UNESCO Essay Competition: Energy for Sustainable Development in Asia

23 April 2011
UNESCO Essay Competition: Energy for Sustainable Development in Asia
Deadline: 30 April 2011

Completing the “Energy for sustainable development in Asia” e-learning program, UNESCO Jakarta together with Sustainable Energy and Environment (SEE) Forum invite participants to share their perspectives in an essay competition.

The content of essay should address specific issues below:

* Status of your country’s nuclear power development including a national plan to introduce nuclear power.
* Your opinion about the status
* If, in your opinion, nuclear power is not an option for your country or has to be phased out, how do you map out your country’s energy mix and what kind of policy tools you would like to introduce?

UNESCO and SEE Forum will judge the essay on the basis of originality and creativity of thought, structure and coherence of arguments and relevance to the essay’s theme.

The English-language essay should use Times New Roman font with size of 12, 1.5 line spacing and maximum up to 5 pages A4 size.

Three (3) winners will be selected and invited to participate on 3 days – SEE Forum meeting: Clean Energy and Technology - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in June 2011 or A Paradigm Shift to Low Carbon Society - Bangkok, Thailand in November 2011. Ticket and accommodation will be covered by UNESCO Jakarta and SEE Forum.

Essay must be submitted to as.wulan@unesco.org and cc to e.prasetyo@unesco.org before 30/04/2011. Include your personal details (name, university, affiliation, phone no, email) in your submission. Result will be announced the latest at 31/05/2011.

Via: connect-asia.org

Contact Information:

For inquiries: as.wulan@unesco.org

For submissions: as.wulan@unesco.org and cc to e.prasetyo@unesco.org

Website: http://www.connect-asia.org
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