Restoring Biodiversity – our Shared Responsibility

Deadline: 15-Jul-21

The European Union (EU) funded project “European Union – Central Asia Water, Environment and Climate Change Cooperation” (WECOOP) is pleased to launch a media contest among Central Asian journalists for the best journalistic materials to address the theme “Restoring biodiversity – our shared responsibility”.

The EU adopted an ambitious and comprehensive plan to tackle biodiversity loss – the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Being one of the core parts of the European Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy addresses the main drivers of biodiversity loss and will be a central element of the EU’s economic recovery plan from the coronavirus pandemic, providing business and investment opportunities.

The UN Biodiversity Summit, representatives of 84 states from all regions and the EU adopted the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature and set the goal – “united to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 for sustainable development”.

Eligibility Criteria

To participate in the contest, the applicants should meet the following criteria:

Be a citizen of one of the five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan);
Age 18+;
Be an employee of a media outlet duly registered in one of the Central Asian countries.

The languages of the contest materials – Russian, English, or Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek with the translation into Russian or English.

Evaluation Criteria

The Contest Committee will be established to evaluate the journalistic contest materials. The Contest Committee shall include representatives of the Cooperation and/or Political, Press and Information sections of the EU Delegations to Central Asian countries, as well as the WECOOP project management team.

The main evaluation criteria are the following: