Calling for YOUth!
Join the Youth4Data Video Competition

Are you a young person passionate about the digital world, data, technology, and how they impact the Sustainable Development Goals? We invite you to be a part of a global movement by sharing your unique voice through a creative short video!

This is your chance to inspire, educate, and connect with peers from every corner of the globe (and win a VR headset!).

We will be channeling youth’s perspectives through structured advocacy in relevant centers of power (e.g. the US Congress, the G7, G20, among others)!

Share your vision, reach a global audience, and start a conversation that is impossible to ignore!

STEP 1

Choose your preferred question or challenge!

Explore the questions and challenges we have lined up for you (keep scrolling to pick your question or challenge!). Dive into the world of data and discover the topics that resonate with you. Then, choose the question or challenge that speaks to you the most to base your video on.

STEP 2

Review the video specifications

Language: your message needs to be recorded in English, and it is ok if you use additional elements to your video (e.g. soundtrack) in other languages.

Duration: 1 min 30 seconds maximum (but you can submit more than one video!)

Format: TikTok/Instagram Reel style (please record vertically).

The video must not be offensive or advertise/promote commercial products, abide by applicable laws, including copyright, and observe TikTok’s and Instagram’s Policies. Also review our Official Rules.

STEP 3

Let your creativity shine

Record your short video in the engaging and fast-paced TikTok / Instagram Reels styles. Upload that video to the platform of your preference - TikTok or Instagram. Follow and tag @youth4data and add the #Youth4OurDataFuture hashtag. Be aware! Your unique perspective can spark change and inspire others. 😉

Please note your account must be public or, when private, you should allow @youth4data to follow your account so the post is accessible.

Note: you can submit more than one video as long as you are answering a different question or conducting a different challenge. Also, you can submit a video with your friends and community! Be as creative as possible.

STEP 4

Submit your video

Fill in the participation form, adding the link to the video you shared, noticing the Official Rules applicable.

STEP 5

Spread the word!

Share your video on TikTok and/or Instagram Reels. Follow and tag @youth4data and use the hashtag #Youth4OurDataFuture to make sure we catch your contribution. Don't forget to encourage your friends to join in too – the more, the merrier!

Keep in mind!

This is more than just a call for videos; it’s a chance for you to make a difference as part of the Datasphere Initiative’s #Youth4OurDataFuture project. Your story could inspire innovation, drive change, and connect with fellow young minds from around the world. So, grab your camera, let your creativity flow, and be a part of the global dialogue on data and our digital life!

You can learn more about this project by watching this video.

Evaluation and Prizes

The Youth4Data Project Organizers will bring together members of the project’s Advisory Group to jointly review and rank the videos. Prizes will be granted to the first three positions. Ranking will be determined at the sole discretion of the Organizers, and the decision will be inapelable.

The first three winners will be awarded one Meta Quest 2 Virtual Reality headsets.

Winners will be announced on Thursday, November 23, 2023, on our @youth4data Instagram and TikTok accounts. Winners will also be informed by email.

Read the Official Rules for the competition here. If you still have questions, email us at info@thedatasphere.org.

Questions & Challenges

1. Data for the SDG's

Question

Are you aware of any existing initiatives to leverage the power of data to advance one or more Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., education, health, gender equality)? Share more about the initiative in a creative video!

Check the SDG's

Challenge

Do you (or your community) have an innovative idea or project to leverage the power of data to advance one or more Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., education, health, gender equality)? Share more about your idea/project in a creative video!

Check the SDG's

Advanced question

Are you aware of how non-personal data (data that does not contain information that can be used to identify a person) could be used to advance the SDGs?

Check the SDG's

2. Data Literacy and Education

Question

What kind of data or tech skills did you learn or are learning in school? Would you like to learn more?

Question

Have you ever supported data collection in your community (e.g. collecting data via surveys in your neighborhood, about the environment, etc.)? If so, how was your experience?

Challenge

If you could invent a new technology that would improve your school, university or educational experience, what would it be?

3. Technology use

Challenge

Take a look at your Screen Time on your phone, tablet or computer. How many hours do you spend online per day? How do you feel about the time you spend on technology?

Challenge

Try spending 24 hours without technology (not phones, tablets or computers allowed). How did you feel before, during and after the experiment? What did you think of the whole experience?

4. Data privacy

Challenge

Use the Trace My Shadow tool: are you surprised by how much information about you is “out there” on the Internet? What things (positive or negative) do you think could be done with this data?

Access Trace My Shadow

Question

If somebody had access to your phone, tablet or computer, how much information would they know about you? How would you feel about it?

Challenge

Let’s do an inter-generational experiment. Ask someone older than you (it can be a parent, a teacher, a mentor) how do they feel about their privacy online and the types of things that make them (or would make them) feel safer online. How does that differ from your own experience? How do you feel about your own online privacy and safety?

5. Mental Health

Question

Are teens and people in general using technology, games or social media to cope with daily stressors? If so, how?

Question

How do you feel about the trending content, filters and influencers that you see online everyday? Do you feel that the content you see online affects your mood and/or your mental health? If so, how?

Question

What can schools, teachers, and parents do to improve mental health online?

6. Digital Welfare

Question

What do you think companies that own social media apps, schools, parents, teachers could do to promote healthier online relationships? For instance, how could they help avoid cyberbullying?

Challenge

Go to the Data Detox X Youth toolkit and follow the steps on “Misinformation Martial Arts”. Did anything surprise you? How could you inspire your friends and community to burst their “filter bubble”?

Data Detox X Youth toolkit

7. Equity and Participation

Question

How would you like to be involved in discussions about data and new technologies?

Challenge

There are many communities (e.g., LGBTIQ+ people, migrants and refugees, people with disabilities, elderly people, etc.) that are not correctly represented by data or are left out. How do you feel about this? Are you concerned about potential disparities in how certain communities are represented in data (or not)? What could youth do to promote a more equitable data future?

9. Choose your own topic!

Question / Challenge

Is there a topic related to data you want to talk about? Create a video and tell us more about this topic and your thoughts and ideas about it!

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Calling for YOUth!
Join the Youth4Data Video Competition

Who can participate?

When can you participate?

How can you participate?

Choose your preferred question or challenge!

Review the video specifications

Let your creativity shine

Submit your video

Spread the word!

Keep in mind!

Evaluation and Prizes

Questions & Challenges

1. Data for the SDG's

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Challenge

Advanced question

2. Data Literacy and Education

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3. Technology use

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4. Data privacy

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5. Mental Health

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6. Digital Welfare

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7. Equity and Participation

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9. Choose your own topic!

Question / Challenge

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Calling for YOUth!Join the Youth4Data Video Competition

Who can participate?

When can you participate?

How can you participate?

Choose your preferred question or challenge!

Review the video specifications

Let your creativity shine

Submit your video

Spread the word!

Keep in mind!

Evaluation and Prizes

Questions & Challenges

1. Data for the SDG's

Question

Challenge

Advanced question

2. Data Literacy and Education

Question

Question

Challenge

3. Technology use

Challenge

Challenge

4. Data privacy

Challenge

Question

Challenge

5. Mental Health

Question

Question

Question

6. Digital Welfare

Question

Challenge

7. Equity and Participation

Question

Challenge

9. Choose your own topic!

Question / Challenge

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Calling for YOUth!
Join the Youth4Data Video Competition