"Education in the Future" - Information

1. Eligibility:

Youth ages 15-24 are eligible. In order to enter the Competition, you agree to these Official Rules (“Rules”). The Rules consist of the terms and conditions on this page and the Entry Form.

2. Competition Period:

The Competition begins April 3, 2014 and ends at midnight (GMT) on May 31, 2014.

3. How to Enter:

Entrants will click on the Visit one of these websites: UNESCO Center for Peace.org, Atlantykron.org WorldGenesis.org and Click on the banner for the Education in the Future Essay Contest. Fill out the 1 page submission form and email your essay as a PDF or Microsoft Word document to Info@WorldGenesis.org.

4. Essay Guidelines:

1. The work has to be relevant to the question.
2. Your work must be original.
3. All participants need to fill out the Submission form and agree to terms and conditions.
4. Essay needs to be sent via email as a PDF or Microsoft Word document. We are asking for your essay to be double spaced, and about 2 pages and include the title of your essay.
5. 1 entry per person

During the Competition Period, the Judges will be evaluating the essays to ensure that they meet the Essay Requirements. We reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any Entrant who submits an Essay that does not meet the Essay Requirements. Incomplete entries or entries not complying with these Rules are subject to disqualification

5. Judging and Selection of Winners:

Essays will be judged by our international panel of judges. Judging will be done online in two parts. The first part will consist of each judge having their own page to judge a random selected number of essays. With the top number being selected by highest score, the judges will go through the top 20 to vote on their top 3. When all votes have been submitted the top highest scores will be selected for the top 3, the other 10 will be the semi-finalist.
Judging will be based on the following criteria, on a sliding scale 1-5 with 1 indicating needs improvement to 5 indicating exceptional. Based on the criteria of, relevance, creativity and originality, development, audience and cohesion.

6. Prizes:

The top 3 winners will have an invitation to attend the summer camp of their choice, IMUN Summer Camp, held in Maryland USA or Atlantykron Summer Academy held in Capidava Romania. The invitation will include a scholarship for accommodation, food and transport while attending the Summer Camp. Winner will be responsible for travel expenses to the summer camp of their choice. The top 3 winners will also receive custom plaque, certificate and other prizes. There will be a special ceremony held at both summer camps to celebrate and honour the top 3 winners. 10 semi-finalist will receive recognition and a certificate.

7. Privacy Notice:

Any personal data, collected during the course of the competition will only be used and disclosed for purposes reasonably connected with administering and promoting this competition, including certain internal and external communications related to the essay contest. We may also share personal data of the overall winner and the finalists with the press for publicity purposes. Subject to parental consent (if required), the overall winner and the finalists may be required to participate in the summer camps, in publicity such as press interviews or other promotion.

8. No Recourse to judicial or other procedures:

To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this Competition are hereby excluded, and you acknowledge and agree, and expressly waive any and all such rights.