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  Morocco Debate Association The Moroccan National Debate Team (MNDT) was created in March 2014 by Soufiane Choubani, and is a first of its kind in North Africa team that competes in international debate and public speaking competitions in English. The MNDT is the first and only North African team to compete in the world´s biggest and oldest debate championship for national teams, the World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC). The national team is governed by Morocco Debate Association (MDA), which is a non-profit organization based in the largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco, Casablanca. Each year, we choose outstanding students, who display potential in speech and debate, and then trained for months to compete at the most prestigious competitions around the world. We strive to be a team of inspiration to our region while producing a high-ranking team and top debaters. Students who go through are our team have had their lives changed forever and we take tremendous pride in developing the next generation of Moroccan leaders and one of the best national debate teams in Africa. Our other activities also include an outreach program and hosting debate & public speaking clubs and competitions in different cities. Each summer, we host the Moroccan-Youth Debate Camp, which was the first debate camp in North Africa. We are also the proud organisers of the Moroccan Open Debate Tournament (MODT), which was the first-ever international high school and World Schools Style (WSS) tournament in North Africa.   OBJECTIVES Organise national & international public speaking and debate competitions Promote free speech, international understanding & English language Promote gender equality and empower women Develop opportunities for the youth of Morocco Achieve excellence with Team Morocco internationally   Age Groups Middle Schoolers Group: 10-13 years of age . High Schoolers Group: 13-19 years of age (If 13 and in high school). University Group: 18-22 years of age . Eligible Regions: Open for All.

Asisa Foto International Photography Competition is organized by the the Fundación ASISA , Spain. There are six categories : • Free Choice • Infancy and/or Maternity • Nature • Pets • Smiles  • Travelers  Each participant may submit 5–7 photos in each category. Click here to see the winning images from the 2018 Asisa Foto International Photography Competition. Entry fee Entry is free Prizes The winner will receive a cash prize of 6,000 €  and a gold medal from the Spanish Confederation of Photography. The jury will also award 6 prizes of 500 € each. • Infancy and/or Maternity The winner will receive a cash prize of 6,000 € and a gold medal from the Spanish Confederation of Photography. The jury will also award 6 prizes of 500 € each. • Nature The winner will receive a cash prize of 6,000 € and a gold medal from the Spanish Confederation of Photography. The jury will also award 6 prizes of 500 € each. • Pets The winner will receive a cash prize of 1,000 € and a gold medal from the Andalusian Federation of Photography. • Smiles The winner will receive a cash prize of 6,000 € and a gold medal from the Andalusian Federation of Photography. The jury will also award 6 prizes of 500 € each. • Travelers The winner will receive a cash prize of 1,000 € and a gold medal from the Andalusian Federation of Photography.   

BSME-SRS Art and Photography Competition 2019-2020 1. To encourage a large number of creative (artistic) students. 2. To increase artistic awareness in schools. 3. To allow talented students in art to communicate through the field of art.   The theme for Photography and Art competition:​ ​The Impact of technology in our daily life. Each participating school can enter 3 entries per Key Stage. Each participating school is responsible to send their final art pieces to SRS for the final judging process. Announcement of the competition will be held in March 2020. JUDGING CRITERIA Criteria Points  Creative Thinking  25  Using the material in an efficient way. 25  The clarity of the idea in the completed work 25  The quality of the final work. 25  Total. 100   AWARDS ● Prizesgivenforthefirstplaceandrunnerupwinnersofeachyeargroup. ●  BSMEwillprovidedigitalcertificatestofinalandwinningparticipants. ●  Winners will be showcased on the BSME websites and social media throughout the year. ●  Participants will be invited to attend an exhibition in celebration of the competition hosted at The School of Research Science, Dubai. Click here​ to register your school. Contact details to send the final artworks Please send the final artworks to ​lidia@srs.ae THE SCHOOL OF RESEARCH SCIENCE Noakchott Street, Al Warqa 4. Tel: +971 4 6011011 P.O.Box: 57442, 27463 Dubai, United Arab Emirates If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Lidia Habibinia, SRS Art Competition Director ​lidia@srs.ae​ +971 4 6011011 or Husain Shafei, BSME Students Coordinator, ​students@bsme.org.uk​ +973 17798408

