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- Last Updated on Sunday, 03 March 2013 12:08
International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches (IAAI), a Civil Society Organization based in Klagenfurt/Austria has invited young people from around the world to participate in Rio+20 conference (United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development www.uncsd2012.org) by submitting music videos in the context of Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest (GYMC) www.global-rockstar.net.
The response has been overwhelming! More than 300 songs have been submitted from more than 40 countries, more than 200.000 unique site visitors participated in online voting.
The Rio+20 GYMC winners of both categories (children: up to 15 years and youth: 15 – 30 years) won a trip to Rio and participated in several events and activities at Rio+20 thus energizing the official negotiations and contributing heartpower and hope to everybody who had a chance to meet them either in Rio or virtually through the many social media activities of Rio+20 GYMC (e.g. 6.000 likes on on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rio20-Global-Youth-Music-Contest/275439455817158 & http://www.facebook.com/GlobalRockstar.net).
See: http://www.glocha.info/attachments/article/201/Rioplus20GYMCjourney_photococumentary13August2012_.pdf for details.
Next round of GYMC is expected to be launched June 2013 in the context of 15/15/15 Rio+20 Voluntary Commitment implementation
Resources & Further Information:
- Photo Documentary on „Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest
- GYMC and 15/15/15 Initiatives on IDY 2012 – Sustaining the Rio+20 Momentum for and with Global Youth
- Press Release: GYMC Winners attending Rio+20 conference
- Announcement of the Winners of Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest
- Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest – Call for Voting‘’ Let the World Know What Youth Have to Say!
- Press Release: ‘Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest’ launched in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee/Austria
- Rio+20 GYMC Resources
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