Journalists’ Creative Contest: “Social Enterprise - Social Services - Social Society”

GOAL OF CONTEST:

– achieving rather wide and comprehensive coverage of social partnership theme in Uzbek mass media – interaction of the State, NGOs and Business – in ensuring employment for socially vulnerable groups, provision of social services to this particular category of population;

– promotion of positive practice in creating favorable conditions for the development of social services* and setting up social enterprise** for vulnerable groups, including disabled, families with low income and women in difficulties;

– encouraging Uzbek journalists covering aspects related to development of social partnership in ensuring employment.

CONTEST ELIGIBILITY:

The Contest is open for journalists and bloggers representing electronic and print Uzbek mass media, personal blogs and internet-resources regardless of professional experience, area of activity and other reasons related to personal views, beliefs and individual characteristics.

Please send materials published in print and electronic Uzbek mass media: newspapers, magazines, television, radio, internet publications and personal blogs (Uz domain), information news agencies from 1 May 2013 till 31 August 2013.

The materials can be submitted in Uzbek, Karakalpak and Russian languages.

REQUIREMENTS

Using specific examples, publications are expected to demonstrate:

– successful experience, real examples, proposals and measures of providing aid to socially vulnerable groups in employment and social involvement through creation of social enterprise**;

– positive experience in creating favorable conditions for development of social services* for vulnerable groups, including disabled, low income families and women in difficulties;

– efficiency of involvement of vulnerable groups (for instance disabled and women in difficulties) in social-economic life;

– conditions specially created or being created at the job places for women and disabled;

– necessity of social partnership in resolving issues of employment for vulnerable groups;

FORMAT OF CONTEST MATERIALS

Submitted materials and documents of the candidates must meet following requirements:

Materials attached to application must be in the form of:

 Printed mass media (newspapers, magazines).

– Publication in printed media (not less than 500 words) in original and scanned copy with good resolution (indicate page number and title) along with e-copy of the text.

 Internet (sites, blogs –.UZ domain):

– Materials in internet publications (not less than 500 words) along with the e-copy of the text and link to internet publication.

 Television:

– Television story (not less than 4 minutes) – in DVD file with reference to broadcasted air time and date.

 Radio:

– Radio report (not less than 4 minutes) – on a CD file with reference to broadcasted air time and date. The materials submitted for the Contest shall not be returned and reviewed.

Materials must be provided in Uzbek, Karakalpak or Russian languages.

Organizers of the Contest “Social Enterprise - Social Services - Social Society” retain the right of publishing submitted materials as the collection of printed and electronic products of the Contest.

EVALUATION:

Winners and laureates of the Contest «Social Enterprise - Social Services - Social Society» will be awarded with Diplomas and prizes provided by the UNDP Project.

First prize – Canon 1100D Camera with 18-55 standard lens, 8GB Class 10 High speed SD Card, Carry case.

Second prize – HP MINI 200 ATOM Processor 1.66 GHZ, 2GB memory,320GB Hard drive ,CAM, WIFI, ВТ , ENGLISH /RUSSIAN KEYBOARD LAY0UT, 10.1 inch Screen.

Third prize – Kindle Paperwhite.

Encouraging prizes – Sony Digital Voice Recorders ICD-PX312 with Rechargeable Batteries.

Independent jury consisting of experts will award the prizes. Creative Group "Langar" uniting journalists, photographers and bloggers provided a special prize – a gown (“chapan”) sewed and embroidered by Mukhlisa Kurbanova – a wonderful craftswoman from Parcha Chandir village. It is not an ordinary chapan; it has its own humane story.

All Contest participants will receive certificate provided by the UNDP Project.

Deadline for submission 30 September 2013.

Final results will be announced by 10 October 2013.

The materials for the Contest “Social Enterprise - Social Services - Social Society” must be submitted to:

37, Kamarniso street, Tashkent 100109, Republic of Uzbekistan
Теl./fax: (998-71) 214-87-45, тel.: (998-95) 144-15-37
e-mail: bakhtiyor.nasimov@undp.org (note: to the Contest “Social Enterprise - Social Services - Social Society”)

Application:
Full Name ___________________________
Personal information (city, age, place of study (work), mass media that participant cooperates with)
Contact details (e-mail address is mandatory).
Title of the material submitted..

NOTES

* What is the «Social Service»?

Social services – organizations providing a range of legal, economic, educational, psychological and other services to bring people back to adequate life after facing complex life situation or at a risk of getting into. Social services clients – persons incapable to independently overcome difficulties due to disability, orphanage, advanced age, violence, absence of place for living and other similar circumstances.

The difference of social services from other organizations dealing with social issues – availability of subject matter experts team (social worker, lawyer, psychologist, etc.) with the responsibility to:

• evaluate the situation of the client;
• develop and implement individual assistance plan and render range of services;
• personal legal and psychological escort for the client;
• follow up monitoring of his/her wellbeing.

**What is the “Social Enterprise”?

Social enterprises employ people that due to complex life circumstances (disability, human trafficking and violence, drug addiction, etc.) cannot get employment with ordinary companies.

Such enterprises use their profit to support socially vulnerable people – for instance, to purchase rehabilitation means, wheelchairs, payment of higher level education costs.

It is essential that social enterprise’s employees take part in management of the company along with its management – moreover, the majority of social companies are collective property of the employees themselves.

Many social enterprises supported by the UNDP in Uzbekistan, contribute to revival of national embroidery and sewing, and their popularization abroad.