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Participating cities in the International Competition
- Aranjuez, Spain
- Cordoba, Spain
- Granada, Spain
- Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
- Olinda, Brazil
- Puebla, Mexico
- Québec City, Canada
- Segovia, Spain
- Tallinn, Estonia
- Vienna, Austria
Description
The OWHC launches an international video production competition entitled "My City, Our World Heritage". This competition is intended for all young people of two age groups: those between the ages of 14 and 17 and those between 18 and 21 years of age. At the invitation of the cities that will have registered, the young people will be asked to make a video of a maximum of five minutes on the world heritage city in which they live. The participating cities are free to invite the young people belonging to both age groups or to only one of them. The videos must be produced in one of the following languages: French, English or Spanish. The competitors must obligatorly publish their videos on the YouTube site. There is no cost to carry out this operation.
Once published on YouTube, the videos made by the young people will go through a selection in their respective cities. Each city will choose a winning piece of work for each of the participating age groups. The winning pieces of work on the local level will then be submitted to an international jury that will select a winner among the 14-17 age-group and another one among the 18-21 age-group. Both winners will be awarded attractive international prizes.
Objectives
- To make the young people acquire a better knowledge of world heritage.
- to convey to the young people a stronger sense of belonging and pride concerning world heritage, through their personal vision.
- To allow young people to express themselves on world heritage and, in particular, on that of their city.
- To ensure that the young people become involved in the conservation and enhancement approach of the cities recognized as treasures of mankind.
Procedure
This international competition will take place in two stages.
1. The local level
To take part in this international comeptition, the mayors or their representatives must complete the form that will be put online the OWHC Web site. The eligibility requirements are simple and flexible. In fact, the OWHC only requires that the participating cities invite, using a formula that is suitable to them, their young people aged between 14 and 17 and/or 18 and 21 to participate in the competition. The young people will realize a video producion and will put it on YouTube. Each city will then select a video production for each age group, or for only one of them, that will submit to the international level of the competition.
It is therefore up to each mayor to decide, within his city, how he will launch his invitation to the young people, how the latter will register at the local level of the competition and how the work or the two pieces of work that will represent their city on the international level will be selected.
The financing of this local part of the competition is borne by the participating cities, out of their own structures.
2. The international level
At this level, the award-winning pieces of work of each of the cities are groupes together and are given an international dimension. This level is totally assumed by the OWHC, which undertakes to carry out the following activities:
- The creation of Web pages dedicated to this international competition on the OWHC site. Theses Web pages will allow, in particular, participating municipal administration to register in the competition, will ensure the webcasting of all the award-winning video productions on the local level and will offer great exposure for the participating cities.
- The constitution of a jury to determine the video production that will win the international competition. The pieces of work will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Quality of the production
- How the content is handled
- Originality and creativity
- The presentation of the international prizes to the award winners at the international level.
- The recognition by the OWHC of the municipal administrations that, thanks to their young international award winners, have distinguished themselves in the competition.
Eligibility
To be eligible to participate in this competition, the cities must be members in good standing of the OWHC and have paid annually their contributions for the last three years. A city that has been on UNESCO's World Heritage List for less than three years may also register for this international competitions, provided it has paid its contribution annually to the OWHC since its recognition by UNESCO.
The competition is intended for young people belonging to two age groups, namely those between the ages of 14 and 17 and those between the ages of 18 and 21. They must have the required age at the time when they put their videos on YouTube. The OWHC may require a proof of identity from the local award winners.
The cities are not required to open the competition to both targeted groups; they can decide to offer the competition to young people of only one age-group.
To recruit the young participants, the cities can call upon educational institutions, cultural or community organizations or others.
Teams of young people are accepted.
The young people cannot register directly with the OWHC: the cities register in the competition and invite the young people to take part in it.
The municipal administration of a wolrd heritage city may hand the management of this project over to a delegated promoter.
Videos made with a camcordder, a camera, a computer, or a cellphone are eligible. The video must be made or converted in the formats accepted by YouTube, namely .wmv (Windows Movie Maker, Windows Media Player, etc.), .avi (Audio video Interleave), .mov (iMovie), .mpg (Quick Time video format).
Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the municipal administration or the delegated promoter:
- To invite young people to participate in the competition.
- To ensure the orderly conduct of the local level of the competition.
- To select the video or the two videos, as the case may be, that will be submitted to the international level of the competition and to send to the OWHC the URL address that will enable the jury to see pieces of work on YouTube.
Reponsabilities of the OWHC:
- To webcast on the OWHC Web site the award-winning videos of each of the participating cities.
- To set up a jury that will select the two videos that will win the international competition.
- To present the prizes to both award winners of the international competition.
- To recognize the municipal administrations that distinguished themselves thanks to their young international award winners.
Prizes at the international level
14 to 17 age-group
The young award winner at the international level will be a guest of honor at the city hall of his world heritage city. A representative of the OWHC will be there to present him the international prize of the OWHC, naley the sum of $500 US.
The young award winner at the international level and the mayor of the winning city will be presented an honorary certificate by the OWHC.
The video of the young award winner will be broadcast officially at the OWHC World Congress in Sintra, Portugal. The OWHC will invite the municipal administration of the young award winner's world heritage city to present the video in its municipality.
The young award winner at the international level and the mayor of the winning city will be guests for an interview that will be webcast in particular on the OWHC Web site.
If the prize is won by a team of young people, the amount of $500 will be divided according to the number of teammates. An honorary certificate will be presented to each of the members of a duly formed team.
18 to 21 age-group
The young award winner at the international level will be a guest of honor at the OWHC World Congress to be held in Sintra, Portugal, from November 8 to 11, 2011. A special program will allow him to discover this world heritage city and to share his experience with the young people of the place. His registration fees for the Congress, his transportation expenses as well as his lodging and meal expenses will be borne by the OWHC.
In addition, the young award winner at the international level will receive the sum of $500 US from the OWHC.
The young award winner at the international level and the mayor of the winning city will be presented an honorary certificate at the OWHC World Congress that will be held in Sintra, Portugal.
The video of the young award winner will be broadcast officially at the OWHC World Congress in Sintra, Portugal. The OWHC will invite the municipal administration of the young award winner's world heritage city to present the video in the muncipality.
The young award winner at the international level and the mayor of the winning city will be guests for an interview that will be webcast on the OWHC Web site.
If the prize is won by a team of young people, the latter must chose one of the members to be the guest of honor at the Congress. This is necessary, as the OWHC will invite only one person at its expense. However, the amount of $500 will be divided according to the number of teammates. An honorary certificate will be warded to each of the members of a duly formed team.
Timetable
- Until May 31, 2011
Registration of the world heritage cities.
- June 30, 2011
Deadline for the deposit to the OWHC by the participating cities of the winning piece(s) of work at the local level.
- August 2011
Second step of the competition: meeting of the jury of the OWHC to determine the two award winners at the international level.
- Fall 2011/Winter 2012
Presentation of the international prize to the award winner of the 14-17 age-groupwithin the scope of a ceremony at the city hall of the winning world heritage city.
- November 22 to 25, 2011
Presentation of the international prize to the award winner of the 18-21 age-group at the OWHC World Congress.
Watch the videos of the winners of the local level of the competition “My City, Our World Heritage”! 