In February, CIPE launched an essay competition, which asked young people aged 18-30 to share their ideas about citizenship, democratic and market-oriented reform, and youth leadership. In response, CIPE received 445 essays from 72 countries!
CIPE is now pleased to announce the winners! Although we originally planned to name nine winners, the essays were so great that the judges (CIPE partners from think tanks around the world, as well as some CIPE staff) chose 16.
Essay competition winners came from all over the world – take a look at the map below! An equal number of males and females participated, and the most popular category was Educational Reform and Employment Opportunities. Participants from Indonesia sent in the highest percentage of essays (12%), and regionally, Africa was the top contributor (30%).
The winning essays are listed by category below, and you can read each one by clicking on the author’s name. If you’re interested in getting to know the authors, you can read their brief biographies and reasons for entering the competition on the essay competition website.
Citizenship in a Democratic Society
- 1st Place: Mladen Joksic (Serbia)
- 2nd Place: Mito Mitov (Bulgaria)
- 3rd Place: Gulmira Churokova (Kyrgyzstan)
- Honorable Mention: Pie-Pacifique Kabalira-Uwase (Rwanda)
- Honorable Mention: Majed Bamya (Palestine)
Educational Reform and Employment Opportunity
- 1st Place: Tirthajyoti Sarkar (India)
- 2nd Place: Caroline McDermott (USA)
- 3rd Place: Roselyn Sekai Kapungu (Zimbabwe)
- 3rd Place: Manilka Leanage (Sri Lanka)
- Honorable Mention: Kinley Rinchen (Bhutan)
- Honorable Mention: Jason Gavina (Philippines)
Entrepreneurship and Leadership
- 1st Place: David Musiime (Uganda)
- 2nd Place: Chinwe Miriam Onwubiko (Nigeria)
- 3rd Place: Competition Participant (Rwanda)
- Honorable Mention: Obasogie Osamwonyi (Nigeria)
- Honorable Mention: Thandazile S. Mpofu (Zimbabwe)
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Published Date: October 02, 2007