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**NEW DEADLINE: 17.00 GMT 17th NOVEMBER 2009**

SGAC UN-SPIDER YOUTH POSTER COMPETITION

SGAC and UN-SPIDER are working together to increase opportunities for active participation and engagement of a youth community of practice for use of space technology to the full cycle of disaster management activities.

SGAC is pleased to announce a poster competition that will contribute to the workings of this signature conference in the Caribbean region. The competition is open to applicants only from developing countries in the Caribbean Region. For candidates from other regions, we hope to organise similar events in your region too. In the meanwhile, you can see how to get involved.

We are looking for one young expert who can highlight how space technology can be used within the Caribbean region for disaster management. The lucky winner would be invited to the Fourth Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management from the 7-11 of December, 2009 in Jamaica and any youth events that are organized within the said dates by UN-SPIDER locally.

The prize will cover travel costs, daily subsistence allowance and cost of printing poster.

All submitted works must be delivered by e-mail to spider(at)spacegeneration.org

Eligibility Criteria

* Candidates should be between 18-35 years old
* Candidates must be from the Caribbean region countries
* Candidates must possess an official passport valid for the time of travel

Requirements

Candidates must submit
(a) preview or full copy of poster
(b) an abstract of 200 words and
(c) a short biography or CV

before the deadline in accordance with the following

1. Posters must be designed on A0 size or equivalent paper (see guidance on paper sizes) In addition, an abstract of a maximum of 200 words is required and should be included with the submission.

2. Submitted words must be in English. No high level spell check needed for authors whose first language is not English.

3. Posters must be delivered in .pdf formats. Original files must be in 300 dpi resolution for adequate printing. When converting .psd, .ai, .eps or .pub files, preview files can be of 70 dpi. Candidates may be asked to produce the originals on request.

4. Posters should credit any referenced material or pictures. Posters must carry additional identification information such as
- Full Name of Author:
- Name of Institute/University:
- Name of Sponsoring Institute(s): Submission on behalf of Space Generation Advisory Council and UN-SPIDER (spider@spacegeneration.org)
- Contact telephone, email address and full address (House No., Street Name, City, Country)

5. Candidates are requested to follow these simple guidelines for effective poster presentations

Judging Criteria

The selection committee will be guided by the following criteria:
• Technical soundness and clarity of subject matter
• Innovation & originality

• Relevance to UN-SPIDER
• Quality on writing style and structure

Deadline

All submitted works must be delivered by e-mail to spider(at)spacegeneration.org before 1700 GMT on 15 November 2009

Any more Questions? Check out the Frequently Asked Questions section for this competition.

About SGAC SPIDER Group
On 25th of June 2009 the SGAC ad-hoc group on disaster management, risk-reduction and capacity building went online as a youth group to assist the United Nations-SPIDER (Space based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response). The group collects students and young professionals who have come together at Space Generation Advisory Council to create better awareness of UN-SPIDER’s activities and programs and would like local communities, NGO groups and other organizations to robustly tackle different disasters.
We hope that general good people of the world will also benefit from our activities here. We invite everyone who is interested in our work and that of the UN-SPIDER to get in touch. Our members are from industry, academia, governmental agencies and mainly are working in deriving solutions from space based information.

About UN-SPIDER
UN-SPIDER ("United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response") aims at providing universal access to all types of space-based information and services relevant to disaster management by: being a gateway to space information for disaster management support; serving as a bridge to connect the disaster management and space communities; and being a facilitator of capacity-building and institutional strengthening. See more on www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/unspider/about_us.html