The Stockholm Junior Water Prize, Bangladesh (SJWPBD) is a national competition where the winning team represents Bangladesh at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Sweden.
This competition usually held each August during the World Water Week in Stockholm and try to gathers the world’s brightest young minds to create real solutions for the world water crisis. More than 30 countries thousands of participants compete in the international finals.
Here, finalists get to meet other water innovators, make lasting connections and are inspired to solve global water problems. The goal of the competition is to inspire young people to engage in water and environmental issues.
The winner at SJWPBD is deliberated by a panel of adjudicators supplied by House of Volunteers Foundation, Bangladesh (HoV Bangladesh), which was nominated by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) as the national organizer of SJWP for Bangladesh.
About SIWI:
SIWI is a water institute. They leverage knowledge and their convening power to strengthen water governance for a just, prosperous, and sustainable future.
The idea that became Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) stems from three linked events in Stockholm in 1991. The Stockholm Water Festival invited the public to celebrate water on the streets of Stockholm, the Stockholm Water Symposium gathered some two hundred scientists to discuss global water challenges, and the Stockholm Water Prize, under the patronage of H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, was awarded for the first time, in recognition of outstanding achievements in water-related activities.
SIWI now focuses on a range of research and development topics within and around water that support decision-makers world. World Water Week, an expansion of Stockholm Water Symposium, is today the world’s leading annual water event, the Stockholm Water Prize the most prestigious water award, and the Stockholm Junior Water Prize fosters future generations of water excellence.
The world is at a point where water crises and competition for water are no longer risks, but a reality for many. They believe that the best way to tackle water crises, and help bring about lasting change, is to strengthen water governance among public and private actors alike. Essentially, who gets what water, when and how, and who has the right to water and related services, and the associated benefits.
SIWI’s strong, international team of knowledge-generators, convenors, facilitators, and trainers works to strengthen the systems and processes that govern access to and protection of fresh water, with the overarching aim to contribute to poverty eradication.
SIWI also hosts several flagship programmes, including the UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility, the International Centre for Water Cooperation (ICWC), the Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management (S2S Platform), and the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA). Through the Swedish Water House, they connect Swedish water stakeholders with each other and to international processes.
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BangladeshBenefits
- Each participant of the Bangladesh national competition will receive a certificate.
- The winning team and their school will receive a trophy.
- At least one member from the winning team receives a trip to Stockholm during August 2019 to compete in the International Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- The winner of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize receives USD 15,000 and a crystal sculpture.
Eligibilities
- Any high school or college student (ages 15-20, in classes 9-12). Students shall be 15 years old by August 1, 2019, and no older than 20 on September 1, 2019.
- Team Size: Individuals or in groups of up to two students.
- Project RequirementThe project must enhance the quality of life, through improvement of water quality, water resources management, water, and wastewater treatment as well as water education and social aspects of water.
The project may focus on local, regional, national or global topics. It is essential to adopt a research-oriented approach, that is, scientifically-accepted methodologies for investigation, experimentation, monitoring and reporting results, including statistical analysis.
- Project SubmissionThis will be in the form of a written report in English. The report should not exceed 20 pages, including illustrations, lists of references and appendices. Of the 20 pages, illustrations should not exceed 5 pages. The report should be single-sided, with one-and-half line spacing, and in Times New Roman (12 points).
Submissions must include the following information
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A completed SJWPBD entry form
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Project in Word/PDF format
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Biography (minimum 180 words, maximum 250 words)
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Photo (in JPG or similar format)
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Abstract (minimum 250 words, maximum 350 words)
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Application Process
Submit the above information at the SJWPBD email ([email protected] ) and the subject line should be your Entry to SJWPBD,19_School Name.
Application Deadline: March 10, 2019
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