Youth for Development Prize 2005
The Youth for Development Prize was awarded for the first time to teams of young people who have run innovative projects in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals, in the fields of environment, development or peace.
The Youth for Development Prize was granted by a World Jury formed of world renewed experts in the fields of environment, development and peace.
For that year a total of 27 projects were received. After careful reading, 13 were accepted as meeting all the established criteria; 11 are scout projects and 2 from non-scout organizations.
Winners
Peace
Project name:
Scoutisme dans la promotion de la paix
(Scouting and peace promotion)
Country: Burundi
Environment
Project name:
Creativity in Environment Culture
Country: Bahrain
Development
Project name:
“Mantay; Mothers, Murals & Mosaics”
Country: Ireland
The awarding ceremony took place on 9th of September 2005 on occasion of the 37th World Scout Conference in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia. It was chaired by Mrs Jolanta Kwasniewska, First Lady of Poland.
World Jury 2005
President
Mrs Jolanta KWASNIEWSKA
First Lady of the Republic of Poland
Member of the UN Task Force (Comité des Sages) for a global plan to eliminate drug production, trafficking and consumption, and Co-founder of the Youth Talent Help Fund for underprivileged youth.
The other members of the Jury were:
Mr. Massimo BARRA
Vice-President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Mr. Steve FOSSETT
Adventurer, holds current official World Records in 5 sports, including sailing and aviation
Mrs Seiko HASHIMOTO
Member of the Parliament of Japan, and a member of the Japanese Scout Parliamentary Association
Triple Olympic Medal holder
Mr. Suwit KHUNKITTI
Minister of Information Technologies of the Kingdom of Thailand
Mr. Malik M'BAYE
Director of the Programme of Participation and Emergency Assistance of UNESCO
Mrs. Dr. Amaya Gillespie
Director of the Secretariat of the United Nations Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children
List of nominees in each category
Peace
Project name:
Scoutisme dans la promotion de la paix
(Scouting and peace promotion)
Country: Burundi
Project name:
Derechos humanos, una educación para la paz, de jóvenes para jóvenes
(Human rights, an education for peace, from young people to young people)
Country: Bolivia
Environment
Project name:
Projeto Cidadania Ativa, escotismo em acão
(Active Citizenship Project. Scouting in Action)
Country: Brazil
Project name:
Creativity in Environment Culture
Country: Bahrain
Development
Project name:
Honiara Scouts to restore a school for children with a disability
Country: Australia
Project name:
Pérou 2004
Country: France
Project name:
Local Youth Corner Peer-to-Peer Programme.
Country: Cameroon
Project name:
“Mantay; Mothers, Murals & Mosaics”
Country: Ireland
Project name:
Sonrriso alerta
(A ready and prepared smile)
Country: Brazil
Around the world many groups of young people are developing projects within their communities to improve the conditions of life, protect the environment, challenges prejudices and make the world a better place.
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