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This Call for Comic Cartoon/Animation on Media and Information Literacy is one of the series of activities under the regional commemoration of the Global Media and Information Week 2020 in the non-Sahel region of West Africa, organized by UNESCO Abuja Regional Office.
UNESCO Abuja Regional Office is organizing a series of activities for the regional commemoration of the Global Media and Information (MIL) Week 2020 with the theme of "Creating a Peaceful Society: Media and Information Literacy, A Way out". This theme highlights how to address disinformation and divides by recognizing and enhancing people’s competences in MIL to improve today’s communication landscape, and thereby building a peaceful society. In this regards, a call for comic cartoon/animation on MIL themed on "We Are Superheroes Combating Disinformation/Fake News/Hate Speech" is initiated to promote MIL into a broader population through youth's creativity and innovation.
The main objectives of this call include:
This call for comic cartoon/animation on MIL consists of three phases:
Phase 1: The call will be launched through official communication channels of UNESCO Abuja Regional Office (websites and social media handles) and with support of partners in further dissemination. All the qualified entries will be reviewed and rated by selected professional jury composed of communication and information experts.
Phase 2: The top ten (10) winners will be announced during the webinar commemorating the Global MIL Week, which will provisionally take place at the last week of October.
Phase 3: With needful professional improvements, the top 10 comic cartoons/animations, plus some other outstanding ones determined by the jury, will be compiled for publication and widely disseminated in the region and beyond for a bigger impact.
S/N |
Items |
Date (Year 2020) |
1 |
Launch of the Call |
August 15 |
2 |
Submission of Entries |
August 15 – Sept. 7 |
3 |
Closure of the Call |
Sept. 7 |
4 |
Evaluation of Qualified Entries |
Sept. 9 – Sept. 16 |
5 |
Pre-Announcement of Winners |
Sept. 21 – Sept. 25 |
6 |
Needful Improvements on Winning Entries |
Sept. 28 – Oct. 9 |
7 |
Formal Announcement and Presentation of Winning Entries |
The Last Week of October |
8 |
Wide Dissemination of Winning Entries |
Nov. 2 – Nov. 20 |
9 |
Award-Giving to Winners |
Nov. 2 – Nov. 27 |
This call is open to all the residents aged 35 and below in the non-Sahel region of West Africa (namely Benin Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo) between August 15 and September 7, 2020. Women, girls and people living with disabilities are strongly encouraged to participate.
The theme is “We Are Superheroes Combating Disinformation/Fake News/Hate Speech”. The comic cartoon/animation should educate the public (or a target group) on MIL, which tells a real-life or adapted story, or other mechanisms making the best use of your innovation and creativity.
Step 1: Carefully read the entry guideline and rules and smartly utilize various resources to have a foundational understanding of the media and information landscape in the region
Step 2: Create a narration of comic cartoon/animation, not more than three (3) pages in the A4 paper size, on the topic of “We Are Superhero in Combatting Disinformation/Fake News/Hate Speech”
Step 3: Submit both the Comic Cartoon/Animation in PDF version through https://forms.gle/2g8QnEyooNnJaCdm6
Top 1: Camera
Top 2: Mobile Phone
Top 3-10: T-shirts and MIL publications
NB: All the participants, no matter winning or not, will receive a participating certificate awarded by UNESCO Abuja Regional Office.
The following sample (Access to Information @ Chedly Belkhamsa) is captured from another call with a different theme (not very aligned with the guideline and rules of this call), and is only for participants’ kind reference.
By summiting of their works, the participants agree that the intellectual property of works is jointly owned by creators and UNESCO.
UNESCO reserves the right in their absolute discretion to disqualify any entry or participant, or to waive any rules in the event of circumstance arising outside its control which in their opinion, make it desirable to cancel the call at any stage. On all matters, UNESCO’s decision shall be final.
URL:
https://en.unesco.org/news/regional-commemoration-global-mil-week-2020-call-comic-cartoonanimation