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Stockholm
Junior Water Prize
CEE observed World Water Day on 22nd
March through the National launch of the Stockholm Junior
Water Prize (SJWP) for India. CEE has been appointed
as the National Organizer of the SJWP in India by Stockholm
Water Foundation. It will be for the first time that
India will be participating in the Award for 2005.
The SJWP is a prestigious international
prize, awarded annually to young scientists for outstanding
projects aimed at improving livelihoods and ecosystem
health in the water environment. The award enjoys Royal
Patronage by HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
The SJWP seeks to raise young individuals' engagement
in the common water environment, on local as well as
global levels. The contestants can compete a practical
project in the field of science and technology, natural
and social sciences using innovative development methods
and approaches to solve water problems.
The SJWP gives youth the opportunity
to compete with the best of their contemporaries at
a global level. They also have the chance to meet and
interact with other international group with similar
abilities and interests. Since the SJWP competition
is held during the World Water Week in Stockholm each
August, the SJWP awardees also have the opportunity
to meet with the most prominent water scientists and
researchers from all over the world.
The entries for the year 2005 are
invited from all over the India, which will be scrutinized
through a national committee for selection of a project
for the International Prize. The contest is open to
students not older than 20 years, and who are still
attending secondary high school or similar levels. Projects
can be carried out by an individual student or group
of students (no more than 3).
The first prize winner in a National
Stockholm Junior Water Prize contest will be eligible
to participate in the international contest in Stockholm,
Sweden this year in August. The international SJWP winner
receives USD 5,000 award and a blue crystal sculpture
in the shape of a water droplet.
Schools are invited to participate
in the SJWP. Individual students or group of students
can work on theoretical and applied science projects
as well as projects aiming at solving community water
problems. However, it is essential that all projects
use a research-oriented approach, which means that they
use scientifically accepted methodologies for investigation,
experimentation, monitoring and reporting the results,
including statistical analysis.
The competition for the SJWP award
is open to projects aimed at improving the quality of
life through improvement of water quality, water resource
management, water protection or water and wastewater
treatment. The projects can apply these criteria, for
example, by focusing on water environment problems or
improving water management in schools, communities or
water basins.
The deadline of submission of
project is 30 May 2005. For details of the contest please
contact
Dr. Ram Boojh,
National Coordinator SJWP,
CEE North, 19/323,
Indira Nagar,
Lucknow,
Contact numbers- 0522- 2716570/2716628.
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