By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent
In the run-up to ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22), ITU is calling for photos telling the story of “Technology for good.”
The ITU would like to receive photos in 3 categories:
Green
As our lives become increasingly connected, the proliferation of devices contributes to the world’s rising carbon emissions. It also adds to e-waste – the alarming surge of discarded electrical and electronic equipment such as phones, laptops, fridges, sensors, and TVs. At the same time, however, Information and communication technologies (ICTs) must be part of the solution to slash carbon emissions across all sectors of the global economy.
Gender
The transformational potential of Internet access and use is not equally distributed. Women and girls form the majority of the estimated 2.9 billion people who are still unconnected in today’s world. The UN Sustainable Development Goals cannot be achieved without closing the digital gender gap.
Youth
Today’s world is home to around 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24 – the largest generation of youth in history. Close to 90 per cent of them are living in developing countries. Young people are the leaders, the creators and the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. How technology can support youth to create a better future?
Photos should illustrate how information and communications technologies are created and/or used by a diverse range of people around the world and how they transform economies and societies.
3 winners in each of the three categories of the Competition – gender, green and youth – will receive a prize equivalent to CHF 500.
Enter the competition
Submission deadline: 23:59 Midnight (Europe Central Time) of 22 July 2022
The “Top 20” photos in each category will be reviewed and shortlisted by a jury and presented to ITU social media communities for their votes.
How to enter:
The Competition is open to all individuals that are at least 18 years of age at the time of entry. It is also open to corporate entities such as ITU members and United Nations system organizations.
Interested participants are to submit their photos through the ITU form where technical and functional requirements, terms and conditions could be found
The ITUhas promised not to set any limits on your imagination – as long as the photos show a creative and innovative approach to the use of technology.
The resulting “Top 3” in each category will be presented at PP-22 to the anticipated 2500 decision-makers and influencers in attendance that will shape the digital world in the next four years. It will be a digital exhibition, exhibited on screens, as PP-22 will be paperless!
