Prizes

How do people live in other parts of the world? And how do we live? What can we do to improve living together in one world? What are the social, economic, ecological and political factors which play a role in fair cooperative sustainable development? This education competition calls students in years 1 to 13 to take part in this competition which deals with global development themes every other year. The aim of the competition is to make young people of all ages more aware of global development within the classroom: to get them active in creating texts, art work, plays, posters, digital presentations or taking photos. The contribution can be in any form. What counts is that the ideas are related to global development.

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The bridge-it! award is given for state of the art work in south -north youth partnerships. Bridge-it! invites all those young people and groups with south-north partnerships or student firms to apply with their project online. Have you performed a play together? Have you jointly designed and created a calendar? Have you discussed the issue of rubbish with each other? Write to us and ‘bridge it!’ Apart from the prize money of up to 1,000 Euros, the top ten will be invited to a ‘change agents’ workshop in Berlin. Here a wide variety of other exciting projects can be discovered as well as having fun with young people from all over Germany.

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This one world prize is awarded by the Nordkirche (North Church) every other year. The winner receives 3,000 Euros, the second gets 2,000 Euros and the third place receives 1,500 Euros. The condition for applying is that you have been creatively and voluntarily involved in a fair north-south relationship over the previous two years. Your own applications can be made. The project should be described on one page at the most. Three or four digital photos for a short presentation are also requested.

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The FAIRWANDLER prize acknowledges young people’s involvement in development projects. Those who had been in the global south for a considerable period of time and are now doing all they can to work for a fairer world through their own initiatives and social projects. You have returned to Germany and your stay in Asia, Africa or Latin America changed you. Get involved here in Germany; for example by making people aware of global inequality, by fighting racism or demonstrating for alternative ways of life. Present your involvement – apply for the FAIRWANDLER prize. This prize supports you in your initiative both practically and financially with 2,500 Euros. Especially small-scale initiatives which are just getting going are particularly invited to apply and join in.

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The SPD has awarded the Johannes Stelling prize of 2,000 Euros since 2006. This prize is a memorial to the social democratic Minister President of Mecklenburg Schwerin from 1921 to 1924. He was murdered in Berlin along with other upright democrats in the night from the 21st to 22nd June 1933 because of his unfaltering stance against the national socialist dictatorship. This prize is awarded annually to a person or initiative who are active in fighting against right-wing, xenophobic, anti-semitic and/or racist or other discriminatory tendencies. The SPD welcomes suggestions for possible award winners from the general public before the 30th April each year along with their name, address and short description of the activities. One of them will then receive the Stelling award at a special gala celebration in Schwerin’s palace. Suggestions can be sent to the following address. Contact person: Claus Tantzen (press officer for the SPD in the federal government) stellingpreis@spd.landtag-mv.de

This foundation Nord-Süd Brücken (North South Bridges) has awarded the Kathrin Buhl Prize for development projects to associations and initiatives whose work or project partner is in the global south since 2014. In these projects self determination and taking part in the society play a great role. The prize money can be used for work within the association. This prize is a memorial for Kathrin Buhl who was a co-founder of Nord-Süd Brücken in the early 1990s and put her stamp on it until 2007. She died unexpectedly and much too early in 2012 in Sao Paulo.

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This is an award for projects and people who are actively working towards more justice in our one world; for refugees, and for ‘living partnerships’. The State Synod in Mecklenburg decided to create the advancement award in Heiligendamm within the framework of the church activities at the G7 summit in 2007. This prize is aimed at encouraging and strengthening people in their striving towards worldwide justice. It is aimed at church groups, secular groups, individuals with interesting projects as well as activities which lead to improving networking amongst church and secular partners. The prize is called the Ecumenical Advancement Award One World Mecklenburg West-Pomerania and has been donated by the Protestant and Catholic churches as well as the Christian churches’ working group every other year since 2014. The prize- giving ceremony always takes place during ‘Development-political Days in November.

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RENN (Regionale Netzstellen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien) (Regional centre for Sustainable Strategies) along with the advisory service for sustainable development, looks for concrete imaginative initiatives which make a contribution to achieving the global sustainability goals. Four main areas of focus which pick up on social challenges were set in 2018; namely consumerism and mobility, local developments as well as rural and urban areas. Applications for these and other themes related to sustainable development can be made to Mrs Sabine Kruger of RENN Nord (north) at the Academy for Sustainable Development Mecklenburg West-Pomerania Tel. 03843 776905 or 01577 3104907, renn-nord-mv@nachhaltigkeitsforum.de where advice is gladly given

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A community without voluntary help is hard to imagine. A number of projects could not exist without voluntary support. With their hearts, hands and heads they provide an unparalleled contribution to living in a community. To show appreciation for and to encourage these outstanding efforts, the Fachkreis Ehrenamt Rostock (Expert group for Voluntary work in Rostock) decided to honour this with a prize. Projects from associations, organisations and initiatives from Rostock can apply for this prize. The projects should be based in Rostock and should benefit the area and aim at a future worth living. The jury decides which of the projects will be presented online and are then voted for. All applications should be sent to the following address: FACHKREIS EHRENAMT ROSTOCK c/o EIZ Rostock e.V. Mühlenstraße 9, 18055 Rostock

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Children and young people between 10 and 25 years of age can send in songs related to development themes which they have composed themselves. All artists who participate are called to transform their thoughts and feelings about global issues into music. The best 23 songs will be put together on a ONE WORLD album. All the winners will have the opportunity to be coached musically – either in a studio production or in musical workshops which have different focuses such as music, dance, performances etc.

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