Future Ready ASEAN Competition 2019

Published by Bojana

Deadline: 13 October 2019
Open to: youth from ASEAN countries aged 15 to 35
Benefits: fully funded participation in the competition + cash prizes for champion and runner ups

Description

Create a Blog Site on Sustainability!

A front-end web development competition based on the Future Ready ASEAN platform’s Digital Citizen track.

Sustainability is one of the priorities for Thailand’s chairmanship of ASEAN in 2019. Please identify a pressing challenge in the ASEAN region across one of the four following sub-themes:

  1. Agriculture
  2. Biodiversity
  3. Climate Change
  4. Water

and describe in your blog a concrete and scalable solution to address this challenge.

SCORING
  • Theme (30%) – The sustainable goal chosen and content.
  • Blog Site Appeal (30%) – User experience, user interface, visual aspects.
  • Codes (30%) – Use of HTML5 and CSS on Microsoft Visual Studio Code mandatory. Proper file management and organization.
  • Instructions (10%) – Ability to take competition requirement instructions.

Eligibility

For all ASEAN youth aged 15 to 35. Girls are encouraged to apply. The competition is open to all ASEAN countries.

Team submissions with 2 participants and 1 mentor are required. Only 1 submission is permitted per team. Mentors may manage more than 1 team.

All participants and mentors are required to register on the FutureReady ASEAN website and obtain the following:

  • Digital Citizen – advanced level badge (blue belt)
  • Dream Team Player – beginner level badge (yellow belt)
  • Data Wizard – beginner level badge (yellow belt)
  • Social Innovator – beginner level badge (yellow belt)

Benefits

The benefits include: fully funded trip to Bangkok, Thailand meeting with youngsters around ASEAN, leaders of ASEAN, ASEAN Foundation, Empire Code, Microsoft, hearing and learning from inspirational speakers, prize, certifications.

Champion: USD 2,000 and a one-day immersion program at Grab’s office in Singapore

1st Runner Up: USD 1,500

2nd Runner Up: USD 1,000

Certificates for Finalists and Participants who meet the competition requirements.

How to apply?

For more information, and to apply please visit this website.