, 2005.

News will be updated at http://www.youthaward.org/wsya/news.htm so stay
tuned.  Please contact me or Thomas (biebl@icnm.net) if you have any questions or want to get involved!

Alex Fielding, Marketing Communications Coordinator
World Summit Youth Award
International Center for New Media
fielding@icnm.net
www.youthaward.org

Community Conversations On-line

The Ontario Trillium Foundation is hosting a Community Conversations On-line survey to hear from charitable and not-for-profit organizations.  This site is part of our outreach process to collect advice about our granting programs. Everyone is invited to:

• express their views about the changing needs of your community;
• tell them how their Foundation can better meet these needs;
• learn about their future directions.

Each year, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, awards $100 million of government funding generated through Ontario’s charity casino initiative to charitable and not-for-profit organizations. The Board of Directors recently undertook a strategic review of the vision and mission of the foundation. Their new vision and mission are now reflected in the Granting Priorities and the Program Guidelines for the foundation’s granting activities. 
 
Through the website survey and our community sessions, Trillium is inviting everyone to give them feedback on how their programs are meeting your community’s needs. You can find out about OTF grants in your area in your community and regional profiles. The results of their outreach will help them further fine tune their programs to continue to strengthen Ontario communities.

You can participate in this process by registering to attend one of the community sessions or by completing their on-line survey.