The Annual Fine Arts Exhibition The Bahrain Annual Fine Arts Exhibition 44 In continuation of the trajectory of the arts scene in Bahrain, the annual fine arts exhibition continues its conquest of the traditional visual boundaries and transcend limits by mixing colours with thoughts, brushes with love of the open-ended spaces. Held under the patronage of the Prime Minister, HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. since 1972, the exhibition philosophy is free of any particular title or artistic direction, artists ‘contributions every year have been encouraged to be as spontaneous and uninhibited as possible in order to allow for a wide-ranging artistic and cultural debate, unconfined by any formal restrictions or boundaries. Full artistic expression is showcased unhindered for local audiences. What was first established in 1972 has now evolved into a popular yearly gathering of artists, from all over the country, all eager to show off their talents and work completed so far throughout their careers . Every year, the fine arts exhibition acts as an innovative form for debate in which the different artistic monologues will have an exclusive opportunity to communicate according to the forms chosen, from calligraphy to surrealism and abstract and modernist representations to more traditional cultural expressions. Representing an opportunity to highlight different schools of thought, artists’ perceptions and ideological backgrounds are asked to evoke freely in order to instigate a dialogue about pluralism and artistic visions, experiences and expressions. Do you think you’re the next Damien Hirst or David Hockney? Got the next Starry Night or American Gothic hiding in your studio? Well, you could be in with a chance of winning BHD6,000 and scooping the prestigious AlDanah Award. In January, the annual Fine Arts Exhibition will be returning for its 46th edition, and the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities is now calling for online applications. Bahraini nationals or residents over the age of 18 can submit plans for an installation or a collection of three artworks for consideration from now until Sunday December 15. If accepted, your artwork will be included in the exhibition next year. The overall winner will receive the AlDanah Award and BHD6,000, while whoever comes in second place will host their own solo exhibition at the Art Centre with all expenses paid. Finally, the third place winner will receive a two weeks residency with all expenses paid. You can find out more about the competition by visiting the BACA website here , emailing or calling 1729 8745.

Entries are invited for the International Photography Contest 2019 in Doha, Qatar. In celebration of Doha as the OIC Youth Capital 2019, the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the State of Qatar, Youth Hobbies Center and Qatar Cultural and Heritage Events Center, announces the “Photography Contest“ in framework of Doha OIC Youth Capital Innovation Awards.   Young people acquire wide creative energy that has been manifested in their artistic, literary, intellectual and cultural production in general. This has made a distinctive impact on the cultural activity in the Islamic societies and led to the promotion of cultural diversity, intellectual and artistic openness, creative interaction among artists and the dissemination of identity elements in their creations so that communities preserve their identity since the Nation’s Strength Lies in its Youth. Therefore, the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum, an international organization affiliated to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, invites the youth of Islamic countries to participate in the Doha Youth Innovation Award, which will be distributed during the conclusion of Doha Capital of Islamic Youth, January 17, 2020. The Award aims at valuing the skills and creations in various artistic and creative fields for youth delegates, thus contributing in the formation of youth experiences that would be able to engage in community development and to work to develop these experiences.   INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST 2019 DETAILS: HOST COUNTRY: Qatar EVENT LOCATION: Doha Popular International Opportunities 2019: International Media Training Camp 2019 in Turkey – Fully Funded International Startup Summit 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey – Fully Funded PRIZES: The first theme: Islamic values First place: 50.000 riyals Second place: 40.000 riyals Third place: 30.000 riyals Fourth place: 20.000 riyals Fifth place: 10.000 riyals Sixth place: 10.000 riyals Seventh place: 10.000 riyals The second theme: Youth and success stories First place: 50.000 riyals Second place: 40.000 riyals Third place: 30.000 riyals Fourth place: 20.000 riyals Fifth place: 10.000 riyals Sixth place: 10.000 riyals Seventh place: 10.000 riyals The third Theme: Our Islamic Heritage First place: 50.000 riyals Second place: 40.000 riyals Third place: 30.000 riyals Fourth place: 20.000 riyals Fifth place: 10.000 riyals Sixth place: 10.000 riyals Seventh place: 10.000 riyals FINANCIAL BENEFITS: The host country will cover travel expenses to and from the participant’s country of residence as well as internal transportation, accommodation, and meals. EVENT OBJECTIVES: Developing the spirit of innovation and creativity among young people in various scientific, literary and artistic fields and moving away from stalemate and calcification in thinking and planning. Providing an appropriate environment for creative youth to highlight innovative efforts and unleash creative skills. Encouraging young Muslims in the culture of competition and excellence. PROGRAM DETAILS: During this international photography competition, the Doha Youth Innovation Award will be distributed following the Photography Theme. All this aims at motivating young people to continue to innovate in order to serve their homelands and achieve prosperity. The Award and the deadline for the submission of works would be announced according to the specified schedule and no contributions would be accepted after that deadline. The winners’ names in each field would be announced during the closing ceremony of Doha, Capital of Islamic Youth events on January 17, 2020.

