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10 finalists of the First, the contest of ideas among Belarusian schoolers, identified

Results of the third phase of the social and educational project for 9-, 10-, and 11- grade schoolers The First were summarized: 10 schoolers from around the country will publicly present their ideas in the areas of ecology, technology, inclusivity and culture at a large-scale youth conference TEDxYouth@Minsk.

 

 

Over 1000 schoolers took part in numerous educational workshops in Minsk and creathons in Gomel, Vitebsk, Mogilev and Grodno. Over 100 of them were videopresentations of own ideas for participation in the contest. The most keen interest was drawn to the area of Culture – 39%, Ecology – 27% and Technology -24%, Inclusivity – 10%.

 

The jury selected ten best ideas. The authors of these ideas will present them on their own at a large scale conferance TEDxYouth@Minsk planned to take place in May. Every finalist will prepare a 10-minute speech for TEDxYouth@Minsk together with mentors, i.e. representatives of Belarusian TED community. After final presentation of own ideas all winners will be awarded with iPhoneXs.

 

The following participants made it to the final:

  • Samuel Alexin, self-tuition, Minsk, 11th grade (Technology area);
  • Pavel Ananich, Secondary school #21 of Mogilev, 11th grade (Culture);
  • Elizaveta Grinyuk, Secondary school #11 of Slutsk, 10th grade (Technology);
  • Anastasia Kundir, Secondary school #12 of Vitebsk, 9th grade (Culture);
  • Konstanton Mulitsa, Gimnasium #1 of Iviye, 10th grade (Ecology); 
  • Denis Rabchyk, Gimnasium #1 of Brest, 10th grade (Culture); 
  • Angelina Sebik, Gimnasium #10 of Gomel, 10th grade (Culture); 
  • Viktoria Sidorenko, Secondary school #33 named after N.A.Lebedev in Gomel, 10th grade, (Ecology); 
  • Sophia Fedchenko, Gymnasium #4 of Minsk, 9th grade (Inclusivity); 
  • Ekaterina Yangol, Krevskaya secondary school in Smoronsky rayon of Grodno oblast. 11th grade (Ecology).

 

What can be done for schoolers with spine problems to be able to attend classes at school, how to develop ecologic culture in Belarus, how modern technologies can facilitate development of museums and extend usage of Belarusian in our daily life – this is just a few out of may questions raised by the teenagers.

 

The best projects were identified based on a few criteria. The jury drew attention to compliance of the idea to the selected area and it’s definition, feasibility, scalability and target audience, singularity of approaches to solutions of the problematic issues in the areas of ecology, technology, inclusivity and culture.

 

The jury assessing the projects featured:

  • Nikolay Bredelev, head of A1 PR; 
  • Iryna Dubovik, CEO, Project Marketing, advisor in business development, Intetics, cofounder of StartUpON accelerator; 
  • Marina Shtrahova, cofounder of centre for development of effective communications Living Library; 
  • Alexander Avdevich, initiator of numerous social initiatives for people with special needs; 
  • Maria Suma, member of the program on environmentally friendly lifestyle of the centre of ecologic solutions; 
  • Pavel Lis, general director of Avektis, IT company within ASBIS Group; 
  • Dmitry Smirnov, speaking coach of TEDxMinsk, director of the school for public speaking, business coach, general producer of Radio BA, radio host; 
  • Anna Kozlova, licensee of international educational program TEDx in the Republic of Belarus, organizer of TEDxMinsk conference; 
  • Victor Pozdnyakov, A1 CSR group lead; 
  • Ekaterina Sevostyanchyk, A1 CSR expert.

 

Overview of the First

 

Social–educational project the First is realized by A1 under support of Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus as well as organizers of TEDxMinsk.

 

This is a contest of bright ideas of Generation Z announced in October 2019 for schoolers of 9th, 10th, 11th grade. They were proposed to share their ideas how to change the world or life of concrete people in Belarus for the better.

 

In order to help the schoolers to conceive their idea, organizers suggested they should select a thematic direction: Ecology, Technology, Inclusivity and Culture. They have also ran a number of creathons in Minsk, Vitebsk, Gomel and Grodno featuring famous experts and launched the first podcast for the youth in Belarusian where experts from different areas share their advice related to launch and presentation of the projects.

 

For more information pls visit www.generation.A1.by.