Competition “10 ideas for tomorrow's Africa”

Within the framework of the 50th anniversary of African independence, the Social and Human Sciences Sector of UNESCO (SHS) is launching a “Call for Ideas” for prospective proposals in favour of Africa’s development within the next decade.Among the proposals, which should be submitted before Friday 30 April 2010 at 10 ideas will be selected by an international jury and presented by their author(s) during 10 small-scale conferences to be held at UNESCO Headquarters, in mid-June 2010.Each proposal is expected to develop one idea which would amplify the positive effects and reduce, or contain, the negative impacts of the major trends observed in Africa on one of the 10 following topics: Topic 1: Economy and Development (Environment, Food Security, New Information and Communication Technologies…) Topic 2: Governance, Policy, Institutions, Leadership Topic 3: Regional Integration, Population, Migration, Urbanization Topic 4: Cultural Identities (Languages, Religions…) Topic 5: Youth Topic 6: Human Rights, Gender and Justice Topic 7: Diaspora Topic 8: Peace, Security and Conflict Topic 9: Health, Education and Social Development and Topic 10: International Relations. For more visit the UNESCO website.