Get writing: what does it mean to be an engaged global citizen?
openDemocracy.net, the leading independent website on global affairs, in partnership with People & Planet, invites submissions for a new student writing competition in the UK
The most pressing issues facing today´s governments are global ones. Issues such as climate change, economic justice and human rights transcend borders, and require coordinated action across nations.
History suggests that National governments and increasingly international organisations and corporations only respond to these issues effectively when pressured to do so by engaged global citizens.
But what does being an engaged global citizen mean? How can engaged global citizens help develop their ideas, amplify their voices and take action? How should engaged global citizens reach out to national governments, and to each other, to help address today´s global issues?
Entries which discuss the questions above will be evaluated by a panel of judges, to include the editor of openDemocracy.net, acclaimed journalist, Isabel Hilton. The winning essay will be published on openDemocracy.net in Spring 2007.
The closing date for entries is 31 January 2007.
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