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Our competition has two components: an op-ed article, where you propose your ideas in one of the three topic areas, and an online debate among the shortlisted entries, where you will work with your peers from throughout NATO Member and Partner countries to jointly develop a memorandum for policy makers. This means you’ll be actively involved in working with people from other countries to debate, compromise, and arrive at joint recommendations. As part of the next generation of decision makers, you’ll be asked to both defend your own position and arrive at a workable consensus, just like the real policy-making process.
We're open to new ideas and new perspectives. You don't have to be an expert on NATO or international security; you just need to have some good foreign policy ideas and be able to support your arguments. And when you register with atlantic-community.org, we'll help you get started with background resources, opportunities to ask questions of NATO officials, and other useful information.
Awards
All high quality submissions that meet the criteria will be published in the Your Opinion section on atlantic-community.org.
15 articles, 5 in each category, will be shortlisted and their authors invited to take part in the online debate portion of the competition. From these 15 finalists:
Three winners, one in each category, will receive a cash prize of 500 EUR each, as well as a round trip flight and four nights’ accommodation in Berlin, Germany to attend the May 21 award ceremony, where they will present their policy memos. See video of our last event, where winners of the "Ideas with Impact" competition presented their recommendations to US Ambassador to Germany Philip Murphy and CDU/CSU Foreign Policy Spokesman Philipp Missfelder.
Three runners-up, one in each category, will receive a cash prize of 250 EUR each.
Eligibility
The competition is open to all citizens of NATO Member and Partner countries aged 35 or younger. Read the terms and conditions here.
How to Participate
1. Register Now!
Become a member of atlantic-community.org by registering here: http://www.atlantic-community.org/index/users/register Once you’ve registered, you’ll receive continuous updates about the competition, including information resources, jury selection, policy makers appearing at the event, and the opportunity to participate in a Q&A with NATO officials before submitting your policy ideas!
2. Submit an Article
Write a 600-800 word op-ed style article addressing one of the three questions listed below. The article must be written in English and contain clear policy recommendations relating to the chosen topic. It should clearly explain your policy ideas, outline why your recommendations are useful or better than current approaches, and describe how your recommendations could be effectively implemented. It should be free of technical jargon and be accessible and understandable to a general audience.
All articles must be the sole original work of the participant. Jointly authored articles cannot be accepted.
All articles will be judged on the quality of the ideas and the construction of arguments, not on the opinions expressed. Your article will also be edited for grammar and consistency by a native English speaker. We strongly encourage anyone with interesting policy ideas to participate, even if you have little experience writing in English. See our article How to Write an Op-Ed for further suggestions and guidelines.
Please include: (1) a professional-looking, high-quality picture of yourself in your Atlantic Community profile and (2) a short author byline (1-2 sentences) at the end of the article
Please note that each category has a different deadline for submission. See below.
Submit your article through atlantic-community.org by logging in and clicking the “Submit Article” button on the front page or following this link: http://www.atlantic-community.org/index/articles/add
If you encounter technical difficulties with your submission or have any other questions regarding the competition, please contact Jason Naselli, Managing Editor, at "naselli(at)atlantic-community.org"
If you've previously registered but have forgotten your password, click here.
3. Be Part of the Online Debate
In each category, five articles will be shortlisted and put up for discussion in the Open Think Tank at atlantic-community.org. During the week, the five shortlisted authors will be invited to make constructive comments and criticisms of each other’s articles and defend their own arguments. The shortlisted authors will then come together in an online workshop to construct a joint policy paper, the Atlantic Memo, out of the best ideas, with moderating and assistance from the Atlantic Community editorial team.
Deadline for submission: April 5, 2012
Sursa: http://www.atlantic-community.org/index/articles/view/Your_Ideas%2C_Your_NATO
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