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In terms of transport use, young people are the first category of customers. They represent from one third to one half of the total number of regular customers, and they travel more than adults.
One of the major stakes for public transport organisations is to slow the fall in public transport use by young people when they become adults.
It is only by valuing young people, their attitudes and opinions towards public transport, that we can create conditions in which public transport can meet their expectations.
In this context, Roberto Cavalieri, UITP President, Hans Rat, UITP Secretary General, and Patrick Vautier, President of the UITP Commission on Marketing and Product Development invite you to participate in the UITP Youth Project Awards.
These awards will reward creativity and innovation in initiatives targeted at young people, including new processes to involve and engage them. The selection is made by an International Jury composed of relevant experts from all over the world.
This international contest is organised in 2 steps with regional and international awards.
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The Regional Awards
There is a primary selection for the 7 regions of UITP. Depending on the geographical implementation of your project, you first compete for the geographical awards of your region. For each region, the 3 best projects are selected by the International Jury. These 3 best projects of each Region receive a regional award in November 2006. Up to 21 projects are selected and constitute the Nominees list for the International Awards. The 21 projects are gathered in a brochure to be disseminated during the Congress in Helsinki .
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The International Awards
After the semi-final, the International Jury selects the 3 best projects out of the 21 best regional projects. These 3 international best projects receive the International Awards during the Awards Ceremony at the Helsinki Congress. The wining participants are informed one month before the Congress.
Selection criteria
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The targeted projects should contribute, directly or not, to better mobility for all (including easy and affordable mobility for teenagers) but also to better social integration and tolerance. These projects should help fight road fatalities among young drivers and tomorrow's congestion (young people are tomorrow's commuters) but also exclusion, generation barriers and unemployment. |
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Built in favour of young people; |
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Preferably conceived in collaboration with young citizens; |
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Combining public transport and values which are important for youth, such as: social interaction, conviviality, freedom, speed, adventure, pleasure, innovations, etc; |
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Any project with a direct link to areas in the core of young people's lifestyles: culture, education, leisure, first jobs. |
Conditions to participate
The organisations, operators or/and authorities who take part in this contest accept that the project is preferably presented at the Helsinki Congress by one or two young staff members - called in the project as promoter - accompanied by one or two young customers. The organisations bear accordingly the travel and accommodation costs of the team.
Submission of dossier
The projects are selected on the basis of their dossier of presentation. The dossier includes the description file (in the form of the project format as shown below), pictures, additional material such as brochures, leaflets, etc. and the curriculum vitae of the candidates.
3 copies of the dossier must be submitted.
The project must be written in English and accompanied by pictures with a resolution of at least 300 dpi, in a standard format such as jpg, eps or tif . The presentation cannot exceed 900 words and must be extremely explicit about the content of the project. More particularly the following sections must clearly appear:
Project format
Title of project
1. Background information (100 words)
2. Strategic aims and objectives (max 100 words)
3. Description of the initiative and implementation (250 words)
4. Evaluation/Results/ (250 words)
5. Future action/Spin-off effects/Conclusions (100 words)
6. Contact details of the project manager
Deadlines
31 August 2006
The deadline for submission is 31 August 2006 and must be met without fail. The candidates must send their dossier (3 copies) by post and email, (faxes are not accepted) to:
Union Internationale des Transports Publics
Knowledge and Membership Services Department
UITP YOUTH PROJECT AWARDS
Rue Sainte Marie 6
B-1080 Brussels
E-mail : anne.boulanger@uitp.com |
November 2006
Semi-final Ceremony
20-24 May 2007
International Awards Ceremony at the Helsinki Congress
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