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UNICEF’s broadcasting awards
To be eligible for the 2008 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Awards (ICDB) Award, broadcasts must have taken place on or around Sunday, December 9, 2007 in conjunction with the 2007 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting on the theme: The World We Want.
The deadline for entries is May 16, 2008.
To encourage youth participation in media throughout the year, judges not only consider the quality of the work, but also the commitment broadcasters make to engaging with youth on an ongoing basis.
"It is very important to create opportunities for young people to express themselves,” said Stephen Cassidy, chief of UNICEF’s Internet, Broadcast and Image Section. “We want to honor broadcasters around the world that have made these opportunities possible.”
The ICDB Award regional judging will take place in UNICEF’s 8 regions. The top-scoring entries in each region will compete for the ICDB Award, to be presented in New York.
Last year, the ICDB Awards went to National Broadcasting of Thailand (NBT), ONUCI FM and Radio Mozambique.
NBT won for their program: From South to North, From East to West, Thailand ICDB-Unite for Children, Unite Against Aids, produced by Thai Youth News Center Association.
NBT was one of 6 regional ICDB prize winners, in addition to TV Cultura (Brazil), Gambia Radio and Television Services (Gambia), ZDF (Germany), Citizen TV (Kenya) and Syrian Satellite TV (Syria).
ONUCI FM and Radio Mozambique shared the first ICDB Award for Radio Excellence for their programs: ICDB Special and Child to Child Radio Programme respectively.
Established in 1991, the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting encourages broadcasters to produce programming by, with and for children.
For more information and entry forms, please click here.
