Ambassador for a Day 2024 Contest

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CONTEST OPENS UNTIL 17 JANUARY 2024 [CONTEST CLOSING DATE EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY 2024, 11.59PM Bangkok time]

The annual Ambassador for a Day Contest recognises and celebrates emerging young leaders, change-makers, and visionaries who are taking charge and speaking out to challenge the status quo and make a difference for gender equality across Thailand.

Enter for a chance to “shadow” a woman ambassador or woman leader of the United Nations for International Women’s Day 2024. Winners will gain unparalleled diplomatic experience tailored exclusively for young leaders by embarking on a unique program with international representatives at the highest levels, have their winning submissions featured by host entities, and more.

Entries for the Contest are open until Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 23.59 hours GMT+7 (Bangkok time).

We are excited to welcome a multiplicity of stories and a diverse range of creative video submissions showcasing passion and commitment to the International Women’s Day 2024 (IWD 2024) theme 'Accelerating financing and digitalisation for gender equality.' Awardees will be determined based on merit and the quality of their submissions, presentation, and originality.

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HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST

Young people from 16 to 25 years of age are invited to compete for a chance to “shadow” women ambassadors and leaders of the UN in their organizations and attend the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) International Women’s Day commemoration (IWD 2024) on 8 March 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. The competition is open to young people residing in Thailand, regardless of their gender, gender identity, sexuality, nationality or disability.

Previous Ambassador for a Day winners are not eligible to apply. If you participated last year and were not one of the awardees, you can re-apply.

To enter the Contest, follow these steps: 

1. Join the Ambassador for a Day augmented reality (AR) video challenge on the UN Thailand Instagram page (@uninthailand) by answering ONE question (out of 4 available questions) with your 90-second video clip, starting with your full name and then your answer. All entries should be recorded in one of the official languages of the Contest host entities and published on your public social media accounts with the hashtags #AmbassadorForADayTH #IWD2024 #เยาวชนบนเส้นทางนักการทูต in your captions.

2. To qualify, you must post your recorded video as a Reel, tag @uninthailand and verify your submission on our registration page before the Contest closes. This requires your personal data to help clarify your eligibility and we reserve the right to ask for additional information while your registration is under review.

3. Submit your entries before the deadline of 31 January 2024, 23.59 hours GMT+7 (Bangkok time).

TIMELINE

• Entries open: 15 December 2023, 14.00 hours GMT+7 (Bangkok time)

• Entries close: 31 January 2024, 23.59 hours GMT+7 (Bangkok time)

• Winners announcement: 14-19 February 2024

• International Women’s Day commemoration (IWD 2024) at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok: 8 March 2024 

Do you want to be notified about any upcoming announcements regarding the 2024 Contest? Follow the UN Thailand Instagram (@uninthailand).

JUDGING PROCESS

In order to facilitate a fair entry and judging process, it is important that every entrant reads these entry rules and agrees to them when submitting their qualifying entry.

The judging process of the 2024 Ambassador for a Day Contest takes place over several weeks in January and February 2024. It involves juries from participating host entities, ​​and takes place both online and offline. Their names and entities will remain anonymous.

Without restricting the jury in their deliberations, we ask the jury to consider the following criteria during judging, informed by their political, economic, social and cultural understanding of the theme of the 2024 Contest:

• Eligibility of entrant

• Visual quality: this includes creativity, presentation, technical skill and visual style, and the edit of the story (where relevant)

• Originality: this refers to the entrant's response and/or issues covered in the video, its relevance or significance, and the way in which the entrant has chosen to approach the submission

• Remarkable video factor (do juries want to watch the entry again)

• Fluency of chosen video language in submission

Recognising that the jury comprises a diverse group of representatives who each bring relevant knowledge of their regions and insight into different aspects of the Contest, we are providing the above criteria, and also giving the jury the freedom to determine and define what makes an entry worthy of an award.

CONSENT, COPYRIGHT, AND USE OF SUBMISSIONS POST-CONTEST

Hosting entities may undertake publicity activities post-contest referencing the winners, including their submissions and disclosure of names, photographs, and contact information. By entering the Contest, every entrant and entrant's parents or legal guardian (if entrant is under 18) agree to release and hold harmless the host entities from all losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses.

Every entrant and entrant's parents or legal guardian (if entrant is under 18) also agree that host entities may record, edit, use, reproduce, publish and distribute by way of any and all media and transmission, the visual and/or audio likeness of every entrant and other commentaries, information, and materials the entrant may provide in connection with the Contest, which includes, without limitation, entrant's name, biographical information, recorded voice, likeness, commentaries, presentation materials, and/or participation in the Contest. All host entities are further granted permission to use such materials for educational, promotional or other purposes worldwide and in perpetuity, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

HISTORY

Ambassador for a Day is an initiative of the informal Women Ambassadors Group in Thailand and the women leaders of the United Nations, initiated by the Ambassadors of Canada and India. This year, the UN and Philippine Embassy are taking the lead in co-organizing the event with the support of host entities from the diplomatic corps, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and UN system in Thailand, with the special participation of leading voices in technology and business.

QUESTIONS

All enquiries can be directed to the UN Thailand Instagram (@uninthailand).

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