THE COMPETITION OVERVIEW The Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), one of Dubai's leading economic institutions, launched the Young Entrepreneur Event in 2005, inspired by the vision of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai to plant the seed of initiative spirit at an early age. The study of the Global Observatory of Entrepreneurship identified the social and cultural challenges and emphasized on the need to nurture the entrepreneurial spirit in the new generations. The event is designed to encourage and facilitate the delivery of the idea of entrepreneurship and the trading to the youth of the future by providing a truly integrated business environment that ensures that generations of entrepreneurs are able to innovate and be creative within a participate business environment. The participants will be given the opportunity to market their projects through the exhibition to that will be held City Walk Dubai, in order to create a participate environment between participants simulating the real world of business.

  Youth competition Best single images by emerging photographers aged between 12-19 years-old   Free to enter and open to all 12-19 year-olds, asked to submit single images taken in 2019 New format for 2020: Monthly competitions with a changing theme running from June 1 to December 31, 2019 Photographers can enter up to three single images per month Judges will select up to 10 images per month, including one winner All the judge’s monthly picks will compete to be named Youth Photographer of the Year Once you enter the Youth competition you cannot submit work to the Professional or Open competitions Please see 'Rules' below for full image eligibility criteria Closing deadlines available here (see Themes, deadlines and announcements) ENTER YOUR BEST TRAVEL IMAGES TO SEPTEMBER'S YOUTH COMPETITION NOW The Youth competition rewards the next generation of talented photographers. Judges are looking for fresh approaches to photography and images showing the vision of the young photographer. For the new format for 2020, photographers aged 12-19 are set monthly challenges. Each photographer can enter up to three single images answering the set challenge per month from June 2019 to December 2019. Judges will select up to 10 of their favorite single images per month, and one winner. All the monthly winners will then go on to compete for the Youth Photographer of the Year title. Entering the Youth competition couldn’t be simpler – click the link below and upload your image(s) directly from your mobile phone or from your desktop.   “Becoming the Youth Photographer of the Year showed me that my work, my talent, and my vision for the future are respected and appreciated, not just within the local community, but on a global scale. It finally gave me a chance to allow myself to be considered as an artist.” Megan Johnson, United States - 2018 Youth Photographer of the Year Youth Photographer of the Year receives flights and accommodation to the Awards ceremony in London, a range of Sony digital imaging equipment and inclusion at the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London Monthly judges’ selection - showcased on the World Photography Organisation website and Instagram account    

ModelOff is the home of The Financial Modeling World Championships. ModelOff hosts an annual competition open to individuals and teams who have a passion for financial modelling.  The competition is open to students and professionals who compete on an open playing field. Individuals who enter will have the opportunity to proceed to the finals which will be held in London, UK for 2019. The final is consists of 10 individual competitors and 6 Rookies. A Rookie is a student aged 24 or under.  Teams have the option of competing in the Private League or the standard team competition. The Private League allows teams to select the company league (professionals) or university league (students). ModelOff prides itself on providing an educational competition that is open to participants from across the globe, offering participants the opportunity to witness and be part of advanced financial modelling in an exciting and fast-paced environment.  For more information, please click here .  

The reading-out-loud competition of the German Book Trade is under the patronage of the Federal President and is one of the largest nationwide student competitions. The competition is recommended by the Kultusministerkonferenz, and approximately 600,000 pupils across the country take part every year. All sixth school classes can take part, and those who like to read and enjoy books are invited to present their favourite book and read a short passage from it. There are books for every individual and on every subject. Whether for excitement, entertainment, knowledge, the reading competition offers the opportunity to present your own favourite story and discover lots of new books. Over 600 event organizers throughout Germany hold the reading contest at the regional level. These can be bookstores, libraries, schools and other cultural or educational institutions. School winners are invited directly to the decision by the organizers and thus learn when and where the next round takes place. The winners of the state elections compete against each other at the federal finals in Berlin. The Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels invites all state winners to Berlin for three days. Here they are accompanied by an experienced team of supervisors, undertake joint activities and prepare for the grand finale. For more information, please visit: www.vorlesewettbewerb.de

The Liebig Association for Organic Chemistry of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker eV awards the ORCHEM prize for junior scientists every two years. The prize is awarded to younger scientists who have qualified themselves through new, original and groundbreaking scientific work in the field. The prize not only includes the coveted title, but also a grant of €5000.00. The ORCHEM prize is traditionally awarded at the ORCHEM conference and is a highly prestigious award aimed at acknowledging the work of particularly successful young scientists. For more information, please visit: https://www.gdch.de/netzwerk-strukturen/fachstrukturen/liebig-vereinigung-fuer-organische-chemie/orchem-preis.html

The GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology hold an annual prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology. The Department of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the GDCh deals with the fate of chemicals in the environment (environmental chemistry) - their pathways, their distribution and their transformation in the compartments soil, water, air - and their effect on organisms and habitats (ecotoxicology). The topic is extremely interdisciplinary and a wide field of research and activity for chemists, biologists, geoscientists, lawyers, engineers and scientists of other related disciplines. The work can be submitted by the author themselves or by third parties - a scientific publication (from the past two years, peer-review journal). The first or main author should have a doctorate, but the work to be awarded should not have been published more than two years after the doctorate. Included in this prestigious award is not only a certificate but prize money of 1,000 euros, donated by the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, which the award winner can use at their own discretion. A panel of experts appointed by the board of the section decides on the award.

