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Youth Hackathon Awards Ceremony
18:00-18:45 in the Partnerships Hub (Halle Saxe).
UNESCO鈥檚 2023 Youth Hackathon, a key element of the Global MIL Week, has drawn worldwide interest, with 95 teams from 40 countries submitting a project on this year鈥檚 theme: 鈥淵outh powering media and information literacy in digital spaces鈥. During this session, the four winning teams (Cameroon, Jordan, Nigeria, and The Philippines) will present their projects in four categories: game, mobile application, video, and community-based intervention. Representatives of each team, aged between 20 and 29 years-old, will receive an award for successfully addressing the need of improving MIL in digital spaces.
The Youth Hackathon is an example of partnership between youth organizations, UNESCO, and other key actors in the field of media and information literacy.
This session will be conducted in English.
Speakers:
- Ms Sylvie Coudray, Director of Division for Freedom of expression, Media development and Media & information literacy, UNESCO - Moderator
- Mr Andre Mpoudi, Cameroon
- Ms Marie-Noelle Oli, Cameroon
- Ms Saja Salam, Jordan
- Ms Sama Mousa, Jordan
- Mr Mohammad Alqudah, Jordan
- Ms Wasan Alabbadi, Jordan
- Ms Gift Chikere, Nigeria
- Mr Daniel Femd, Nigeria
- Mr Ian Lumanog, Philippines
- Ms Charlene Macapagal, Philippines
Contact: o.van-bockstael@unesco.org
