The UP Asian Center and UP CIFAL Philippines are now accepting entries for the 2025 competition, Youth-In-Charge: Environmental Action of the Youth as Champions of Sustainability. The deadline for submission is on 17 February 2025, Monday. The competition is open only for high school and college student organizations based in the National Capital Region, Philippines.
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The UP Asian Center and UP CIFAL Philippines believe that the youth play a crucial role in enhancing community resilience by working closely with local communities to address their unique challenges. In line with its commitment to promote initiatives to understand the Philippines in its broader Asian context, the Asian Center organizes a forum and a competition showcasing projects of youth organizations that highlight best practices that can be adopted by other organizations in the Philippines. This initiative aims to recognize the contributions of local youth organizations and communities and foster a dialogue on enhancing community resilience.
Objectives:
1. To raise awareness on the importance of creating inclusive, safe, and resilient communities;
2. To highlight the role of the youth in developing innovative solutions that address specific local issues; and
3. To advocate for the adoption of sustainable practices in local communities.
GENERAL COMPETITION MECHANICS
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- Youth organizations that implemented a project or activity related to sustainability and environmental management may participate in the competition.
- Participating youth organizations may only submit one (1) entry (1 project or activity per organization).
- The organization must submit a project or activity that has already been implemented in the last three years (2022, 2023, or 2024) for the benefit of their schools, universities, or communities.
- The organization is required to submit a detailed description and documentation of the project using the template provided. The submission should include proofs of implementation such as photos, valid certificates, reports, etc.
- In the submission, the youth organization must identify a specific environmental and climate challenge faced by their community in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals including but not limited to the following
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- SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG 13: Climate Action.
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COMPETITION PRIZES
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- The competition will be divided into two categories, the high school and college/university levels.
- Each category will have one (1) winner and two (2) runners-up. The best project based on the criteria will be declared the winner.
- Winners from each category will receive cash prizes.
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- Best Youth Project - Php 30,000.00
- Runner-Up - Php 10,000.00
- Runner-Up - Php 10,000.00
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ELIGIBILITY
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- Youth organizations must be based within a Department of Education (DepEd) recognized secondary schools (high schools) or Commission on Higher Education (CHED) recognized tertiary academic institutions (colleges or universities) located in the National Capital Region, Philippines.
- The youth organization must be recognized or registered within their respective academic institutions.
- The youth organization representatives must be available to present their project or activity on 14 March 2025 at the Asian Center, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
SUBMISSION CONTENT AND FORMAT
Interested organizations must submit a short and concise project documentation using this TEMPLATE. The submission should contain the following information:
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- About the Project
- About the Organization
- Other Attachments
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DOWNLOAD WORD (.DOCX) FILE
Entries should be formatted accordingly:
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- Single-spaced, A4 size paper, using the latest APA citation style (if any).
- Font size 11 Arial Font.
- Must adhere to the word count indicated per section
- Must not exceed 10 pages (excluding annexes and attachments)
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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- Interested organizations may submit their entries using this ONLINE FORM. The deadline for entries is on 17 February 2025.
- The full project report should be consolidated in ONE (1) PDF file only. While the other required attachments must be in PNG format.
- Organizations must use the following file naming convention:
For high school level organizations: “NAME OF ORGANIZATION - HS - [Type of Document]”
For college/university level organizations: “NAME OF ORGANIZATION - UNI - [Type of Document]”
RELEASE OF RESULTS AND AWARDING CEREMONIES
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- Ten youth organizations from each category will be selected as semi-finalists. Results will be released on the UP Asian Center’s social media pages and website two (2) weeks prior to the awarding ceremonies.
- The semi-finalists will be invited to attend the forum and awarding ceremonies on 14 March 2025 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZER
This competition is organized by the UP Asian Center in partnership with UP CIFAL Philippines with the support of the UP Diliman - Office of Initiatives for Culture and the Arts (OICA). Youth In-Charge 2025 is part of the UP Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2025.
For inquiries, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 891-8500 loc. 3586.