A competition, facilitated by an international expert, to encourage schools and students (from Grades 6-12) to compete in the fields of scientific and technical invention and innovation. Focuses on four categories – Biological & Ecological Sciences; chemical. Physical & Mathematical Sciences; Social & Behavioral Sciences; and Technology. Includes a non-competitive Primary Science Fair targeting younger students. Encourages students, parents and the public to think and learn about science plus motivates students to follow careers in science and technology, and make valuable contributions to the UAE. The competition looks to promotes different science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related activities ​ INITIATIVE DETAILS § Science competition with three entry levels, Junior (Cycle 2, Gr 6&7), Intermediate (Cycle 2, Gr 8&9) and Senior (Cycle 3, Gr 10-12) § Non-competitive Primary Science Fair (Cycle 1) § Technology Exhibition – Industry and higher education displays § Potential winners camp to prepare for international competition​"The student will have to be familiar with video editing technology and video-making process, or have the ability to get assistance with the video-editing aspect. The story should be well-developed and pre-planned, and the execution should be to a high standard. For more information, please click here .

Original Narrative is an annual, non-profit student short film festival initiated & hosted by MBRSC and AUD in Dubai. We hope to inspire, recognize and reward the up-and-coming filmmakers of tomorrow, showcasing students’ short films and screenplays from the UAE, the region and beyond. "Make a one to three minutes original short film based on the theme "Happiness" or "Brotherhood or Sisterhood" or "A Day in Your Life". For more information, please click here . 

The Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication at the American University in Dubai (AUD), in association with the Dubai Press Club, has launched an investigative journalism competition and a short film competition for grade 12 students. Both categories accept English and Arabic submissions. First prize in both competitions will be a full scholarship at AUD MBRSC.

The Think Science Competition is the region’s largest science competition focused on engaging teams of up to three or four talented youth from all across the UAE. It aims to identify eager and gifted youth with advanced innovative solutions that seek to serve a community benefit and betters the lives of others. It encourages youth to design, develop and build a working scientific prototype using their scientific knowledge, problem-solving and analytical skills to solve practical problems. For more information, please click here .

The competition aims to encourage them to explore the role of peaceful use of nuclear applications to serve the community. The high-school students are encouraged to submit a proposal covering one of the following categories that focus on the role on nuclear science and technology to: improve human health; protect the environment and water resources; and generate clean energy. The three categories of the competition correspond with the UN Sustainable Development Goals which the UAE adopted in 2015. The categories touch upon: UN Goal # 7 "Affordable and Clean Energy" that aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable sustainable and modern energy for all. UN Goal # 3 "Good Health and Well-Being" to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. It also supports UN Goals # 6, 13, 14 and 15 to use nuclear applications to combat climate change, provide clean air, sanitation as well as protect the environment. For more information, please click here .

The Programme Each Fall, debate teams from UAE high schools come to NYU Abu Dhabi to compete for the Abu Dhabi schools trophy. A two-week programme, the tournament first invites teams for a day of coaching, during which our globally competitive university speakers train high school students at various skill levels: from first-time public speakers to experienced debaters. The following week, teams return to NYUAD to debate multiple preliminary rounds before breaking to the final rounds. The winning team, as well as the best speakers of the tournament, are recognised as the UAE High School Debate Champions. Speakers can opt to debate in either the English or Arabic division of the competition. The Vision High School debating is an extraordinary chance to learn to express ideas and arguments convincingly, explore new topics, and meet other driven students. There is a reason that many of the best high school debaters go on to study at the world’s most competitive universities, and that many who try out Debate for only a few weeks stay at it for years. We aim to pioneer Debate in the UAE and MENA by bringing this opportunity to all high schools throughout the Emirates, foster a debating circuit in the region, and establish Arabic language debate as a crucial addition to the global debating circuit in the 21st century. For more information, please click here .

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science. Students ages 13 to 18 from countries across the globe are invited to create and submit original videos (3 minutes in length maximum) that bring to life a concept or theory in the life sciences, physics or mathematics. The submissions are judged on the student’s ability to communicate complex scientific ideas in engaging, illuminating, and imaginative ways. The Challenge is organized by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. Prize: $250,000 post-secondary scholarship $50,000 prize for your teacher $100,000 Breakthrough Science Lab For more information, please click here .